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Cardiff City 2-3 Leicester - May 12, 2010 / Championship Play-Off 2010

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Championship Play-Off 2010 - Semi-finals

Ninian Park - Cardiff - Wales

May 12, 2010

26 033

Cardiff City

2 - 3

4-3 After shoot-out

Leicester

Assist by Jay BothroydMichael Chopra

21'

(penalty) Peter Whittingham

69'

25'

Matty FryattAssist by Steve Howard

36'

Mark Hudson (o.g)

49'

Andy KingAssist by Paul Gallagher

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21' - Goal Michael Chopra21

25' - Goal Matty Fryatt

36' - Own goal Mark Hudson

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49' - Goal Andy King

60' - Substitution Chris Burkeis substituted by Kelvin Etuhu60

69' - Goal Peter Whittingham69

72' - Substitution Paul Gallagheris substituted by Jay Spearing photo Martyn Waghorn

72' - Substitution Lloyd Dyeris substituted by Martyn Waghorn

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91' - Substitution Peter Whittinghamis substituted by Ross McCormack91

97' - Substitution Kevin McNaughtonis substituted by Paul Quinn97

97' - Substitution Matty Fryattis substituted by Yann Kermorgant

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cardiff City

2 - 3

Leicester

Cardiff City Leicester

Team line-ups

Cardiff City

Marshall

David Marshall

Scotland

B.date05/03/1985

Age25 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Hudson36

Mark Hudson

England

B.date30/03/1982

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

McNaughton97

Kevin McNaughton

Scotland

B.date28/08/1982

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Kennedy

Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1976

Age33 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Blake

Darcy Blake

Wales

B.date13/12/1988

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Ledley

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Burke60

Chris Burke

Scotland

B.date02/12/1983

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Whittingham6991

Peter Whittingham

England

B.date08/09/1984

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

McPhail

Stephen McPhail

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/12/1979

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft central midfielder

Chopra21

Michael Chopra

England

B.date23/12/1983

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bothroyd

Jay Bothroyd

England

B.date05/05/1982

Age28 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Marshall		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Hudson	36	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin McNaughton	97	27	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Kennedy		33	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darcy Blake		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Ledley		23	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Burke	60	26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Whittingham	6991	25	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen McPhail		30	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Chopra	21	26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jay Bothroyd		28	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Leicester

Weale

Chris Weale

England

B.date09/02/1982

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Bruce

Alex Bruce

Northern Ireland

B.date28/09/1984

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Hobbs

Jack Hobbs

England

B.date18/08/1988

Age21 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Solano

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age35 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Berner

Bruno Berner

Switzerland

B.date21/11/1977

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Wellens

Richie Wellens

England

B.date26/03/1980

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

Dyer72

Lloyd Dyer

England

B.date13/09/1982

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

King49

Andy King

Wales

B.date29/10/1988

Age21 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

Fryatt2597

Matty Fryatt

England

B.date05/06/1986

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Gallagher72

Paul Gallagher

Scotland

B.date08/09/1984

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Howard

Steve Howard

England

B.date10/05/1976

Age34 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Weale		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Bruce		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Hobbs		21	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nolberto Solano		35	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bruno Berner		32	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richie Wellens		30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lloyd Dyer	72	27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy King	49	21	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matty Fryatt	2597	23	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Gallagher	72	25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Howard		34	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Paul Quinn	97	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kelvin Etuhu	60	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ross McCormack	91	23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jay Spearing	72	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yann Kermorgant	97	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martyn Waghorn	72	20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matty Fryatt

Martyn Waghorn

OUT

Steve Howard

Jay Spearing

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

262

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Jones vs Leicester

10 victories

6 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2010

Jones vs Pearson

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Pearson

107

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Pearson vs Cardiff City

2 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2010

Pearson vs Jones

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2010

Referee

David Webb

5 victories	1 draw	14 losses	Cardiff City20 matches	General total	Leicester10 matches	8 victories	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Cardiff City1 match	Season total	Leicester1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 31, 2024					Latest figure on April 06, 2024

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Key figures

It's the first time since the 15/05/2007 ( vs ) that a game ends with 2-3 in Championship Play-Off

It's the first time Matty Fryatt scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 21/01/2006 (with vs )

It's the first time Andy King scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCardiff City 3-1 Watford21/03/2010

DCardiff City 1-1 Sheffield United24/03/2010

VCardiff City 2-1 Leicester30/03/2010

VCardiff City 2-1 Swansea03/04/2010

DCardiff City 0-0 Reading10/04/2010

VCardiff City 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday24/04/2010

Overall

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Cardiff City05/04/2010

DCardiff City 0-0 Reading10/04/2010

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Cardiff City17/04/2010

VCardiff City 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday24/04/2010

LDerby County 2-0 Cardiff City02/05/2010

VLeicester 0-1 Cardiff City09/05/2010

Current form

Away

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Leicester16/03/2010

LDerby County 1-0 Leicester27/03/2010

LCardiff City 2-1 Leicester30/03/2010

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Leicester02/04/2010

VPeterborough United 1-2 Leicester10/04/2010

VPreston North End 0-1 Leicester24/04/2010

Overall

VLeicester 4-0 Queens Park Rangers05/04/2010

VPeterborough United 1-2 Leicester10/04/2010

VLeicester 4-1 Watford17/04/2010

VPreston North End 0-1 Leicester24/04/2010

VLeicester 2-0 Middlesbrough02/05/2010

LLeicester 0-1 Cardiff City09/05/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	10
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Peter Whittingham	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)		-
	Peter Whittingham	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player		-

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

13 v

5 d

7 l

44 gf

30 ga

Away

25 matches

6 v

6 d

13 l

19 gf

40 ga

Total

50 matches

19 v

11 d

20 l

63 gf

70 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

13 v

6 d

6 l

40 gf

19 ga

Away

25 matches

7 v

5 d

13 l

30 gf

44 ga

Total

50 matches

20 v

11 d

19 l

70 gf

63 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 18, 1951
Home	4 - 0	August 18, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 07, 1962
Away	4 - 0	April 07, 1962

Latest head to head

May 09, 2010 - Barrages Premier League 2010

Leicester

0 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

March 30, 2010 - Championship 2009/2010

Cardiff City

2 - 1

Leicester

March 13, 2010 - Championship 2009/2010

Leicester

1 - 0

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

January 23, 2010 - FA Cup 2009/2010

Cardiff City

4 - 2

Leicester

March 01, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Cardiff City

0 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Peter Whittingham	3 goals	2010 - 2010
Michael Chopra	3 goals	2007 - 2007
Ross McCormack	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Peter Donnelly	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Chris Burke	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Michael Ricketts	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Gary Lineker	3 goals	1981 - 1982
Jimmy Walsh	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Ken Keyworth	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Albert Cheesebrough	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Hughie McIlmoyle	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Patrick Kisnorbo	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Joe Ledley	9 matches	2004 - 2010
Paul Parry	7 matches	2004 - 2008
Stephen McPhail	7 matches	2006 - 2010
Peter Whittingham	7 matches	2007 - 2010
Darren Purse	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Darcy Blake	5 matches	2006 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Patrick Kisnorbo	7 matches	2005 - 2008
Gareth Williams	6 matches	2005 - 2007
Alan Maybury	6 matches	2005 - 2007
Mark Wallington	6 matches	1979 - 1982
Iain Hume	6 matches	2005 - 2008
John O'Neill	6 matches	1979 - 1982