Northampton Town 3-0 Cardiff City: result and report
Carabao Cup · Saturday 5 September 2020
Result
Northampton Town 3-0 Cardiff City
Carabao Cup · Saturday 5 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Northampton Town 3-0 Cardiff City: match report
Northampton Town defeated Cardiff City 3-0 in the Carabao Cup on Saturday 5 September 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Harry Smith opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Harry Smith (33', penalty), Matt Warburton (49') and Ryan Watson (59'). Cardiff City did not score.
Discipline: Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Watson of Northampton Town (8.1), ahead of Mathew Warburton (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Ricky Korboa
- 28'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
- 33'Penalty goal · Harry Smith
- 40'Yellow card · Junior Hoilett
- 46'Yellow card · Fraser Horsfall
- 49'Goal · Matt Warburton
- 57'Yellow card · Ryan Watson
- 59'Goal · Ryan Watson
- 60'Yellow card · Matt Warburton
- 79'Yellow card · T. Sang
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Steve Arnold, Luka Racic, Cian Bolger, Fraser Horsfall, Michael Harriman, Ryan Watson, Christopher Missilou, Joseph Mills, Ricky Korboa, Mathew Warburton, Harry Smith
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Smithies, Curtis Nelson, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Marlon Pack, J. Osei-Tutu, Josh Murphy, Junior Hoilett, Robert Glatzel