Manchester United 1-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 28 January 2014

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Cardiff City

Premier League · Tuesday 28 January 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Cardiff City: match report

Manchester United beat Cardiff City 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 January 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (6') and A. Young (59'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 7th on 38 points from 22 and Cardiff City 20th on 17 points from 22. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Cardiff City 20th with 29.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Craig BellamyCardiff City
  • 59'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-4-1-1)

David de Gea, Rafael, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Ryan Giggs, Ashley Young, Juan Mata, Robin van Persie

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

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Steven Caulker, Mark Hudson, Declan John, Craig Noone, Gary Medel, Jordon Mutch, Peter Whittingham, Fraizer Campbell, Craig Bellamy