CARDIFF. Cardiff City had a surprising win over Bristol City with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Ng (33′) and a goal from R. Colwill (90′).

The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium in Cardiff on Sunday and it started at 1:00 am local time. The referee was Darren England with the collaboration of Stuart Burt and Mark Scholes. The 4th official was Keith Stroud. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.04 degrees Celsius or 64.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Cardiff City was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Bristol City that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cardiff City was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cardiff City won the match​.

Cardiff City shot 9 times, 7 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Bristol City shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cardiff City received 1 yellow card (Yakou Méïté). On the opposite side, Bristol City received 2 yellow cards (Robert Dickie and Anis Mehmeti).

Standings

After playing this match, Cardiff City will have 23 points like Hull City to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Bristol City will stay with 18 points like Swansea City and Birmingham City to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will play away against Birmingham City on the 10th of April with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).

Bristol City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head stats.

Cardiff City – Formation

Cardiff City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Erol Bulut decided to play with the following team: Jak Alnwick (7.0), Perry Ng (8.5), Dimitris Goutas (7.3), Mark McGuinness (7.3), Jamilu Collins (7.1), Manolis Siopis (6.7), Joe Ralls (7.5), Josh Bowler (6.7), Callum Robinson (7.1), Karlan Grant (7.1) and Yakou Méïté (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Mahlon Romeo, Ryan Wintle (6.8), Ike Ugbo (7.0), Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, Ebou Adams, Romaine Sawyers, Jonathan Panzo, Rubin Colwill (7.9) and Ollie Tanner (6.8).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 5 changes: Perry Ng for Mahlon Romeo (90′), Callum Robinson for Rubin Colwill (57′), Joe Ralls for Ryan Wintle (57′), Josh Bowler for Ollie Tanner (72′) and Yakou Méïté for Ike Ugbo (73′).

Best player: Perry Ng​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cardiff City was Perry Ng.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 33 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Nigel Pearson played with: Matty James, Andy King, Max O’Leary (7.5), Joseph James (6.4), Robert Dickie (6.8), Cameron Pring (6.4), Mark Sykes (8.1), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (6.7), Jason Knight (7.0), Andreas Weimann (6.8) and Anis Mehmeti (6.4), Sam Bell (6.7), Harry Cornick (7.0).

They had on the bench: Tommy Conway (6.6), Stefan Bajić, Jamie Knight-Lebel (6.4), Ephrahim Yeboah (6.6), Raekwan Nelson, Lewis Thomas, Duncan Idehen and Tommy Backwell.

Substitutions

Bristol City made only 1 change substituting Sam Bell for Tommy Conway (46′)​.

Best player: Mark Sykes​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Mark Sykes.

His rating is (8.1) with 53 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

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