Manchester United 0-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 12 May 2019

Result

Manchester United 0-2 Cardiff City

Premier League · Sunday 12 May 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 0-2 Cardiff City: match report

Manchester United lost to Cardiff City 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 May 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Manchester United did not score. Cardiff City scored through Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (23', penalty) and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (54').

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 66 points from 37 and Cardiff City 18th on 31 points from 37. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Cardiff City 18th with 34.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Neil Etheridge of Cardiff City (9.7), ahead of Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (8.9).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Penalty goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingCardiff City · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
  • 44'Yellow card · Andreas PereiraManchester United
  • 54'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingCardiff City · 0-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Josh MurphyCardiff City
  • 61'Yellow card · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 71'Yellow card · Jesse LingardManchester United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-3-1-2)

David de Gea, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Diogo Dalot, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Andreas Pereira, Scott McTominay, Mason Greenwood

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

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Josh Murphy, Leandro Bacuna, Aron Gunnarsson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Kenneth Zohore, Bobby De Cordova-Reid