CARDIFF. Cardiff City beats Millwall 1-0 after D. Goutas scored just 1 goal (78′).

The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium in Cardiff on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 19,426 spectators.​ The referee was Andrew Kitchen who had the assistance of James Wilson and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Ben Speedie. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 11.45 degrees Celsius or 52.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Standings

After playing this contest, Cardiff City has 30 points like Sunderland and Hull City to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Millwall will stays with 21 points like Stoke City and Huddersfield Town to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will host Birmingham City on the 13th of December with a 12-4 head to head statistic in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).

Millwall will play away against Leicester City on the 13th of December with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Millwall (1 draw).

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: Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson (7.1), Perry Ng (7.5), Dimitrios Goutas (7.8), Mark McGuinness (6.7), Jamilu Collins (7.5), Ryan Wintle (7.5), Manolis Siopis (6.8), Josh Bowler (6.7), Callum Robinson (6.3), Karlan Grant (6.4) and Ike Ugbo (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Joe Ralls (7.1), Yakou Méïté (6.4), Rubin Colwill (7.3), Mahlon Romeo, Kion Etete (6.8), Ebou Adams, Jak Alnwick, Jonathan Panzo and Ollie Tanner.

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 5 changes: Ike Ugbo for Yakou Méïté (46′), Callum Robinson for Rubin Colwill (46′), Ryan Wintle for Joe Ralls (70′), Manolis Siopis for Ebou Adams (89′) and Josh Bowler for Kion Etete (70′).

Player of the match: Dimitrios Goutas​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cardiff City was Dimitrios Goutas.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 59 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8.

Millwall – Formation

Millwall started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Joe Edwards played with: Matija Sarkic  (7.0), Ryan Leonard (8.1), Shaun Hutchinson (7.1), Wes Harding (7.0), Murray Wallace (7.3), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (6.3), Billy Mitchell (7.0), Allan Campbell (7.0), Ryan Longman (6.4), Kevin Nisbet (6.6) and Zian Flemming (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Duncan Watmore (6.7), Bartosz Bialkowski, Danny McNamara, Tom Bradshaw (6.7), Aidomo Emakhu (6.6), Romain Esse, George Honeyman, Kamari Grant and Sashiel Adom-Malaki.

Substitutions

Millwall made 3 changes: Zian Flemming for Duncan Watmore (70′), Ryan Longman for Aidomo Emakhu (81′) and Kevin Nisbet for Tom Bradshaw (70′).

Player of the match: Ryan Leonard​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Millwall was Ryan Leonard.

His rating is 8.1 with 49 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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