Manchester City 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2014

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Cardiff City

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Manchester City · Cardiff City · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Manchester City won against Cardiff City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 January 2014. The half-time score was 2-1.

Edin Dzeko opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Edin Dzeko (14'), Jesús Navas (33'), Yaya Touré (77') and Sergio Agüero (79'). Cardiff City scored through Craig Noone (29') and Fraizer Campbell (90+3').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 46 points from 21 and Cardiff City 19th on 17 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Cardiff City 20th with 29.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Álvaro NegredoManchester City
  • 29'Goal · Craig NooneCardiff City · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · Jesús NavasManchester City · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 77'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 3-1
  • 79'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 4-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Fraizer CampbellCardiff City · 4-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 0, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Martín Demichelis, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jesús Navas, Yaya Touré, Javi García, David Silva, Álvaro Negredo, Edin Džeko

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

Txiki Acaz, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Steven Caulker, Ben Turner, Kevin McNaughton, Gary Medel, Craig Noone, Aron Gunnarsson, Jordon Mutch, Peter Whittingham, Fraizer Campbell