Cardiff vs Reading 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

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38': Junior Hoilett

Introduction

Cardiff City are hosting Reading at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
32': Marlon Pack (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Goal! Cardiff City 0, Reading 1. David Junior Hoilett (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
61': Substitution, Cardiff City. Rubin Colwill replaces Leandro Bacuna.
66': Substitution, Reading. Scott Dann replaces George Puscas.
79': Substitution, Cardiff City. Will Vaulks replaces Joe Ralls.
79': Substitution, Cardiff City. James Collins replaces Sam Bowen.
80': Substitution, Reading. Jahmari Clarke replaces Andy Yiadom because of an injury.
84': James Collins (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4': Mark McGuinness (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Attendance: 18,400

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Coventry City	9	19	0
+6	Middlesbrough	9	18	1
+5	Leicester City	9	16	1
+4	Preston North End	9	16	1

Full Table

Statistics

REA		CAR
5	Fouls	18
0	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	0
50.1	Possession	49.9
2	SHOTS	27
1	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
370	Accurate Passes	354
471	Passes	430
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	20
5	Crosses	51
0.2	Cross %	0.4
63	Long Balls	55
20	Accurate Long Balls	35
0.3	Long Balls %	0.6
0	Blocked Shots	12
6	Effective Tackles	9
14	Tackles	13
0.4	Tackle %	0.7
5	Interceptions	11
32	Effective Clearances	11
32	Clearances	11

Line-Ups

Cardiff City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Alex Smithies (GK)
16	Curtis Nelson
5	Aden Flint
30	Ciaron Brown
2	Mark McGuinness
37	Sam Bowen
8	Joe Ralls
21	Marlon Pack
10	Kieffer Moore
7	Leandro Bacuna
26	Ryan Giles

Substitutes:

Joel Bagan, James Collins, Mark Harris, Dillon Phillips, Perry Ng, Rubin Colwill, Will Vaulks.

Reading (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Luke Southwood (GK)
28	Josh Laurent
6	Liam Moore
21	Abdul Rahman Baba
17	Andy Yiadom
10	John Swift
15	Danny Drinkwater
19	Tom Dele-Bashiru
47	George Puscas
14	Ovie Ejaria
23	Junior Hoilett

Substitutes:

Claudio Osorio, Ethan Bristow, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan, Michael Stickland, Scott Dann, Rafael, Jahmari Clarke.

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