Cardiff City 0-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2018
Result
Cardiff City 0-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cardiff City 0-1 Leicester City: match report
Cardiff City were beaten by Leicester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 November 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Demarai Gray of Leicester City in the 55th minute.
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 17th on 5 points from 10 and Leicester City 12th on 13 points from 10. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sol Bamba of Cardiff City (7.7), level with Víctor Camarasa (7.7).
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Leicester City's D-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Ricardo Pereira
- 45+1'Yellow card · Harry Arter
- 55'Goal · Demarai Gray
- 55'Yellow card · Demarai Gray
- 81'Yellow card · Junior Hoilett
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Víctor Camarasa, Aron Gunnarsson, Harry Arter, Josh Murphy, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Callum Paterson
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, James Maddison, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy