Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015
Result
Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 Cardiff City: match report
Milton Keynes Dons beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Nicky Maynard opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from Nicky Maynard (49') and Josh Murphy (90'). Cardiff City scored through Craig Noone (81').
Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 21st on 19 points from 22 and Cardiff City 8th on 33 points from 22. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 23rd with 39 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.
Going into the match Milton Keynes Dons's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Cardiff City's L-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · A. Kay
- 49'Goal · Nicky Maynard
- 66'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzean
- 72'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
- 78'Yellow card · Craig Noone
- 81'Goal · Craig Noone
- 83'Yellow card · Nicky Maynard
- 90'Goal · Josh Murphy
Team news
Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones