Cardiff City 1-2 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2013
Result
Cardiff City 1-2 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2013, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 1-2 Sunderland: match report
Cardiff City lost to Sunderland 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jordon Mutch opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Jordon Mutch (6') and Fraizer Campbell (58'). Sunderland scored through Steven Fletcher (83') and Jack Colback (90+5').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 16th on 17 points from 18 and Sunderland 20th on 14 points from 18. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 20th with 29 points, and Sunderland 10th with 45.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Sunderland's W-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Jordon Mutch
- 6'Goal · Jordon Mutch
- 19'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 58'Goal · Fraizer Campbell
- 58'Yellow card · Kim Bo-Kyung
- 60'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 68'Yellow card · Fraizer Campbell
- 83'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 90+5'Goal · Jack Colback
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Txiki Acaz, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Steven Caulker, Ben Turner, Declan John, Gary Medel, Bo-kyung Kim, Craig Noone, Jordon Mutch, Peter Whittingham, Fraizer Campbell
Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)
Vito Mannone, Phil Bardsley, Modibo Diakité, Valentin Roberge, Andrea Dossena, Emanuele Giaccherini, Sebastian Larsson, Lee Cattermole, Sung-yueng Ki, Fabio Borini, Jozy Altidore