Sunderland 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 27 April 2014
Result
Sunderland 2-0 Cardiff City
Premier League · Sunday 27 April 2014, 11:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sunderland 2-0 Cardiff City: match report
Sunderland won against Cardiff City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 27 April 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Connor Wickham opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Connor Wickham (26'), Fabio Borini (45+1', penalty), E. Giaccherini (76') and Connor Wickham (86'). Cardiff City did not score.
Discipline: Sunderland received 7 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 36 points from 34 and Cardiff City 20th on 29 points from 35. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Cardiff City 20th with 29.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Cardiff City's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Connor Wickham
- 36'Yellow card · Jordon Mutch
- 37'Yellow card · Santiago Vergini
- 39'Yellow card · G. Medel
- 45'Red card · Juan Cala
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Fabio Borini
- 53'Yellow card · Fábio
- 54'Yellow card · Sebastian Larsson
- 76'Goal · E. Giaccherini
- 76'Yellow card · E. Giaccherini
- 77'Yellow card · Emanuele Giaccherini
- 83'Yellow card · Fabio Borini
- 86'Goal · Connor Wickham
- 90'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
- 90+4'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)
Vito Mannone, Santiago Vergini, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Marcos Alonso, Sebastian Larsson, Lee Cattermole, Jack Colback, Adam Johnson, Connor Wickham, Fabio Borini
Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Txiki Acaz, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Steven Caulker, Juan Cala, Fábio, Gary Medel, D. Cowie, Jordon Mutch, Peter Whittingham, Mats Møller Dæhli, Fraizer Campbell