English League Championship

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

Cardiff City
    FT
    0 - 1
    Reading
    • 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
    +34 Coventry City 35 71 6
    +19 Middlesbrough 35 66 7
    +26 Ipswich Town 34 63 7
    +7 Millwall 35 62 9
    Full Table

    Statistics

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    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

    CAR Cardiff City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    25 Alex Smithies (GK)
    16 Curtis Nelson
    5 Aden Flint
    30 Ciaron Brown
    2 Mark McGuinness Yellow Card
    37 Sam Bowen
    8 Joe Ralls Yellow Card
    21 Marlon Pack Yellow Card
    10 Kieffer Moore
    7 Leandro Bacuna
    26 Ryan Giles
    Substitutes:
    Joel Bagan, James Collins, Mark Harris, Dillon Phillips, Perry Ng, Rubin Colwill, Will Vaulks.

    REA 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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