Cardiff City vs Portsmouth, 2024-25 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Cardiff City

5': Regan Poole (OG)
13': Callum Robinson

FT
2 - 0

Portsmouth

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

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
2': Foul by Jordan Williams (Portsmouth).
3': Attempt blocked. Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Robertson with a cross.
3': Attempt missed. Dimitrios Goutas (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rubin Colwill with a cross.
5': Own Goal by Regan Poole, Portsmouth. Cardiff City 1, Portsmouth 0.
7': Attempt blocked. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paddy Lane.
7': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Perry Ng.
8': Foul by Tom McIntyre (Portsmouth).
8': Jak Alnwick (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Delay in match because of an injury Paddy Lane (Portsmouth).
11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
12': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Josh Murphy.
13': Attempt missed. Dimitrios Goutas (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Robertson with a cross following a corner.
13': Goal! Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 0. Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Dimitrios Goutas following a corner.
14': Delay in match because of an injury Paddy Lane (Portsmouth).
15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
15': Substitution, Portsmouth. Kusini Yengi replaces Paddy Lane because of an injury.
16': Foul by Calum Chambers (Cardiff City).
16': Kusini Yengi (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Calum Chambers (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by David Turnbull.
20': Attempt missed. Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Turnbull.
23': Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
23': Foul by Jordan Williams (Portsmouth).
23': Jordan Williams (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Attempt saved. Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
24': Attempt missed. Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Anwar El Ghazi with a cross following a set piece situation.
25': Dimitrios Goutas (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Kusini Yengi (Portsmouth).
25': Attempt missed. Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Anwar El Ghazi with a cross.
26': Delay in match because of an injury Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth).
30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31': Substitution, Portsmouth. Jordan Archer replaces Nicolas Schmid because of an injury.
32': Hand ball by Kusini Yengi (Portsmouth).
33': Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Marlon Pack (Portsmouth).
34': Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
34': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Marlon Pack.
35': Foul by Alex Robertson (Cardiff City).
35': Kusini Yengi (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Attempt missed. Callum Lang (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
38': Attempt blocked. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
38': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Connor Ogilvie.
40': David Turnbull (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
40': Foul by Jordan Williams (Portsmouth).
42': Attempt saved. David Turnbull (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda.
42': Delay in match because of an injury Jordan Williams (Portsmouth).
44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Tom McIntyre.
45'+4': Attempt missed. Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rubin Colwill.
45'+5': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jordan Williams.
45'+6': Attempt blocked. Dimitrios Goutas (Cardiff City) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Robertson with a cross.
45'+6': Callum Lang (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+6': Foul by Calum Chambers (Cardiff City).
45'+8': Offside, Cardiff City. Ollie Tanner is caught offside.
45'+10': First Half ends, Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 0.
45': Second Half begins Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 0.
45': Substitution, Portsmouth. Christian Saydee replaces Elias Sørensen.
45': Substitution, Portsmouth. Terry Devlin replaces Jordan Williams.
46': Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
49': Foul by Christian Saydee (Portsmouth).
49': Perry Ng (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Regan Poole.
51': Attempt saved. David Turnbull (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda.
51': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jordan Archer.
52': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Marlon Pack.
53': Attempt saved. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alex Robertson.
54': Attempt blocked. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda.
54': Hand ball by David Turnbull (Cardiff City).
56': Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Foul by Kusini Yengi (Portsmouth).
57': Attempt missed. Kusini Yengi (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Freddie Potts.
57': Attempt saved. Callum Lang (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kusini Yengi.
57': Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City).
59': Attempt saved. Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Robinson with a through ball.
59': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jordan Archer.
60': Attempt saved. Perry Ng (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Robinson with a cross.
60': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jordan Archer.
61': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Freddie Potts.
63': Foul by Freddie Potts (Portsmouth).
63': Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
64': Freddie Potts (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Attempt blocked. Perry Ng (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
66': Substitution, Cardiff City. Manolis Siopis replaces David Turnbull.
66': Substitution, Cardiff City. Andy Rinomhota replaces Alex Robertson.
67': Offside, Cardiff City. Ollie Tanner is caught offside.
71': Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Terry Devlin (Portsmouth).
71': Delay in match because of an injury Jak Alnwick (Cardiff City).
73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77': Delay in match because of an injury Anwar El Ghazi (Cardiff City).
77': Substitution, Portsmouth. Matt Ritchie replaces Josh Murphy.
77': Substitution, Cardiff City. Yakou Méïté replaces Ollie Tanner.
78': Substitution, Cardiff City. Chris Willock replaces Anwar El Ghazi because of an injury.
78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Attempt saved. Callum Lang (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kusini Yengi.
79': Foul by Andy Rinomhota (Cardiff City).
79': Freddie Potts (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Andy Rinomhota (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
80': Attempt blocked. Freddie Potts (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
80': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Yakou Méïté.
81': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
82': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Perry Ng.
84': Foul by Yakou Méïté (Cardiff City).
84': Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
85': Substitution, Cardiff City. Wilfried Kanga replaces Callum Robinson.
85': Attempt blocked. Christian Saydee (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
86': Attempt missed. Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
87': Foul by Callum Lang (Portsmouth).
87': Perry Ng (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Wilfried Kanga (Cardiff City).
88': Tom McIntyre (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'+3': Offside, Portsmouth. Callum Lang is caught offside.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Yakou Méïté (Cardiff City) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Willock.
90'+4': Attempt saved. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
90'+4': Foul by Manolis Siopis (Cardiff City).
90'+4': Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Foul by Terry Devlin (Portsmouth).
90'+4': Yakou Méïté (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
90'+5': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jordan Archer.
90'+6': Attempt saved. Dimitrios Goutas (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Willock with a cross.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 0.
0': Match ends, Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 0.

Statistics

POR		CAR
13	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
5	Corner Kicks	12
9	Saves	2
45.6	Possession	54.4
8	SHOTS	24
2	ON GOAL	10
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
302	Accurate Passes	355
377	Passes	433
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	11
15	Crosses	30
0.1	Cross %	0.4
44	Long Balls	66
15	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	5
7	Effective Tackles	10
14	Tackles	18
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	6
28	Effective Clearances	24
28	Clearances	24

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Attendance: 18,534

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Sunderland	11	+12	25
2	Leeds United	12	+11	23
3	Burnley	11	+12	22
4	West Bromwich Albion	11	+6	19

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cardiff City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	Jak Alnwick (GK)
12	Calum Chambers
4	Dimitrios Goutas
11	Callum O'Dowda
38	Perry Ng
27	Rubin Colwill
14	David Turnbull
18	Alex Robertson
47	Callum Robinson
20	Anwar El Ghazi
32	Ollie Tanner

Cardiff City Substitutes:

Andy Rinomhota, Ethan Horvath, Jesper Daland, Yakou Meite, Joel Bagan, William Fish, Wilfried Kanga, Chris Willock, Manolis Siopis.

Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
13	Nicolas Schmid (GK)
16	Tom Mcintyre
5	Regan Poole
3	Connor Ogilvie
2	Jordan Williams
32	Paddy Lane
8	Freddie Potts
7	Marlon Pack
18	Elias Sörensen
23	Josh Murphy
49	Callum Lang

Portsmouth Substitutes:

Abdoulaye Kamara, Christian Saydee, Andre Dozzell, Mark O’Mahony, Jordan Archer, Terry Devlin, Matt Ritchie, Ryley Towler, Kusini Yengi.

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