CARDIFF. Cardiff City managed to reverse the score against Ipswich Town to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Ipswich Town to strike first with a goal of Kieffer Moore at the 79′. Then it was a goal in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Callum O’Dowda gave the win to Cardiff City in the 90′ minute. Ipswich Town lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium in Cardiff on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Langford with the collaboration of Hristo Karaivanov and G Read. The 4th official was Stephen Martin. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.25 degrees Celsius or 50.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 15 Total 8
- 6 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 3
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 112 Attack 117
- 51 Dangerous attack 38
- 104 Ball safe 108
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ipswich Town had a superior ball possession 56% while Cardiff City was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cardiff City was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cardiff City won the match.
Cardiff City shot 15 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ipswich Town shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Cardiff City didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card (Václav Hladký).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Cardiff City has 53 points like Preston North End to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Ipswich Town will stays with 78 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will play away with Swansea City on the 16th of March with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).
Ipswich Town will host Sheffield Wednesday on the 16th of March with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Ipswich Town (11 draws).
Cardiff City – Formation
Cardiff City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Erol Bulut decided to play with the following team: Ethan Horvath
, Perry Ng , Nathaniel Phillips , Dimitrios Goutas , Josh Wilson-Esbrand , Ryan Wintle , Manolis Siopis , Josh Bowler , David Turnbull , Karlan Grant and Yakou Méïté .The home team had on the bench: Joe Ralls, Famara Diédhiou
, Mahlon Romeo, Callum O’Dowda , Jamilu Collins, Rubin Colwill , Ollie Tanner, Matthew Turner and Cian Ashford.Substitutions
Cardiff City made 4 changes: David Turnbull for Rubin Colwill (76′), Yakou Méïté for Callum O’Dowda (75′), Josh Bowler for Famara Diédhiou (84′) and Ryan Wintle for Joe Ralls (90′).
Player of the match: Callum O’Dowda
The most impressive player for Cardiff City was Callum O’Dowda.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 14 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.His performance was fantastic also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 75′.
Ipswich Town – Formation
Also Ipswich Town adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Kieran McKenna played with: Marcus Harness, Václav Hladký
, Harry Clarke , Luke Woolfenden , Cameron Burgess , Leif Davis , Sam Morsy , Massimo Luongo , Wes Burns , Conor Chaplin and Jeremy Sarmiento , Kieffer Moore .They had on the bench: Omari Giraud-Hutchinson
, Axel Tuanzebe, Christian Walton, Marcus Harness , Jack Taylor , Ali Al-Hamadi , Kayden Jackson, Lewis Travis and Nathan Broadhead .Substitutions
Ipswich Town made 5 changes: Massimo Luongo for Jack Taylor (76′), Jeremy Sarmiento for Nathan Broadhead (64′), Conor Chaplin for Omari Giraud-Hutchinson (65′), Wes Burns for Marcus Harness (76′) and Kieffer Moore for Ali Al-Hamadi (89′).
Player of the match: Kieffer Moore
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Kieffer Moore.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 25 passes (56% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 17.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Coventry City – 1-2
- Southampton – Sunderland – 4-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Middlesbrough – 0-2
- Preston North End – Stoke City – 1-2
- Norwich City – Rotherham United – 5-0
- Millwall – Birmingham City – 1-0
- Hull City – Leicester City – 2-2
- Cardiff City – Ipswich Town – 2-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Plymouth Argyle – 1-1