English League Championship

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

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 51': Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Substitution, Preston North End. Alistair McCann replaces Liam Lindsay.
  • 61': Substitution, Cardiff City. Uche Ikpeazu replaces Isaak Davies.
  • 61': Substitution, Cardiff City. Rubin Colwill replaces Tommy Doyle.
  • 68': Jordan Hugill (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 82': Substitution, Cardiff City. Joel Bagan replaces Alfie Doughty.
  • 85': Substitution, Preston North End. Scott Sinclair replaces Emil Riis Jakobsen.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Preston North End. Joseph Rafferty replaces Alan Browne.
  • 90'+3': Brad Potts (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Attendance: 19,743

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+42 Leeds United 38 82 6
+41 Leicester City 37 82 7
+31 Ipswich Town 38 81 5
+26 Southampton 36 73 7
Full Table

Statistics

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5 Fouls 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 3
57.4 Possession 42.6
9 SHOTS 9
3 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
457 Accurate Passes 314
554 Passes 401
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 2
18 Crosses 22
0.2 Cross % 0.1
60 Long Balls 59
33 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 6
20 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.3
8 Interceptions 15
24 Effective Clearances 17
24 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

CAR Cardiff City (5-3-2)

No. Name
25 Alex Smithies (GK)
5 Aden Flint
2 Mark McGuinness
38 Perry Ng
18 Alfie Doughty
17 Cody Drameh
15 Ryan Wintle
8 Joe Ralls Yellow Card
22 Tommy Doyle
9 Jordan Hugill Yellow Card
39 Isaak Davies

PNE Preston North End (3-5-2)

No. Name
12 Daniel Iversen (GK)
41 Bambo Diaby
6 Liam Lindsay
2 Sepp van den Berg
11 Daniel Johnson
8 Alan Browne
4 Benjamin Whiteman
16 Andrew Hughes Yellow Card
44 Brad Potts Yellow Card
19 Emil Riis Jakobsen
21 Cameron Archer

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