Cardiff City 3-4 Barnsley: result and report

Cardiff City 3-4 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Cardiff City were beaten by Barnsley 3-4 in the Championship on Saturday 17 December 2016. It was 1-3 at half-time.

S. Morrison opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from S. Morrison (3'), Peter Whittingham (79') and Alberto Suárez (89'). Barnsley scored through Sam Winnall (19'), Sam Winnall (32'), Josh Scowen (43') and Ryan Williams (90+5').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 18th on 25 points from 21 and Barnsley 14th on 27 points from 21. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Barnsley 15th with 57.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Whittingham of Cardiff City (9.2), ahead of Sam Winnall (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Barnsley.