Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2018

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Cardiff City

Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Cardiff City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Cardiff City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Eric Dier of Tottenham Hotspur in the 8th minute.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 15 points from 7 and Cardiff City 19th on 2 points from 7. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Cardiff City 18th with 34.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Trippier of Tottenham Hotspur (8.3), ahead of Hugo Lloris (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · D. SánchezTottenham Hotspur
  • 58'Red card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 59'Yellow card · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur
  • 68'Yellow card · Toby AlderweireldTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Harry ArterCardiff City

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 0, Cardiff City 0.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Kieran Trippier, Davinson Sánchez, Toby Alderweireld, Danny Rose, Moussa Sissoko, Harry Winks, Eric Dier, Heung-min Son, Lucas Moura, Harry Kane

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

Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Víctor Camarasa, Harry Arter, Josh Murphy, Callum Paterson