Cardiff City 2-3 Brentford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2020
Result
Cardiff City 2-3 Brentford
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 2-3 Brentford: match report
Cardiff City lost to Brentford 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Will Vaulks opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Will Vaulks (45+4') and Will Vaulks (76'). Brentford scored through Sergi Canós (50'), Sergi Canós (65') and Sergi Canós (73').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Brentford received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 10th on 29 points from 20 and Brentford 4th on 35 points from 20. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Brentford 2nd with 93.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Canós of Brentford (10.0), ahead of Will Vaulks (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Brentford.
Key events
- 45+4'Goal · Will Vaulks
- 50'Goal · Sergi Canós
- 55'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
- 65'Goal · Sergi Canós
- 73'Goal · Sergi Canós
- 76'Goal · Will Vaulks
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Smithies, Leandro Bacuna, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Will Vaulks, Joe Ralls, Sheyi Ojo, Harry Wilson, Junior Hoilett, Robert Glatzel
Brentford line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Henrik Dalsgaard, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Emiliano Marcondes, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney, Sergi Canós