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Cardiff City 2-0 Bristol Rovers · Carabao Cup

Cardiff City beat Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Cardiff City and Bristol Rovers met in the Carabao Cup at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff on Tuesday, 13 August 2024.

Goalscorers

Cardiff City: M. McGuinness 68'; R. Colwill 90'. Bristol Rovers did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Cardiff City, 1 for Bristol Rovers).

Line-ups

Cardiff City started in a 4-2-3-1: Jak Alnwick, Ronan Kpakio, Mark McGuinness, Joel Bagan, Luey Giles, Andy Rinomhota, Eli King, Raheem Conte, Alex Robertson, Rubin Colwill, Wilfried Kanga.

Bristol Rovers started in a 4-1-4-1: Joshua Griffiths, Joel Senior, Connor Taylor, Michael Forbes, Clinton Mola, Jake Garrett, Luke Thomas, Jamie Lindsay, Luke McCormick, Scott Sinclair, Promise Omochere.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 0-0 Bristol Rovers.
  2. 68'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Bristol Rovers. M. McGuinness (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by O. Tanner.
  3. 90+1'Goal! Cardiff City 2-0 Bristol Rovers. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by K. Evans.
  4. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 2-0 Bristol Rovers.
Full commentary (41 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Cardiff City vs Bristol Rovers.
  2. 25'Attempt blocked. A. Robertson (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  3. 26'Attempt missed. M. McGuinness (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
  4. 30'Attempt saved. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  5. 30'Attempt blocked. A. Robertson (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  6. 32'Yellow card for M. McGuinness (Cardiff City) for foul.
  7. 32'Attempt blocked. J. Lindsay (Bristol Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  8. 35'Attempt blocked. J. Senior (Bristol Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  9. 37'Attempt missed. P. Omochere (Bristol Rovers), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.11.
  10. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  11. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 0-0 Bristol Rovers.
  12. 46'The second half is under way.
  13. 56'Attempt blocked. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  14. 59'Substitution, Cardiff City: K. Evans comes on for R. Conte.
  15. 59'Substitution, Cardiff City: O. Tanner comes on for A. Robertson.
  16. 59'Substitution, Cardiff City: M. Reindorf comes on for W. Kanga.
  17. 60'Attempt missed. E. King (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  18. 61'Substitution, Bristol Rovers: B. A. Bilongo comes on for C. Mola.
  19. 61'Substitution, Bristol Rovers: K. Shaw comes on for P. Omochere.
  20. 62'Substitution, Bristol Rovers: M. Anthony comes on for S. Sinclair.
  21. 63'Attempt blocked. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  22. 64'Attempt blocked. C. Taylor (Bristol Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
  23. 66'Attempt blocked. J. Garrett (Bristol Rovers), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.02.
  24. 67'Attempt saved. O. Tanner (Cardiff City), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.08.
  25. 68'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Bristol Rovers. M. McGuinness (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by O. Tanner.
  26. 71'Attempt saved. J. Lindsay (Bristol Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  27. 73'Attempt saved. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  28. 73'Attempt saved. A. Rinomhota (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  29. 74'Attempt blocked. M. McGuinness (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  30. 75'Attempt blocked. M. McGuinness (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
  31. 76'Substitution, Cardiff City: M. Fagan-Walcott comes on for M. McGuinness.
  32. 77'Yellow card for M. Anthony (Bristol Rovers) for foul.
  33. 77'Substitution, Bristol Rovers: K. Conteh comes on for J. Lindsay.
  34. 77'Substitution, Bristol Rovers: R. Sotiriou comes on for L. McCormick.
  35. 83'Attempt saved. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.08.
  36. 83'Attempt saved. O. Tanner (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  37. 84'Attempt blocked. E. King (Cardiff City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  38. 90'5 minutes of added time.
  39. 90+1'Goal! Cardiff City 2-0 Bristol Rovers. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by K. Evans.
  40. 90+4'Attempt saved. K. Shaw (Bristol Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  41. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 2-0 Bristol Rovers.
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