West Ham United 3-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Monday 7 May 2012

Result

West Ham United 3-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Monday 7 May 2012, 15:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

West Ham United · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

West Ham United 3-0 Cardiff City: match report

West Ham United defeated Cardiff City 3-0 in the Championship on Monday 7 May 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Kevin Nolan opened the scoring in the 15th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Kevin Nolan (15'), Ricardo Vaz Té (40') and Nicky Maynard (90'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 1st on 89 points from 47 and Cardiff City 6th on 75 points from 47. West Ham United went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Cardiff City 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Kevin NolanWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Kenny MillerCardiff City
  • 40'Goal · Ricardo Vaz TéWest Ham United · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · M. HudsonCardiff City
  • 68'Yellow card · W. ReidWest Ham United
  • 80'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City
  • 90'Goal · Nicky MaynardWest Ham United · 3-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 0, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

Unavailable

West Ham United expected line-up

Robert Green, James Tomkins, George McCartney, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Collins, Carlton Cole, Mark Noble, Kevin Nolan, Matthew Taylor, Nicky Maynard, Joey O'Brien

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

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Peter Whittingham, Liam Lawrence, Aron Gunnarsson, Stephen McPhail, Joe Mason, Mark Hudson, Kenny Miller