Manchester City 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 3 April 2019

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Cardiff City

Premier League · Wednesday 3 April 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Manchester City won against Cardiff City 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 3 April 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (6') and Leroy Sané (44'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 77 points from 31 and Cardiff City 18th on 28 points from 31. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Cardiff City 18th with 34.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (9.0), ahead of Neil Etheridge (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City
  • 34'Yellow card · Lee PeltierCardiff City
  • 44'Goal · Leroy SanéManchester City · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 0, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Danilo, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sané

Cardiff City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Josh Murphy, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Víctor Camarasa, Oumar Niasse