Fulham 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

Fulham 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fulham 1-2 Cardiff City: match report

Fulham lost to Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

R. Sessegnon opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Fulham's goals came from R. Sessegnon (44') and Kevin McDonald (86'). Cardiff City scored through J. Ralls (60') and Alberto Suárez (65').

Discipline: Fulham received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 7th on 5 points from 3 and Cardiff City 18th on 4 points from 3. Fulham went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.

Fulham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to K. McDonald of Fulham (8.1), ahead of Sone Aluko (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fulham win, 2 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · R. SessegnonFulham · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Alberto SuárezCardiff City · 1-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Declan JohnCardiff City
  • 75'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City
  • 77'Yellow card · K. HarrisCardiff City
  • 83'Yellow card · Michael MadlFulham
  • 86'Goal · Kevin McDonaldFulham · 2-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Fulham 1, draws 2, Cardiff City 3.

Team news

Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Button, Denis Odoi, Tomas Kalas, Michael Madl, Scott Malone, Scott Parker, K. McDonald, Tom Cairney, Sone Aluko, Floyd Ayité, Cauley Woodrow

Cardiff City line-up (3-5-2)

Txiki Acaz, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Matthew Connolly, Jazz Richards, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Declan John, Lex Immers, Anthony Pilkington