Cardiff City 2-3 Brentford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 December 2014
Result
Cardiff City 2-3 Brentford
Championship · Saturday 20 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Cardiff City 2-3 Brentford: match report
Cardiff City were beaten by Brentford 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 20 December 2014. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Alex Pritchard opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Craig Noone (48') and K. Jones (75'). Brentford scored through Alex Pritchard (11'), Andre Gray (22') and Jota Peleteiro (33').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Brentford received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 12th on 30 points from 21 and Brentford 4th on 37 points from 21. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Brentford 5th with 79.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Brentford's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Alex Pritchard
- 22'Goal · Andre Gray
- 33'Goal · Jota Peleteiro
- 37'Yellow card · Petr Badlo
- 48'Goal · Craig Noone
- 55'Yellow card · Jake Bidwell
- 68'Yellow card · Jota Peleteiro
- 73'Yellow card · K. Harris
- 75'Goal · K. Jones
- 78'Yellow card · D. Button
Team news
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Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Fábio, John Brayford, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Steven Caulker, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Jordon Mutch, Anthony Pilkington
Brentford expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Button, Tony Craig, Moses Odubajo, Harlee Dean, Jake Bidwell, Alan Judge, Jonathan Douglas, Alex Pritchard, Andre Gray