Cardiff City 2-4 Fulham: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Cardiff City 2-4 Fulham

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 2-4 Fulham: match report

Cardiff City lost to Fulham 2-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Tim Ream opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from K. Zohorè (57') and Callum Paterson (90+2'). Fulham scored through Tim Ream (12'), Floyd Ayité (56'), R. Sessegnon (78') and Stefan Johansen (90+7').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 47 points from 23 and Fulham 11th on 32 points from 23. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Fulham 2nd with 91.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fulham in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Sessegnon of Fulham (8.0), ahead of Tom Cairney (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 4 draws and 1 for Fulham.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Tim ReamFulham · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Floyd AyitéFulham
  • 43'Yellow card · Ryan FredericksFulham
  • 56'Goal · Floyd AyitéFulham · 0-2
  • 57'Goal · K. ZohorèCardiff City · 1-2
  • 78'Goal · R. SessegnonFulham · 1-3
  • 82'Yellow card · Denis OdoiFulham
  • 90'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · M. BettinelliFulham
  • 90+2'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 2-3
  • 90+7'Goal · Stefan JohansenFulham · 2-4

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 4, Fulham 1.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Joe Ralls, Loïc Damour, Craig Bryson, Kenneth Zohore, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Junior Hoilett

Fulham line-up (4-3-3)

Marcus Bettinelli, Kazım Nas, Denis Odoi, Tim Ream, Tomas Kalas, K. McDonald, Stefan Johansen, Tom Cairney, Ryan Sessegnon, Floyd Ayité, Sheyi Ojo