Cardiff City 2-0 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017
Result
Cardiff City 2-0 Sheffield United
Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 2-0 Sheffield United: match report
Cardiff City beat Sheffield United 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 August 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
S. Morrison opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from S. Morrison (44') and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (55'). Sheffield United did not score.
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 1st on 6 points from 2 and Sheffield United 13th on 3 points from 2. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Morrison of Cardiff City (8.4), level with Joe Ralls (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
- 21'Yellow card · Chris Basham
- 23'Yellow card · Sol Bamba
- 44'Goal · S. Morrison
- 55'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Neil Etheridge, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Jazz Richards, Sol Bamba, Lee Tomlin, Joe Ralls, Aron Gunnarsson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)
Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Richard Stearman, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Kieron Freeman, Samir Carruthers, Leon Clarke, Patrick McCarthy