Cardiff vs Man United

22 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–3

Víctor Camarasa 38’ (pen)

Marcus Rashford 3’
Ander Herrera 29’
Anthony Martial 41’
Jesse Lingard 57’ (pen), 90’

Match summary

Man United won comfortably, 5-1 away at Cardiff. Man United led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcus Rashford put Man United ahead with a direct free kick in the 3rd minute, Ander Herrera made it 0-2 in the 29th minute, set up by Paul Pogba, Víctor Camarasa pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 38th minute, and Anthony Martial made it 1-3 in the 41st minute, set up by Jesse Lingard. In the second half, Jesse Lingard made it 1-4 from the penalty spot in the 57th minute and Lingard made it 1-5 in the 90th minute, set up by Paul Pogba.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.73 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Cardiff's 1.27 from 9.

Match stats

9 Shots 17

3 Shots on Target 9

4 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.27 xG 2.73

0.51 Non-penalty xG 1.96

1 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Cardiff Man United

Kick-off

3’

Marcus Rashford

0-1

29’

Ander Herrera
Assist: Paul Pogba

0-2

Víctor Camarasa
Penalty

1-2

38’

41’

Anthony Martial
Assist: Jesse Lingard

1-3

Half-time1-3

57’

Jesse Lingard
Penalty

1-4

90’

Jesse Lingard
Assist: Paul Pogba

1-5

Full-time1-5

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff

Greg Cunningham
Aron Gunnarsson

Man United

Luke Shaw

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Cardiff 1.27 xGMan United 2.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Cardiff attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Neil Etheridge	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Ecuele Manga	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sean Morrison	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sol Bamba	DEF	90		2	0.16	0.00	0
Greg Cunningham	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Aron Gunnarsson	MID	86		0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Hoilett	MID	77		0	0.00	0.00	0
Víctor Camarasa	MID	90	1	1	0.76	0.22	3
Harry Arter	MID	64		0	0.00	0.00	0
Josh Murphy	MID	90		2	0.09	0.10	1
Callum Paterson	FWD	90		2	0.10	0.00	0
Kenneth Zohore	Sub	26		2	0.16	0.05	1
Kadeem Harris	Sub	13		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Ralls	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.41	1
Phil Jones	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90		2	3	0.08	0.52	2
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ander Herrera	MID	90	1		3	0.05	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	FWD	90	2	1	3	1.29	0.40	1
Marcus Rashford	FWD	82	1		4	0.67	0.03	1
Anthony Martial	FWD	90	1		1	0.40	0.30	5
Fred	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marouane Fellaini	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andreas Pereira	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Draw 23% Bet365 odds 4.20

Man United win 62% Bet365 odds 1.57

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cardiff L W L W L

Man United D D D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Man United 0-2 Cardiff, 12 May 19 All Cardiff vs Man United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.