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 · Sunderland · Championship predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Bryan OviedoSunderland
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 46'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 49'Red card · Didier NdongSunderland
  • 55'Goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 2-0
  • 80'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 3-0
  • 85'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City
  • 90+4'Goal · Alberto SuárezCardiff City · 4-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 0, Sunderland 3.

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