Cardiff City 0-3 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Sunday 22 March 2009
Result
Cardiff City 0-3 Sheffield United
Championship · Sunday 22 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Cardiff City 0-3 Sheffield United: match report
Cardiff City lost to Sheffield United 0-3 in the Championship on Sunday 22 March 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
David Cotterill opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cardiff City did not score. Sheffield United scored through David Cotterill (25', penalty), Jamie Ward (46') and Stephen Quinn (87').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 6th on 63 points from 37 and Sheffield United 5th on 63 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Sheffield United 3rd with 84.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 3 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Sheffield United's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 24'Red card · Gábor Gyepes
- 25'Penalty goal · David Cotterill
- 31'Yellow card · Greg Halford
- 33'Red card · Ross McCormack
- 46'Goal · Jamie Ward
- 74'Yellow card · Kyle Naughton
- 81'Yellow card · Nick Montgomery
- 87'Goal · Stephen Quinn
- 89'Yellow card · Miguel Comminges
- 90'Yellow card · G. Rae
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United expected line-up
Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge