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Cardiff City 0-1 Plymouth - December 26, 2009 / Championship 2009/2010

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Championship 2009/2010 - Round 23

Ninian Park - Cardiff - Wales

December 26, 2009

24 010

Cardiff City

0 - 1

Plymouth

84'

Gary Sawyer

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64' - Substitution Chris Burkeis substituted by Kelvin Etuhu64

71' - Substitution Michael Choprais substituted by Ross McCormack71

72' - Substitution Alan Judgeis substituted by Yoann Folly

84' - Goal Gary Sawyer

86' - Substitution Paul Quinnis substituted by Adam Matthews86

93' - Substitution Rory Fallonis substituted by Ashley Barnes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cardiff City

0 - 1

Plymouth

Cardiff City Plymouth

Team line-ups

Cardiff City

Marshall

David Marshall

Scotland

B.date05/03/1985

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Quinn86

Paul Quinn

Scotland

B.date21/07/1985

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Gerrard

Anthony Gerrard

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/02/1986

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Hudson

Mark Hudson

England

B.date30/03/1982

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

McNaughton

Kevin McNaughton

Scotland

B.date28/08/1982

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Ledley

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Burke64

Chris Burke

Scotland

B.date02/12/1983

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Whittingham

Peter Whittingham

England

B.date08/09/1984

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Rae

Gavin Rae

Scotland

B.date28/11/1977

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Chopra71

Michael Chopra

England

B.date23/12/1983

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bothroyd

Jay Bothroyd

England

B.date05/05/1982

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Marshall		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Quinn	86	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Gerrard		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Hudson		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin McNaughton		27	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Ledley		22	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Burke	64	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Whittingham		25	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Rae		32	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Chopra	71	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jay Bothroyd		27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Plymouth

Larrieu

Romain Larrieu

France

B.date31/08/1976

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Arnason

Kári Arnason

Iceland

B.date13/10/1982

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Réda Johnson

Benin

B.date21/03/1988

Age21 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Sawyer84

Gary Sawyer

England

B.date05/07/1985

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Judge72

Alan Judge

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1988

Age21 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Clark

Chris Clark

Scotland

B.date15/09/1980

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Fletcher

Carl Fletcher

Wales

B.date07/04/1980

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Summerfield

Luke Summerfield

England

B.date06/12/1987

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

Mackie

Jamie Mackie

Scotland

B.date22/09/1985

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Duguid

Karl Duguid

England

B.date21/03/1978

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Fallon90+3

Rory Fallon

New Zealand

B.date20/03/1982

Age27 years

H1m93

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Romain Larrieu		33	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kári Arnason		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Réda Johnson		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Sawyer	84	24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Judge	72	21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Clark		29	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Fletcher		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luke Summerfield		22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Mackie		24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karl Duguid		31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rory Fallon	90+3	27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Adam Matthews	86	17	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kelvin Etuhu	64	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ross McCormack	71	23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Yoann Folly	72	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ashley Barnes	90+3	20	22	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

Gary Sawyer

Shane Lowry

OUT

Luke Summerfield

David Gray

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

232

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Jones vs Plymouth

6 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2009

Jones vs Mariner

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Paul Mariner

Kevin Hodges

584

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Mariner vs Cardiff City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2009

Mariner vs Jones

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2009

Referee

Phil Gibbs

4 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Cardiff City5 matches	General total	Plymouth6 matches	1 victory	1 draw	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Cardiff City1 match	Season total	Plymouth1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 29, 2014					Latest figure on January 30, 2016

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Key figures

No Cardiff City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Jones has done less than 32% of losses in Championship.

End of streak for Plymouth after 5 consecutive losses (since 21/11/2009).

It's the first time Gary Sawyer scores 1 goal vs Cardiff City in Championship

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCardiff City 6-1 Derby County29/09/2009

DCardiff City 1-1 Crystal Palace17/10/2009

VCardiff City 2-0 Coventry20/10/2009

DCardiff City 1-1 Nottingham Forest01/11/2009

LCardiff City 1-2 Ipswich Town29/11/2009

VCardiff City 1-0 Preston North End05/12/2009

Overall

LSwansea 3-2 Cardiff City07/11/2009

LBarnsley 1-0 Cardiff City21/11/2009

LCardiff City 1-2 Ipswich Town29/11/2009

VCardiff City 1-0 Preston North End05/12/2009

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Cardiff City08/12/2009

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Cardiff City13/12/2009

Current form

Away

LBlackpool 2-0 Plymouth17/10/2009

LBristol City 3-1 Plymouth20/10/2009

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Plymouth31/10/2009

LLeicester 1-0 Plymouth21/11/2009

LSwansea 1-0 Plymouth08/12/2009

LPreston North End 2-0 Plymouth12/12/2009

Overall

VPlymouth 2-1 Doncaster Rovers07/11/2009

LLeicester 1-0 Plymouth21/11/2009

LPlymouth 0-1 Sheffield United05/12/2009

LSwansea 1-0 Plymouth08/12/2009

LPreston North End 2-0 Plymouth12/12/2009

LPlymouth 0-1 Coventry19/12/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	6	4
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	5
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	11	7
Goalless streak	3	5
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
11	Victories (Competition total)	4
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	14
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.76
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.73
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.57
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.73

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (3 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Peter Whittingham	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Jamie Mackie
Michael Chopra	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Jamie Mackie
Peter Whittingham	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Alan Judge
Peter Whittingham	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Alan Judge
Jay Bothroyd	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Gary Sawyer
Chris Burke	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Gary Sawyer
Jay Bothroyd	4 goals, 5 assists during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 2 assists during the last 12 matches	Rory Fallon

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

14 v

4 d

9 l

46 gf

29 ga

Away

29 matches

7 v

14 d

8 l

41 gf

50 ga

Total

56 matches

21 v

18 d

17 l

87 gf

79 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

8 v

14 d

7 l

50 gf

41 ga

Away

27 matches

9 v

4 d

14 l

29 gf

46 ga

Total

56 matches

17 v

18 d

21 l

79 gf

87 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 01, 1966
Home	5 - 1	January 01, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 15, 1966
Away	3 - 0	August 22, 1989

Latest head to head

August 18, 2009 - Championship 2009/2010

Plymouth

1 - 3

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

December 28, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Cardiff City

1 - 0

Plymouth

November 22, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Plymouth

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

January 01, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Cardiff City

1 - 0

Plymouth

September 15, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Plymouth

2 - 2

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Plymouth

Michael Chopra	6 goals	2006 - 2009
Steven Thompson	5 goals	2006 - 2007
Gavin Rae	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Jay Bothroyd	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Richard Langley	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Joe Ledley	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/04/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

David Norris	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Emile Mpenza	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Alan Gow	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Hasney Aljofree	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Barry Hayles	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/04/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Plymouth

Joe Ledley	9 matches	2005 - 2009
Paul Parry	8 matches	2004 - 2008
Roger Johnson	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Kevin McNaughton	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Neil Alexander	5 matches	2005 - 2006
Darren Purse	5 matches	2005 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Mathias Kouo-Doumbé	7 matches	2005 - 2008
Romain Larrieu	7 matches	2005 - 2009
David Norris	7 matches	2005 - 2008
Tony Capaldi	6 matches	2004 - 2006
Marcel Seip	6 matches	2006 - 2009
Paul Connolly	5 matches	2005 - 2008