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Cardiff City 2-2 Norwich City - August 23, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Journée 3

Ninian Park - Cardiff - Wales

August 23, 2008

18 032

2 - 2

Norwich City

Assist by Jay Bothroyd (left foot) Ross McCormack

(penalty) Ross McCormack

67'

77'

Arturo Lupoli (right foot) Assist by Lee Croft

81'

Arturo Lupoli (header) Assist by Lee Croft

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3' - Goal Ross McCormack3

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46' - Substitution Wes Hoolahanis substituted by Lee Croft

61' - Substitution Jamie Curetonis substituted by Omar Koroma

67' - Goal Ross McCormack67

68' - Substitution Ross McCormackis substituted by Peter Whittingham68

73' - Substitution Sammy Clinganis substituted by Arturo Lupoli

74' - Substitution Jay Bothroydis substituted by Steven Thompson74

77' - Goal Arturo Lupoli

78' - Substitution Mark Kennedyis substituted by Miguel Comminges78

81' - Goal Arturo Lupoli

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cardiff City

2 - 2

Norwich City

Cardiff City Norwich City

Team line-ups

Cardiff City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Bothroyd74

Jay Bothroyd

England

B.date05/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

McCormack36768

Ross McCormack

Scotland

B.date18/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Ledley

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

McPhail

Stephen McPhail

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/12/1979

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft central midfielder

Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Parry

Paul Parry

Wales

B.date19/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Kennedy78

Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1976

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Purse

Darren Purse

England

B.date14/02/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Johnson

Roger Johnson

England

B.date28/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Blake

Darcy Blake

Wales

B.date13/12/1988

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Heaton

Tom Heaton

England

B.date15/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tom Heaton		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Purse		31	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Johnson		25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Riccardo Scimeca		33	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Kennedy	78	32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darcy Blake		19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Ledley		21	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen McPhail		28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Parry		28	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ross McCormack	36768	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jay Bothroyd	74	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Cureton61

Jamie Cureton

England

B.date28/08/1975

Age32 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Russell

Darel Russell

England

B.date22/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Pattison

Matthew Pattison

South Africa

B.date27/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Fotheringham

Mark Fotheringham

Scotland

B.date22/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Clingan73

Sammy Clingan

Northern Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Hoolahan46

Wes Hoolahan

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m68

positionPlaymaker

Kennedy

John Kennedy

Scotland

B.date18/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Marshall

David Marshall

Scotland

B.date05/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Stefanovic

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Omozusi

Elliot Omozusi

England

B.date15/12/1988

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Bertrand

Ryan Bertrand

England

B.date05/08/1989

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Marshall		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic		33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elliot Omozusi		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kennedy		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Bertrand		19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Clingan	73	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Fotheringham		24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darel Russell		27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Pattison		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wes Hoolahan	46	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jamie Cureton	61	32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Miguel Comminges	78	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Whittingham	68	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steven Thompson	74	29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Lee Croft	46	23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arturo Lupoli	817773	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Omar Koroma	61	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darcy Blake

Kevin McNaughton

OUT

Jay Bothroyd

Peter Whittingham

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darel Russell

Arturo Lupoli

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

159

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Jones vs Norwich City

5 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Jones vs Roeder

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Roeder

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Roeder vs Cardiff City

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Roeder vs Jones

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Referee

Anthony Taylor

3 victories	3 draws	3 losses	Cardiff City9 matches	General total	Norwich City22 matches	4 victories	7 draws	11 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Cardiff City1 match	Season total	Norwich City1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 02, 2018					Latest figure on March 05, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time Arturo Lupoli scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with Norwich City

Cardiff City keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 12/03/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/08/2002-26/11/2002 time period (9 matches).

It's the first time Ross McCormack scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Championship

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCardiff City 2-1 Bristol City22/03/2008

VCardiff City 1-0 Southampton29/03/2008

DCardiff City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion01/04/2008

VCardiff City 3-1 Blackpool12/04/2008

VCardiff City 3-0 Barnsley04/05/2008

VCardiff City 2-1 Southampton09/08/2008

Overall

DBurnley 3-3 Cardiff City26/04/2008

VCardiff City 3-0 Barnsley04/05/2008

LCardiff City 0-1 Portsmouth17/05/2008

VCardiff City 2-1 Southampton09/08/2008

VBournemouth 1-2 Cardiff City12/08/2008

DDoncaster Rovers 1-1 Cardiff City16/08/2008

Current form

Away

LCoventry 1-0 Norwich City08/03/2008

LSheffield United 2-0 Norwich City15/03/2008

LBristol City 2-1 Norwich City29/03/2008

LIpswich Town 2-1 Norwich City13/04/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 4-1 Norwich City04/05/2008

LCoventry 2-0 Norwich City09/08/2008

Overall

LNorwich City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion19/04/2008

VNorwich City 3-0 Queens Park Rangers26/04/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 4-1 Norwich City04/05/2008

LCoventry 2-0 Norwich City09/08/2008

LMilton Keynes 1-0 Norwich City12/08/2008

DNorwich City 1-1 Blackpool16/08/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	6	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	8	4
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	9	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Steven Thompson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Darel Russell
Steven Thompson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gavin Rae	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Dejan Stefanovic
Gavin Rae	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Ross McCormack	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Darel Russell

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

8 v

3 d

6 l

22 gf

19 ga

Away

18 matches

2 v

3 d

13 l

18 gf

37 ga

Total

35 matches

10 v

6 d

19 l

40 gf

56 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

13 v

3 d

2 l

37 gf

18 ga

Away

17 matches

6 v

3 d

8 l

19 gf

22 ga

Total

35 matches

19 v

6 d

10 l

56 gf

40 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	March 07, 1969
Home	3 - 1	March 07, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 14, 1963
Away	2 - 0	May 10, 1966

Latest head to head

February 09, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Cardiff City

1 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

September 01, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Norwich City

1 - 2

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

March 10, 2007 - Championship 2006/2007

Cardiff City

1 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

October 21, 2006 - Championship 2006/2007

Norwich City

1 - 0

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

April 22, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Cardiff City

0 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Paul Parry	2 goals	2004 - 2007
Robert Earnshaw	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Roger Johnson	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Gavin Rae	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Peter Whittingham	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Peter Thorne	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Ched Evans	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Robert Earnshaw	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Dickson Etuhu	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Craig Fleming	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Iwan Roberts	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Leon McKenzie	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Paul Parry	7 matches	2004 - 2008
Glenn Loovens	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Joe Ledley	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Neil Alexander	5 matches	2003 - 2007
Steven Thompson	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Chris Barker	4 matches	2003 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Darren Huckerby	8 matches	2003 - 2008
Adam Drury	7 matches	2003 - 2007
Gary Doherty	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Paul McVeigh	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Jason Shackell	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Craig Fleming	4 matches	2003 - 2006