CARDIFF. Preston North End conquers Cardiff City with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Riis (30′) and a goal from B. Whiteman (40′).
The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium in Cardiff on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Dean Whitestone assisted by Daniel Leach and Black Antrobus. The 4th official was Edward Duckworth. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 14 Total 3
- 5 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 0
- 4 Shots blocked 0
- 120 Attack 100
- 39 Dangerous attack 41
- 31 Ball safe 45
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 0
Fouls
- 1 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Cardiff City was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Preston North End that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Preston North End was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Preston North End won the encounter.
Cardiff City shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Preston North End shot 3 times, 3 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards (Yakou Méïté, Jak Alnwick and Erol Bulut). On the other side, Preston North End received 1 yellow card (Mads Frokjaer-Jensen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Cardiff City stays with 40 points to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Preston North End will has 45 points like Hull City and Norwich City to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 27th of January with a 6-6 head to head record.
Preston North End will host Middlesbrough on the 14th of February with a 11-5 head to head record in favor of Middlesbrough (8 draws).
Cardiff City – Formation
Cardiff City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Erol Bulut decided to play with the following team: Jak Alnwick , Perry Ng , Dimitrios Goutas , Nathaniel Phillips , Jamilu Collins , Ryan Wintle , Manolis Siopis , Josh Bowler , David Turnbull , Karlan Grant and Kion Etete .
The home team had on the bench: Aaron Ramsey , Ethan Horvath, Mahlon Romeo, Joe Ralls, Famara Diédhiou , Yakou Méïté , Rubin Colwill , Josh Wilson-Esbrand and Ollie Tanner.
Substitutions
Cardiff City made 5 changes: Ryan Wintle for Aaron Ramsey (46′), Josh Bowler for Josh Wilson-Esbrand (46′), Kion Etete for Famara Diédhiou (62′), David Turnbull for Rubin Colwill (71′) and Nathaniel Phillips for Yakou Méïté (84′).
Player of the match: Perry Ng
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cardiff City was Perry Ng.
His rating is with 56 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Preston North End – Formation
Preston North End started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Ryan Lowe played with: Freddie Woodman , Jordan Storey , Liam Lindsay , Andrew Hughes , Brad Potts , Alan Browne , Ben Whiteman , Mads Frokjaer-Jensen , Liam Millar , Emil Riis and Will Keane .
They had on the bench: Greg Cunningham, Robbie Brady , Ali McCann , Layton Stewart, Ryan Ledson , Ben Woodburn , David Cornell, Jack Whatmough and Milutin Osmajić .
Preston North End could not rely on the presence of Ali McCann (injured).
Substitutions
Preston North End made 5 changes: Alan Browne for Ryan Ledson (80′), Brad Potts for Ali McCann (72′), Liam Millar for Robbie Brady (86′), Emil Riis for Milutin Osmajić (86′) and Mads Frokjaer-Jensen for Ben Woodburn (87′).
Player of the match: Freddie Woodman
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Preston North End was the goalkeeper: Freddie Woodman. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Leicester City – 1-2
- Sunderland – Plymouth Argyle – 3-1
- Southampton – Huddersfield Town – 5-3
- Queens Park Rangers – Norwich City – 2-2
- Middlesbrough – Bristol City – 1-2
- Leeds United – Rotherham United – 3-0
- Ipswich Town – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Hull City – Swansea City – 0-1
- Cardiff City – Preston North End – 0-2
- Blackburn Rovers – Stoke City – 3-1