Chelsea 4-1 Cardiff City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 October 2013
Result
Chelsea 4-1 Cardiff City
Premier League · Saturday 19 October 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 4-1 Cardiff City: match report
Chelsea defeated Cardiff City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 October 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jordon Mutch opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Eden Hazard (33'), Samuel Eto'o (66'), Oscar (78') and Eden Hazard (82'). Cardiff City scored through Jordon Mutch (10').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 14 points from 7 and Cardiff City 14th on 8 points from 7. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 77 points, and Cardiff City 20th with 29.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-L-D and Cardiff City's L-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Jordon Mutch
- 33'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 40'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 45'Yellow card · Don Cowie
- 54'Yellow card · David Marshall
- 66'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 78'Goal · Oscar
- 82'Goal · Eden Hazard
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-4-2)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, John Terry, David Luiz, Oscar, Ramires, F. Lampard, Andre Schürrle
Cardiff City expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Txiki Acaz, Steven Caulker, Ben Turner, Gary Medel, Andrew Taylor, Matthew Connolly, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Bo-kyung Kim, Fraizer Campbell, Craig Bellamy