Huddersfield vs Cardiff

24 October 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee A Backhouse

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

Matty Pearson 2’ (og)
Dimitris Goutas 12’
Yakou Méïté 43’
Perry Ng 55’

Match summary

Cardiff won comfortably, 4-0 away at Huddersfield. Cardiff led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pearson's own goal put Cardiff ahead in the 2nd minute, Dimitris Goutas made it 0-2 with a header in the 12th minute, and Yakou Méïté made it 0-3 from a corner in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Perry Ng made it 0-4 with a direct free kick in the 55th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Huddersfield created 1.59 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots, Cardiff 1.41 from 15.

Match stats

19 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 7

9 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.59 xG 1.41

1.59 Non-penalty xG 1.41

Key events

Huddersfield Cardiff

Kick-off

2’

Matty Pearson
Own goal

0-1

12’

Dimitris Goutas

0-2

43’

Yakou Méïté

0-3

Half-time0-3

55’

Perry Ng

0-4

Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Huddersfield

Michał Helik

Cardiff

Jamilu Collins
Manolis Siopis
Ebou Adams

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.

Huddersfield 1.59 xGCardiff 1.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cardiff attacking Huddersfield attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Lee Nicholls	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matty Pearson Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michał Helik	90′	–	–	1	0.25	–	–
Yuta Nakayama	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sorba Thomas	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Ben Wiles Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jonathan Hogg	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Rudoni	90′	–	–	6	0.66	–	–	–
Jaheim Headley Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kian Harratt	90′	–	–	3	0.38	–	–	–
Delano Burgzorg Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Tom Edwards Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Tom Lees Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Josh Koroma Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	4	0.12	–	–	–
Kyle Hudlin Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–


Jak Alnwick	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Perry Ng	90′	1	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Dimitris Goutas	90′	1	–	1	0.15	–	–	–
Mark McGuinness	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamilu Collins	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Manolis Siopis Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Ralls Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Bowler Taken off	62′	–	–	4	0.37	–	–	–
Callum Robinson Taken off	66′	–	–	2	0.25	–	–	–
Karlan Grant	90′	–	–	2	0.07	–	–	–
Yakou Méïté Taken off	63′	1	–	4	0.47	–	–	–
Ollie Tanner Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Ike Ugbo Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Wintle Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rubin Colwill Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ebou Adams Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Huddersfield win 39% Avg odds 2.46

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18

Cardiff win 31% Avg odds 3.05

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Huddersfield D D L D W

Cardiff W W L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cardiff 1-2 Huddersfield, 30 Apr 23 Next meeting: Cardiff 1-0 Huddersfield, 06 Mar 24 All Huddersfield vs Cardiff meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.