CARDIFF. Hull City defeats Cardiff City 3-1. Hull City got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Fábio Carvalho (32′) and Fábio Carvalho (44′). Cardiff City tried to recover with a goal from K. Ahearne-Grant (57′). Notwithstanding, the contest was closed by a goal (59′) scored by J. Philogene for Hull City. Hull City made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

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 20,688 spectators.​ The referee was John Busby with the support of Richard Wild and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Scott Simpson. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Cardiff City

1 - 3

Hull City

  • 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
  • 13 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 4 Off Target 4
  • 5 Shots blocked 1
  • 68 Attack 102
  • 29 Dangerous attack 47
  • 62 Ball safe 60
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 11 Total 5
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Hull City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Cardiff City was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hull City was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hull City won the match.​

Cardiff City shot 13 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Hull City shot 11 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Cardiff City received 1 yellow card (Manolis Siopis). Talking about the opposition, Hull City received 3 yellow cards (Jacob Greaves, Cyrus Christie  and Alfie Jones).

Match Timeline

32'
Fábio Carvalho(goal)
44'
Fábio Carvalho(goal)Ozan Tufan
K. Ahearne-Grant(goal)J. Collins
57'
Aaron Ramsey- sub ->D. Turnbull
58'
J. Wilson-Esbrand- sub ->J. Bowler
58'
59'
J. Philogene(goal)
62'
Jacob Greaves- Yellow
62'
Cyrus Christie - sub ->T. Morton
70'
Alfie Jones- Yellow
F. Diédhiou- sub ->Y. Meïté
72'
Manolis Siopis- Yellow
72'
76'
Sean McLoughlin- sub ->Abdülkadir Ömür
O. Tanner- sub ->J. Wilson-Esbrand
76'
76'
Anass Zaroury- sub ->Ozan Tufan
86'
Patrick McCarthy- sub ->Fábio Carvalho
90'
Cyrus Christie - Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Leicester City
97
46
Ipswich Town
96
46
Leeds United
90
46
Southampton
87
46
West Bromwich Albion
75
46
Norwich City
73
46
Hull City
70
46
Middlesbrough
69
46
Coventry City
64
46
Preston North End
63
46
Bristol City
62
46
Cardiff City
62
46
Millwall
59
46
Swansea City
57
46
Watford
56
46
Sunderland
56
46
Stoke City
56
46
Queens Park Rangers
56
46
Blackburn Rovers
53
46
Sheffield Wednesday
53
46
Plymouth Argyle
51
46
Birmingham City
50
46
Huddersfield Town
45
46
Rotherham United
27
46

After playing this match, Cardiff City stays with 56 points to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Hull City will has 61 points like Middlesbrough to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will play away with Birmingham City on the 10th of April with a 12-5 head to head stats in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).

Hull City will play away against Coventry City on the 16th of March with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Hull City (4 draws).

Cardiff City – Formation

Cardiff City
G
Ethan Horvath 1.United States
6.8
D
D. Goutas 4.Greece
7.0
D
N. Phillips 12.England
6.4
D
J. Collins 17.Nigeria
6.7
D
P. Ng 38.England
6.3
M
J. Ralls 8.England
7.9
M
J. Bowler 14.England
6.0
58'
M
K. Ahearne-Grant 16.England
7.5
57'
M
Manolis Siopis 23.Greece
6.8
72'
F
D. Turnbull 15.Scotland
6.7
58'
F
Y. Meïté 22.Ivory Coast
6.7
72'
Substitutes
G
M. Turner 41.Wales
D
M. Romeo 2.Antigua and Barbuda
D
J. Wilson-Esbrand 30.England
6.4
58'
M
Aaron Ramsey 10.Wales
6.6
58'
M
J. Colwill 34.Wales
M
C. Ashford 45.Wales
F
F. Diédhiou 20.Senegal
6.4
72'
F
O. Tanner 32.England
6.6
76'
F
C. Robinson 47.Republic of Ireland

Cardiff City adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Erol Bulut decided to play with the following team: Ethan Horvath (6.8), P. Ng (6.3), N. Phillips (6.4), D. Goutas (7.0), J. Collins (6.7), J. Bowler (6.0), Manolis Siopis (6.8), J. Ralls (7.9), K. Ahearne-Grant (7.5), D. Turnbull (6.7) and Y. Meïté (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: M. Romeo, Aaron Ramsey (6.6), F. Diédhiou (6.4), J. Wilson-Esbrand (6.4), O. Tanner (6.6), J. Colwill, M. Turner, C. Ashford and C. Robinson.

Cardiff City could not rely on the presence of O. Tanner (injured).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 4 changes: J. Wilson-Esbrand for O. Tanner (76′), Y. Meïté for F. Diédhiou (72′), D. Turnbull for Aaron Ramsey (58′) and J. Bowler for J. Wilson-Esbrand (58′).

Player of the match: J. Ralls​

The most impressive player for Cardiff City was J. Ralls.

His rating is 7.9 with 61 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Hull City – Formation

Hull City
G
Ryan Allsop 17.England
6.8
D
Jacob Greaves 4.England
7.5
62'
D
M. Jacob 29.England
7.0
D
Alfie Jones 5.England
6.7
70'
D
James Furlong 25.Republic of Ireland
D
Regan Slater 27.England
6.7
M
T. Morton 15.England
7.1
62'
M
J. Philogene 23.England
7.5
59'
M
Jean Michaël Seri 24.Ivory Coast
6.7
M
Abdülkadir Ömür 50.Turkey
8.1
76'
F
Ozan Tufan 7.Turkey
7.5
76'
F
Fábio Carvalho 45.Portugal
8.5
86' 32', 44'
Substitutes
G
Ivor Pandur 30.Croatia
D
Sean McLoughlin 6.Republic of Ireland
7.0
76'
D
Cyrus Christie 33.Republic of Ireland
6.7
62' 90'
M
Greg Docherty 8.Scotland
M
Adama Traoré 10.Mali
F
N. Ohio 9.Netherlands
F
Patrick McCarthy 12.England
6.4
86'
F
Aaron Connolly 44.Republic of Ireland
F
Anass Zaroury 47.Morocco
6.7
76'

Also Hull City adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Liam Rosenior played with: James Furlong, Ryan Allsop (6.8), Regan Slater (6.7), Alfie Jones (6.7), Jacob Greaves (7.5), M. Jacob (7.0), Abdülkadir Ömür (8.1), T. Morton (7.1), Jean Michaël Seri (6.7), J. Philogene (7.5) and Ozan Tufan (7.5), Fábio Carvalho (8.5).

These were the players on the bench: Cyrus Christie  (6.7), Sean McLoughlin (7.0), Greg Docherty, N. Ohio, Adama Traoré, Patrick McCarthy (6.4), Ivor Pandur, Aaron Connolly and Anass Zaroury (6.7).

Substitutions

Hull City made 4 changes: Ozan Tufan for Anass Zaroury (76′), Abdülkadir Ömür for Sean McLoughlin (76′), T. Morton for Cyrus Christie  (62′) and Fábio Carvalho for Patrick McCarthy (86′).

Player of the match: Fábio Carvalho​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hull City was Fábio Carvalho.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 28 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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