Cardiff City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023
Result
Cardiff City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Cardiff City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Cardiff City beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ike Ugbo opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Ike Ugbo (48') and Ryan Wintle (90+8', penalty). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Barry Bannan (76').
Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 20th on 1 point from 3 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 0 points from 3. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 20th with 53.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (7.8), ahead of Dimitrios Goutas (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 5 draws and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 48'Goal · Ike Ugbo
- 66'Yellow card · Di'Shon Bernard
- 76'Goal · Barry Bannan
- 80'Yellow card · Juan Delgado
- 90'Yellow card · Callum Paterson
- 90+8'Penalty goal · Ryan Wintle
- 90+12'Yellow card · Josh Windass
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Mark McGuinness, Dimitrios Goutas, Jamilu Collins, Manolis Siopis, Joe Ralls, Iké Ugbo, Aaron Ramsey, Callum O'Dowda, Yakou Méïté
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (5-4-1)
Devis Vásquez, Callum Paterson, Liam Palmer, Bambo Diaby, Di'Shon Bernard, Juan Antonio Delgado Baeza, Josh Windass, George Byers, Barry Bannan, L. Gregory, Michael Smith