CARDIFF. Queens Park Rangers overcame Cardiff City to win 2-1. It was Queens Park Rangers to strike first with a goal of Sinclair Armstrong at the 34′. Then Kenneth Paal scored again for Queens Park Rangers in the 65′ minute. Eventually, Ike Ugbo reduced the distance for Cardiff City (79′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Cardiff City was much better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium in Cardiff on Sunday and it started at 12:00 am local time. The referee was Oliver Langford with the support of Hristo Karaivanov and Graham Kane. The 4th official was Tom Reeves. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.87 degrees Celsius or 65.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cardiff City was in firm control of the ball 65% while Queens Park Rangers was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cardiff City was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Queens Park Rangers was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Cardiff City shot 15 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Queens Park Rangers shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards (Ebou Adams and Josh Bowler). On the other side, Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards (Sinclair Armstrong and Albert Adomah).

Standings

After playing this contest, Cardiff City stays with 1 points to occupy the 17th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Queens Park Rangers has 3 points (16th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will play away with Birmingham City on the 10th of April with a 11-4 head to head statistic in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).

Queens Park Rangers will play away agasint Plymouth Argyle on the 9th of April with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Plymouth Argyle (6 draws).

Cardiff City – Formation

Cardiff City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Erol Bulut decided to play with the following team: Joe Ralls, Jak Alnwick (6.7), Perry Ng (6.7), Mark McGuinness (6.9), Dimitris Goutas (6.3), Callum O’Dowda (6.8), Ryan Wintle (7.1), Ebou Adams (6.9), Josh Bowler (6.9), Aaron Ramsey (7.5), Karlan Grant (6.5) and Ike Ugbo (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Mahlon Romeo, Kion Etete, Jamilu Collins, Jack Simpson, Rubin Colwill, Rohan Luthra, Ollie Tanner (6.7), Andy Rinomhota and Callum Robinson (6.8).

Cardiff City could not rely on the presence of Callum Robinson (injured).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 5 changes: Ebou Adams for Callum Robinson (54′), Karlan Grant for Ollie Tanner (73′), Josh Bowler for Jamilu Collins (84′), Aaron Ramsey for Rubin Colwill (84′) and Ike Ugbo for Kion Etete (84′).

Best player: Aaron Ramsey​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cardiff City was Aaron Ramsey.

His rating is (7.5) with 66 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

Also Queens Park Rangers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Gareth Ainsworth played with: Chris Willock, Joseph Gubbins, Asmir Begović (7.0), Osman Kakay (6.9), Steve Cook (6.7), Morgan Fox (6.7), Kenneth Paal (7.3), Andre Dozzell (7.1), Samuel Field (7.1), Paul Smyth (7.0), Lyndon Dykes (6.6) and Ilias Chair (7.2), Sinclair Armstrong (8.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jordan Archer, Taylor Richards, Elijah Dixon-Bonner (6.4), Ziyad Larkeche, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Alexander Aoraha, Albert Adomah (6.5) and Rayan Kolli.

Queens Park Rangers could not rely on the presence of Elijah Dixon-Bonner (injured) and Albert Adomah (injured).

Substitutions

Queens Park Rangers made 3 changes: Sinclair Armstrong for Elijah Dixon-Bonner (73′), Paul Smyth for Albert Adomah (77′) and Ilias Chair for Taylor Richards (88′).

Best player: Sinclair Armstrong​

The most impressive player for Queens Park Rangers was Sinclair Armstrong.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 9 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Swansea City – 3-2
• Watford – Plymouth Argyle – 0-0
• Southampton – Norwich City – 4-4
• Rotherham United – Blackburn Rovers – 2-2
• Preston North End – Sunderland – 2-1
• Millwall – Bristol City – 0-1
• Ipswich Town – Stoke City – 2-0
• Hull City – Sheffield Wednesday – 4-2
• Huddersfield Town – Leicester City – 0-1
• Coventry City – Middlesbrough – 3-0
• Cardiff City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-2
• Birmingham City – Leeds United – 1-0