Cardiff City 1-1 Fulham (2015-16 Championship)

Sat 8 Aug 2015 12:00	Cardiff City	(0) 1-1 (0)	Fulham	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Darren Bond
	Noone  86'	Report	Smith  47'

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CARDIFF CITY (4-4-2) GK 21 Simon Moore DR 2 Lee Peltier DC 4 Sean Morrison (c) DC 16 Matthew Connolly DL 28 Scott Malone MR 13 Anthony Pilkington 51' MC 15 Kagisho Dikgacoi 77' MC 7 Peter Whittingham ML 8 Joe Ralls ST 10 Joe Mason ST 19 Alex Revell 63' Substitutes: GK 30 Ben Wilson DF 3 Fábio MF 11 Craig Noone 77' MF 17 Aron Gunnarsson MF 22 Stuart O'Keefe MF 38 Sammy Ameobi 63' FW 18 Eoin Doyle Manager: Russell Slade

FULHAM (4-4-2) GK 24 Andy Lonergan DR 2 Jazz Richards DC 4 Shaun Hutchinson DC 33 Dan Burn DL 15 Kay Voser MR 10 Tom Cairney MC 21 Lasse Vigen Christensen MC 23 Jamie O'Hara ML 18 Ben Pringle ST 9 Matt Smith 78' ST 44 Ross McCormack (c) Substitutes: GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli DF 6 Nikolay Bodurov MF 11 Alex Kačaniklić MF 14 Sakari Mattila MF 28 Emerson Hyndman FW 16 Cauley Woodrow FW 25 Moussa Dembélé 78' 85' Manager: Kit Symons

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Assistant referees: Ron Ganfield Danny Gratton Fourth official: Kevin Johnson Previous Meeting: Cardiff City 1-0 Fulham (2014-15 Championship) (10 Jan 2015) Following Meeting: Fulham 2-1 Cardiff City (2015-16 Championship) (9 Apr 2016) Trivia Andy Lonergan, Jamie O'Hara, Tom Cairney and Ben Pringle make their Fulham debuts

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Statistics

	Cardiff City	Fulham
Possession	54%	46%
Shots on target	4	1
Shots off target	6	4
Shots blocked	7	3
Corner kicks	7	3
Fouls conceded	8	6
Offsides	4	1
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0
Total passes	456	404
Passing success	82%	76%
Tackles	15	15
Tackles success	73%	87%
Total crosses	32	14
Successful crosses	16%	29%
Interceptions	6	10
Clearances	9	17

Images

0-1: After Ben Pringle's effort caused Simon Moore to backpeddle and drop the ball before the goal line, Matt Smith stooped in the head the ball into the back of the net for a Fulham lead early in the second half

1-1: With minutes left to play, Craig Noone cut in from the left and fired in an excellent strike that left debutant Andy Lonergan with no chance

Highlights

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