Cardiff – Preston 1–0

	1H	2H	T
C	1	0	1
PRE	0	0	0

Match report

Cardiff beat Preston 1–0 at Cardiff Stadium in Championship. Marsh opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Cardiff have 3 wins in their last 5, while Preston have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Marshassist García

11'

2H

Moreau

51'

⇄Almeida↓ Müller

67'

⇄D. Iversen↓ N. Mawene

68'

L. Lindsay

⇄Bianchi↓ Marsh

76'

⇄J. Walton↓ J. Lewis

Nielsen

85'

Momentum

C

⚽

PRE

Match info

TournamentChampionship · England

Kick-offJun 3, 2021 · 18:00

VenueCardiff Stadium

Attendance36,282 / 44,793 (81%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#12·

#1

Where to watch

Sky Sports

Statistics

53Ball possession %47

1.4Expected goals (xG)0.4

11Total shots10

4Shots on target4

5Shots off target4

3Blocked shots3

5Corner kicks5

1Offsides4

10Fouls12

3Yellow cards2

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves3

495Passes501

80Pass accuracy %77

15Tackles18

Player of the match

Pereira

7.9

Lineups

C 4-3-37.20Formation7.094-3-3 PRE

17.1Ferrari 26.9Silva 37.7García 46.9Moreau 57.2Romano 67.9Pereira 77.9Nielsen 87.3Costa 96.8Schmidt 106.4Marsh 117.1Müller

Cardiff

Coach: P. Rossi · 4-3-3

1Ferrari7.1 2Silva6.9 3García7.7 4Moreau6.9 5Romano7.2 6Pereira7.9 7Nielsen7.9 8Costa7.3 9Schmidt6.8 10Marsh6.4 11Müller7.1

Preston

Coach: T. Laurent · 4-3-3

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97:45	+52	95	WWDLW
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80:47	+33	84	WWWWD
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64:49	+15	83	WWWWD
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82:56	+26	80	LWWWD
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72:47	+25	80	DLWWW
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70:66	+4	73	WDDLL
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69:65	+4	71	WDDLW
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67:59	+8	69	DLLLW
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63:56	+7	65	WDLLL
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57:56	+1	64	DLLLW
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57:59	-2	64	LWWWD
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59:59	0	62	WWDDL
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66:66	0	60	LLLWW
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55:62	-7	60	LLWWD
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61:73	-12	58	LWWWD
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53:65	-12	57	LLWWD
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51:56	-5	55	LLWWD
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49:64	-15	55	WDDLL
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44:58	-14	53	LLWWD
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42:56	-14	52	LWWDL
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48:58	-10	51	WDDLL
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45:59	-14	47	WWDDL
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58:68	-10	46	LWDDD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29:89	-60	0	DLLLL