Fulham 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Friday 10 July 2020
Result
Fulham 2-0 Cardiff City
Championship · Friday 10 July 2020, 19:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fulham 2-0 Cardiff City: match report
Fulham defeated Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Friday 10 July 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Aleksandar Mitrović opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Fulham's goals came from Aleksandar Mitrović (35', penalty) and Josh Onomah (66'). Cardiff City did not score.
Discipline: Fulham received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Fulham were 4th on 73 points from 42 and Cardiff City 6th on 64 points from 42. Fulham went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Cardiff City 5th with 76.
Fulham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Bryan of Fulham (8.0), level with Joshua Onomah (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fulham wins, 4 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Cardiff City's L-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 35'Penalty goal · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 39'Yellow card · Anthony Knockaert
- 58'Yellow card · Michael Hector
- 66'Goal · Josh Onomah
- 77'Yellow card · Cyrus Christie
- 81'Yellow card · J. Ralls
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marek Rodák, Cyrus Christie, Michael Hector, Tim Ream, Joe Bryan, Harry Arter, Harrison Reed, Anthony Knockaert, Joshua Onomah, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Aleksandar Mitrović
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Smithies, Dion Sanderson, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Will Vaulks, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Callum Paterson