West Ham United 3-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 4 December 2018

Result

West Ham United 3-1 Cardiff City

Premier League · Tuesday 4 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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West Ham United 3-1 Cardiff City: match report

West Ham United won against Cardiff City 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lucas Pérez opened the scoring in the 49th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Lucas Pérez (49'), Lucas Pérez (54') and Michail Antonio (61'). Cardiff City scored through Josh Murphy (90+5').

Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 13th on 15 points from 14 and Cardiff City 16th on 11 points from 14. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Cardiff City 18th with 34.

West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Snodgrass of West Ham United (8.9), ahead of Lucas Pérez (8.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Missed penalty · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 36'Yellow card · Marko ArnautovicWest Ham United
  • 40'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 49'Goal · Lucas PérezWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Lucas PérezWest Ham United · 2-0
  • 61'Goal · Michail AntonioWest Ham United · 3-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Sol BambaCardiff City
  • 90+5'Goal · Josh MurphyCardiff City · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 0, Cardiff City 0.

Team news

West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)

Lukasz Fabianski, Michail Antonio, Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna, Arthur Masuaku, Robert Snodgrass, Mark Noble, Declan Rice, Felipe Anderson, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Marko Arnautovic

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

Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Aron Gunnarsson, Víctor Camarasa, Joe Ralls, Harry Arter, Junior Hoilett, Callum Paterson