Cardiff City 4-0 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 January 2018
Result
Cardiff City 4-0 Sunderland
Championship · Saturday 13 January 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cardiff City 4-0 Sunderland: match report
Cardiff City won against Sunderland 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 13 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Callum Paterson opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Callum Paterson (46'), J. Ralls (55'), Callum Paterson (80') and Alberto Suárez (90+4'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 47 points from 26 and Sunderland 24th on 22 points from 26. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Ralls of Cardiff City (9.0), level with Callum Paterson (9.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 3 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Bryan Oviedo
- 45+1'Yellow card · Lynden Gooch
- 46'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 49'Red card · Didier Ndong
- 55'Goal · J. Ralls
- 80'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 85'Yellow card · S. Morrison
- 90+4'Goal · Alberto Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Neil Etheridge, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Jazz Richards, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Joe Ralls, Callum Paterson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Kenneth Zohore, Junior Hoilett
Sunderland line-up (5-4-1)
Robbin Ruiter, Billy Jones, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Jake Clarke-Salter, Didier Ndong, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, Marc Wilson, Josh Maja