BURNLEY. Burnley liquidates Cardiff City 5-0 with goals of Ethan Horvath (9′ own), Luca Koleosho (31′), Josh Brownhill (51′), Zeki Amdouni (88′) and Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (90′).
The match was played at the Turf Moor stadium in Burnley on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Salisbury who had the assistance of Daniel Robathan and Constantine Hatzidakis. The 4th official was Thomas Kirk. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.5 degrees Celsius or 61.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 9 Total 11
- 4 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 92 Attack 89
- 14 Dangerous attack 42
- 87 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
Fouls
- 19 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. Burnley was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Cardiff City that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cardiff City had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Burnley found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Burnley shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Cardiff City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Burnley received 2 yellow cards (Maxime Esteve and Lyle Foster). On the opposite side, Cardiff City received 1 yellow card (Aaron Ramsey).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Burnley has 6 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. On the opposite side, Cardiff City stays with 0 points (24th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Burnley will play away with Sunderland on the 24th of August with a 4-4 head to head.
Cardiff City will play away against Swansea City on the 25th of August with a 11-5 head to head statistic in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).
Burnley – Formation
Burnley started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Scott Parker decided to play with the following team: James Trafford, Scott Twine, Vaclav Hladky
, Connor Roberts , Dara O’Shea , Maxime Esteve , Lucas Pires , Vitinho , Josh Cullen , Josh Brownhill , Luca Koleosho , Jay Rodríguez and Lyle Foster .The home team had on the bench: Conrad Jonathan Egan Riley, Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
, Benson Manuel, Etienne Green, Zeki Amdouni , Wout Weghorst , Luke McNally, Andreas Hountondji and Han-Noah Massengo .Substitutions
Burnley made 5 changes: Jay Rodríguez for Han-Noah Massengo (87′), Luca Koleosho for Andreas Hountondji (84′), Josh Cullen for Zeki Amdouni (84′), Vitinho for Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (74′) and Lyle Foster for Wout Weghorst (75′).
Player of the match: Vaclav Hladky
The most impressive player for Burnley was the goalkeeper: Vaclav Hladky. His rating is 7.96. He performed 4 saves.
Cardiff City – Formation
Cardiff City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Erol Bulut played with: Mark McGuinness, Ethan Horvath
, Perry Ng , Calum Chambers , Dimitrios Goutas , Callum O’Dowda , Manolis Siopis , Joe Ralls , Yakou Meïté , Aaron Ramsey , Chris Willock , Wilfried Kanga .They had on the bench: Alex Robertson, Rubin Colwill
, Callum Robinson , Jak Alnwick, Joel Bagan , Malachi Fagan-Walcott , Ollie Tanner , Andy Rinomhota and C. Ashford.Cardiff City could not rely on the presence of Rubin Colwill (injured).
Substitutions
Cardiff City made 5 changes: Callum O’Dowda for Joel Bagan (66′), Calum Chambers for Malachi Fagan-Walcott (67′), Wilfried Kanga for Callum Robinson (75′), Yakou Meïté for Ollie Tanner (75′) and Joe Ralls for Rubin Colwill (35′).
Player of the match: Manolis Siopis
The most impressive player for Cardiff City was Manolis Siopis.
His rating is
with 52 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 11.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Derby County – Middlesbrough – 1-0
- Portsmouth – Luton Town – 0-0
- West Bromwich Albion – Leeds United – 0-0
- Bristol City – Millwall – 4-3
- Burnley – Cardiff City – 5-0
- Norwich City – Blackburn Rovers – 2-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Hull City – 1-1
- Sheffield United – Queens Park Rangers – 2-2
- Swansea City – Preston North End – 3-0
- Watford – Stoke City – 3-0