Cardiff City 1-5 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
Cardiff City 1-5 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-3
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Cardiff City 1-5 Manchester United: match report
Cardiff City were beaten by Manchester United 1-5 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 1-3 at half-time.
Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Víctor Camarasa (38', penalty). Manchester United scored through Marcus Rashford (3'), Ander Herrera (29'), Anthony Martial (41'), Jesse Lingard (57', penalty) and Jesse Lingard (90').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 17th on 14 points from 17 and Manchester United 7th on 26 points from 17. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Manchester United 6th with 66.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesse Lingard of Manchester United (9.7), ahead of Paul Pogba (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 29'Goal · Ander Herrera
- 35'Yellow card · Luke Shaw
- 38'Penalty goal · Víctor Camarasa
- 41'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 57'Penalty goal · Jesse Lingard
- 58'Yellow card · A. Gunnarsson
- 79'Yellow card · Greg Cunningham
- 90'Goal · Jesse Lingard
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, G. Cunningham, Aron Gunnarsson, Junior Hoilett, Víctor Camarasa, Harry Arter, Josh Murphy, Callum Paterson
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Ashley Young, Victor Lindelöf, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial