CARDIFF. Huddersfield Town overcame Cardiff City to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Huddersfield Town to strike first with a goal of J. Hungbo at the 61′. Then J. Simpson scored again for Huddersfield Town in the 69′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, I. Davies reduced the distance for Cardiff City (83′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Cardiff City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium in Cardiff on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Salisbury with the help of Ian Hussin and Matthew Wilkes. The 4th official was Tim Robinson. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 12 degrees Celsius or 53.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 8 Total 20
- 2 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 9
- 99 Attack 132
- 32 Dangerous attack 52
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 9
- 2 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 2 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Cardiff City was in firm control of the ball 58% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Huddersfield Town was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Huddersfield Town won the match.
Cardiff City shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town shot 20 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Cardiff City received 1 yellow card (Mark McGuinness). On the other side, Huddersfield Town didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cardiff City will stay with 49 points to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town will have 47 points to remain in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will play away against Burnley on the 8th of May with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (11 draws).
Huddersfield Town will host Reading on the 8th of May with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Reading (6 draws).
Cardiff City – Formation
Cardiff City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Sabri Lamouchi decided to play with the following team: Jak Alnwick , Mark McGuinness , Cédric Kipré , Jack Simpson , Mahlon Romeo , Romaine Sawyers , Ryan Wintle , Joe Ralls , Sheyi Ojo , Kion Etete and Jaden Philogene-Bidace .
The home team had on the bench: Connor Wickham , Perry Ng, Andy Rinomhota , Sory Kaba , Rohan Luthra, Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies .
Cardiff City could not rely on the presence of I. Davies (injured), Connor Wickham (injured) and A. Rinomhota (injured).
Substitutions
Cardiff City made 5 changes: K. Etete for Sory Kaba (14′), J. Ralls for Isaak Davies (55′), R. Sawyers for Connor Wickham (73′), C. Kipré for Andy Rinomhota (74′) and M. Romeo for Rubin Colwill (74′).
Best player: Isaak Davies
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cardiff City was Isaak Davies.
His rating is with 1 goal, 2 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 55′.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Neil Warnock played with: Lee Nicholls , Matthew Pearson , Tom Lees , Michał Helik , Josh Ruffels , Jonathan Hogg , Jack Rudoni , Josh Koroma , Brahima Diarra , Jaheim Headley and Daniel Ward .
They had on the bench: Tomáš Vaclík, Ben Jackson, Martyn Waghorn, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Joseph Hungbo , David Kasumu and Jordan Rhodes .
Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Jordan Rhodes (injured).
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 3 changes: B. Diarra for Joseph Hungbo (46′), Danny Ward for Jordan Rhodes (65′) and Josh Koroma for David Kasumu (82′).
Best player: Jonathan Hogg
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Jonathan Hogg even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 42 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.