Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa

Championship · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City won against Aston Villa 1-0 in the Championship on Monday 2 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from J. Ralls of Cardiff City in the 16th minute.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 20th on 26 points from 23 and Aston Villa 8th on 35 points from 24. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Aston Villa 13th with 62.

Cardiff City lined up in a 5-4-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Ralls of Cardiff City (7.8), ahead of Sean Morrison (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Aston Villa.

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