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 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.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 18'Yellow card · Álvaro Negredo
- 29'Goal · Craig Noone
- 33'Goal · Jesús Navas
- 74'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 77'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 79'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 90+3'Goal · Fraizer Campbell
Head-to-head
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