Cardiff City prevails over Queens Park Rangers 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

LONDON. Cardiff City beat Queens Park Rangers to win 2-1.

January 2, 2024

LONDON. Cardiff City topped Queens Park Rangers to win 2-1. It was Cardiff City to strike first with a goal of Dimitrios Goutas at the 16′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Perry Ng gave the win to Cardiff City in the 74′ minute with a goal. Queens Park Rangers was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).

The match was played at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium stadium in London on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrew Kitchen who was helped by Samuel Lewis and Alex James. The 4th official was James Linington. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.14 degrees Celsius or 46.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.

Match Statistics

Queens Park Rangers

1 - 2

Cardiff City

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

8 Total 10
3 On Target 6
4 Off Target 4
2 Shots blocked 1

104 Attack 89
38 Dangerous attack 38
96 Ball safe 96

0 Penalties 0
1 Corners 6

Fouls

12 Total 20
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Queens Park Rangers was in firm control of the ball 64% while Cardiff City was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Queens Park Rangers had a more offensive attitude with 38 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Cardiff City was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Queens Park Rangers shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cardiff City shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards (Lyndon Dykes and Morgan Fox). On the other side, Cardiff City received 7 yellow cards (Erol Bulut, Jonathan Panzo, Perry Ng, Jonathan Panzo, Jamilu Collins, Mark McGuinness and Ebou Adams).

Match Timeline

16'

D. Goutas(goal)Joe Ralls

Paul Smyth(goal)Rayan Kolli

52'

58'

M. McGuinness- Yellow

60'

J. Bowler- sub ->Kion Etete

63'

J. Collins- Yellow

Albert Adomah- sub ->Elijah Dixon-Bonner

67'

74'

P. Ng(goal)Ryan Wintle

74'

O. Tanner- sub ->Rubin Colwill

S. Armstrong- sub ->Rayan Kolli

81'

Morgan Fox- sub ->Jake Clarke-Salter

81'

Morgan Fox- Yellow

85'

87'

89'

P. Ng- Yellow

90'

L. Dykes- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Queens Park Rangers stays with 21 points to sit in the 23rd place. Talking about the opposition, Cardiff City will has 37 points like Coventry City to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Queens Park Rangers will host Watford on the 5th of August with a 8-8 head to head statistic.

Cardiff City will host Leeds United on the 13th of January with a 14-4 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (5 draws).

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

Queens Park Rangers

Asmir Begovic 1.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.0

Steve Cook 5.England

Jake Clarke-Salter 6.England

6.4

81'

Reggie Cannon 20.United States

6.3

K. Paal 22.Suriname

6.8

Jimmy Dunne 3.Republic of Ireland

7.0

Ziyad Larkeche 21.France

6.8

46'

Chris Willock 7.England

Sam Field 8.England

6.6

Ilias Chair 10.Morocco

Andre Dozzell 17.England

6.8

E. Dixon-Bonner 19.England

6.7

67'

L. Dykes 9.Scotland

7.1

90'

Paul Smyth 11.Northern Ireland

7.5

52'

Substitutes

Jordan Archer 13.Scotland

Osman Kakay 2.Sierra Leone

Morgan Fox 15.Wales

6.6

81'

85'

A. Drewe 29.England

Rafferty Pedder 34.England

Albert Adomah 37.Ghana

6.4

67'

S. Armstrong 30.Republic of Ireland

6.7

81'

Charlie Kelman 23.England

Queens Park Rangers adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Martí Cifuentes Corvillo decided to play with the following team: Steve Cook, Chris Willock, Ilias Chair, Asmir Begović (7.0), Reggie Cannon (6.3), Jimmy Dunne (7.0), Jake Clarke-Salter (6.4), Kenneth Paal (6.8), Elijah Dixon-Bonner (6.7), Samuel Field (6.6), Andre Dozzell (6.8), Paul Smyth (7.5), Lyndon Dykes (7.1) and Ziyad Larkeche (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Sinclair Armstrong (6.7), Osman Kakay, Jordan Archer, Morgan Fox (6.6), Charlie Kelman, Aaron Drewe, Rafferty Pedder, Albert Adomah (6.4) and Rayan Kolli (7.5).

Substitutions

Queens Park Rangers made 3 changes: Elijah Dixon-Bonner for Albert Adomah (67′), Rayan Kolli for Sinclair Armstrong (81′) and Jake Clarke-Salter for Morgan Fox (81′).

Player of the match: Paul Smyth

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Queens Park Rangers was Paul Smyth.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Cardiff City – Formation

Cardiff City

J. Alnwick 21.England

7.0

D. Goutas 4.Greece

7.5

16'

M. McGuinness 5.Republic of Ireland

6.6

58'

J. Collins 17.Nigeria

6.6

87'

63'

P. Ng 38.England

7.7

89'

74'

R. Wintle 6.England

7.8

J. Ralls 8.England

7.3

Manolis Siopis 23.Greece

6.7

87'

K. Etete 9.England

6.6

60'

K. Ahearne-Grant 16.England

Y. Meïté 22.Ivory Coast

7.1

R. Colwill 27.Wales

7.5

74'

Substitutes

M. Turner 41.Wales

Jonathan Panzo 24.England

6.4

87'

90'

J. Bowler 14.England

7.1

60'

Ebou Adams 18.Gambia

6.4

87'

90'

K. Evans 25.Wales

J. Colwill 34.Wales

Iké Ugbo 12.Canada

O. Tanner 32.England

6.4

74'

C. Robinson 47.Republic of Ireland

Also Cardiff City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Erol Bulut played with: Karlan Grant, Jak Alnwick (7.0), Perry Ng (7.7), Dimitrios Goutas (7.5), Mark McGuinness (6.6), Jamilu Collins (6.6), Ryan Wintle (7.8), Manolis Siopis (6.7), Joe Ralls (7.3), Yakou Méïté (7.1), Kion Etete (6.6), Rubin Colwill (7.5).

They had on the bench: Josh Bowler (7.1), Ike Ugbo, Ebou Adams (6.4), Jonathan Panzo (6.4), Kieron Evans, Ollie Tanner (6.4), Joel Colwill, Matthew Turner and Callum Robinson.

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 4 changes: Kion Etete for Josh Bowler (60′), Rubin Colwill for Ollie Tanner (74′), Jamilu Collins for Jonathan Panzo (87′) and Manolis Siopis for Ebou Adams (87′).