Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff City

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff City: match report

Liverpool beat Cardiff City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (10'), Sadio Mané (66'), Xherdan Shaqiri (84') and Sadio Mané (87'). Cardiff City scored through Callum Paterson (77').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 23 points from 9 and Cardiff City 17th on 5 points from 9. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 97 points, and Cardiff City 18th with 34.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (9.2), ahead of Sadio Mané (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Cardiff City's W-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 2-0
  • 77'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · Xherdan ShaqiriLiverpool · 3-1
  • 87'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 4-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Liverpool 2, draws 0, Cardiff City 0.

Team news

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

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Alberto Moreno, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah

Cardiff City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Junior Hoilett, Víctor Camarasa, Aron Gunnarsson, Josh Murphy, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Callum Paterson