Cardiff City 3-1 Fulham (2013-14 Premier League)

Sat 8 Mar 2014 15:00	Cardiff City	(1) 3-1 (0)	Fulham	Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith, Cardiff Attendance: 26,796 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Caulker  45+1'  67' Riether  71' (og)	Report	Holtby  59'

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CARDIFF CITY (4-1-4-1) GK 1 David Marshall DR 35 Fábio DC 4 Steven Caulker (c) DC 6 Ben Turner 90' DL 42 Declan John DM 8 Gary Medel 81' MR 16 Craig Noone MC 18 Jordon Mutch MC 13 Kim Bo-Kyung 56' ML 10 Fraizer Campbell 72' ST 9 Kenwyne Jones Substitutes: GK 32 Joe Lewis DF 27 Cala DF 28 Kévin Théophile-Catherine 90' MF 15 Magnus Wolff Eikrem 81' MF 29 Mats Dæhli 72' MF 36 Wilfried Zaha FW 39 Craig Bellamy Manager: Ole Gunnar Solskjær

FULHAM (4-4-1-1) GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 4 Johnny Heitinga DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 15 Kieran Richardson MR 24 Ashkan Dejagah 50' MC 7 Steve Sidwell MC 10 Lewis Holtby ML 3 John Arne Riise 46' SS 25 Cauley Woodrow 76' ST 18 Kostas Mitroglou Substitutes: GK 13 David Stockdale DF 22 Elsad Zverotić DF 33 Dan Burn MF 6 William Kvist MF 11 Alex Kačaniklić 46' MF 14 Giorgos Karagounis 50' FW 39 Darren Bent 76' Manager: Felix Magath

Assistant referees: Harry Lennard John Flynn Fourth official: Chris Foy Previous Meeting: Fulham 1-2 Cardiff City (2013-14 Premier League) (28 Sept 2013) Following Meeting: Fulham 1-1 Cardiff City (2014-15 Championship) (30 Aug 2014) Trivia Cauley Woodrow makes his first team debut in a surprise selection by Felix Magath Kostas Mitroglou makes full debut for Fulham Lewis Holtby scores his first goal for Fulham Statistics Cardiff City Fulham Possession 46% 54% Shots on target 9 6 Shots off target 6 8 Shots blocked 4 2 Corner kicks 7 6 Fouls conceded 9 12 Offsides 0 2 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 391 458 Passing success 79% 81% Tackles 13 23 Tackles success 62% 74% Total crosses 24 18 Successful crosses 25% 11% Interceptions 13 9 Clearances 43 38 Images 1-0: Cardiff's captain Steven Caulker tapped in from close range after a deflected low cross with only seconds remaining of the first half 1-1: Lewis Holtby draws Fulham level after another close range finish. Giorgos Karagounis whipped in a corner from the left and Heitinga flicked on to the far post where Holtby was unmarked to put Fulham back in the match 2-1: Steven Caulker grabbed his second of the match and put Cardiff ahead after heading down from a corner and beating Stekelenburg 3-1: Moments later Sascha Riether contributed to Cardiff's third in an unfortunate own goal. Craig Noone had whipped in a ball from the right hand side and Jordon Mutch's header was palmed out by Maarten Stekelenburg, only to rebound off of Riether's waist and over the line 2013-14 season Pre-season: Cartaginés (n) • Alajuelense (n) • Saprissa (n) • Werder Bremen (a) • Real Betis (h) • AEL Limassol (h) • Parma (h) Premier League: Sunderland (a) • Arsenal (h) • Newcastle (a) • West Brom (h) • Chelsea (a) • Cardiff (h) • Stoke (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Southampton (a) • Man Utd (h) • Liverpool (a) • Swansea (h) • West Ham (a) • Tottenham (h) • Aston Villa (h) • Everton (a) • Man City (h) • Norwich (a) • Hull (a) • West Ham (h) • Sunderland (h) • Arsenal (a) • Swansea (a) • Southampton (h) • Man Utd (a) • Liverpool (h) • West Brom (a) • Chelsea (h) • Cardiff (a) • Newcastle (h) • Man City (a) • Everton (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Norwich (h) • Tottenham (a) • Hull (h) • Stoke (a) • Crystal Palace (h) FA Cup: 3rd round: Norwich (a) • Replay: Norwich (h) • 4th round: Sheff Utd (a) • Replay: Sheff Utd (h) League Cup: 2nd round: Burton (a) • 3rd round: Everton (h) • 4th round: Leicester (a)