Arsenal 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 1 January 2014

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Cardiff City

Premier League · Wednesday 1 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Arsenal beat Cardiff City 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 1 January 2014. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring in the 88th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Nicklas Bendtner (88') and T. Walcott (90+2'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 42 points from 19 and Cardiff City 17th on 17 points from 19. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Cardiff City 20th with 29.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-L-D and Cardiff City's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Per MertesackerArsenal
  • 55'Yellow card · Ben TurnerCardiff City
  • 60'Yellow card · David MarshallCardiff City
  • 88'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 1-0
  • 90+2'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 2-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 0, Cardiff City 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta, Theo Walcott, J. Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski

Cardiff City line-up (4-5-1)

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Steven Caulker, Ben Turner, Declan John, Craig Noone, Gary Medel, Jordon Mutch, Bo-kyung Kim, Peter Whittingham, Fraizer Campbell