BRISTOL. Cardiff City conquers Bristol City 1-0 after P. Ng scored just 1 goal (66′). Bristol City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 24,035 spectators.​ The referee was Samuel Allison assisted by Neil Davies and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Lewis Smith. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 3.86 degrees Celsius or 38.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bristol City was in firm control of the ball 60% while Cardiff City was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Cardiff City managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Bristol City shot 17 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cardiff City shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Bristol City received 2 yellow cards (Taylor Gardner-Hickman and Andy King). On the other side, Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards (Josh Wilson-Esbrand and Kion Etete).

Standings

After this match, Bristol City stays with 44 points like Watford and Middlesbrough to hold in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Cardiff City will has 47 points like Sunderland to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away against Ipswich Town on the 5th of March with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Ipswich Town (6 draws).

Cardiff City will host Huddersfield Town on the 6th of March with a 11-3 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (6 draws).

Bristol City – Formation

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

The manager Liam Manning decided to play with the following team: George Tanner, Max O’Leary (7.0), Ross McCrorie (7.5), Zak Vyner (7.0), Robert Dickie (7.5), Haydon Roberts (6.6), Andy King (6.4), Joe Williams (7.0), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (7.5), Jason Knight (7.0), Mark Sykes (7.3) and Nahki Wells (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Cameron Pring (6.8), Anis Mehmeti (6.8), Tommy Conway (7.0), Harry Cornick (6.4), Stefan Bajić, Jamie Knight-Lebel and Adedire Mebude (6.4).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 5 changes: Andy King for Anis Mehmeti (61′), Nahki Wells for Tommy Conway (62′), Jason Knight for Harry Cornick (82′), Mark Sykes for Adedire Mebude (82′) and Haydon Roberts for Cameron Pring (82′).

Player of the match: Ross McCrorie​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Ross McCrorie.

His rating is 7.5 with 47 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.

Cardiff City – Formation

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

Erol Bulut played with: Karlan Grant, Ethan Horvath (7.3), Perry Ng (8.1), Nathaniel Phillips (7.3), Dimitrios Goutas (7.3), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (6.6), Manolis Siopis (7.3), Joe Ralls (6.4), Josh Bowler (6.3), David Turnbull (7.5), Joel Colwill and Rubin Colwill (6.4), Kion Etete (7.0).

They had on the bench: Mahlon Romeo, Ryan Wintle (7.0), Callum O’Dowda (7.0), Jamilu Collins (6.8), Famara Diédhiou, Yakou Méïté (6.4), Ollie Tanner (6.7), Matthew Turner and Cian Ashford.

Cardiff City could not rely on the presence of Yakou Méïté (injured).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 5 changes: Kion Etete for Yakou Méïté (51′), Josh Bowler for Ollie Tanner (64′), Joe Ralls for Ryan Wintle (65′), Josh Wilson-Esbrand for Jamilu Collins (77′) and Rubin Colwill for Callum O’Dowda (78′).

Player of the match: Perry Ng​

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

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 35 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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