Cardiff City 2-1 Bristol City: result and report
Championship · Friday 14 October 2016
Result
Cardiff City 2-1 Bristol City
Championship · Friday 14 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 2-1 Bristol City: match report
Cardiff City beat Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 14 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Peter Whittingham opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Peter Whittingham (25', penalty) and Sol Bamba (67'). Bristol City scored through Lee Tomlin (69').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 5 yellow cards; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 10 points from 11 and Bristol City 7th on 18 points from 11. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Bristol City 20th with 52.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sol Bamba of Cardiff City (8.0), ahead of Lee Tomlin (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bristol City.
Key events
- 25'Penalty goal · Peter Whittingham
- 37'Yellow card · Joe Bennett
- 42'Yellow card · Peter Whittingham
- 67'Goal · Sol Bamba
- 69'Goal · Lee Tomlin
- 70'Yellow card · Tammy Abraham
- 70'Yellow card · A. Gunnarsson
- 81'Yellow card · Joe Bryan
- 86'Yellow card · M. Little
- 90+4'Yellow card · Lex Immers
- 90+4'Yellow card · L. Immers
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-5-1)
Ben Amos, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Craig Noone, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Rickie Lambert
Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Frank Fielding, Mark Little, Aden Flint, Hörður Magnússon, Joe Bryan, Gary O'Neil, Marlon Pack, Sander Krabbendam, Lee Tomlin, Luke Freeman, Tammy Abraham