Man United vs Cardiff

12 May 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 23’ (pen), 54’

Match summary

Cardiff took a 2-0 win at Man United. Cardiff led 1-0 at half-time.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing put Cardiff ahead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute and Mendez-Laing made it 0-2 in the 54th minute, set up by Josh Murphy.

There was little between the sides on chances: Man United created 1.90 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots, Cardiff 1.71 from 13.

Match stats

26 Shots 13

10 Shots on Target 4

11 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.90 xG 1.71

1.90 Non-penalty xG 0.95

13 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Man United Cardiff

Kick-off

23’

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Penalty

0-1

Half-time0-1

54’

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Assist: Josh Murphy

0-2

Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Andreas Pereira
Paul Pogba
Jesse Lingard

Cardiff

Sean Morrison
Leandro Bacuna
Josh Murphy

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.

Man United 1.90 xGCardiff 1.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cardiff attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	75	2	0.05	0.22	1
Chris Smalling	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Phil Jones	DEF	47	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.37	2
Paul Pogba	MID	90	3	0.18	0.04	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90	0	0.00	0.02	1
Andreas Pereira	MID	75	2	0.09	0.34	4
Jesse Lingard	MID	90	2	0.10	0.08	2
Marcus Rashford	FWD	90	5	0.47	0.35	5
Mason Greenwood	FWD	90	7	0.80	0.07	3
Anthony Martial	Sub	43	3	0.17	0.14	2
Antonio Valencia	Sub	15	1	0.02	0.06	1
Angel Gomes	Sub	15	1	0.03	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Neil Etheridge	GK	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Lee Peltier	DEF	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
Joe Bennett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	MID	81	2		5	1.48	0.07	2
Leandro Bacuna	MID	90			2	0.02	0.03	1
Aron Gunnarsson	MID	59			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josh Murphy	MID	90		1	2	0.07	0.65	2
Bobby Reid	MID	90			2	0.10	0.02	1
Kenneth Zohore	FWD	75			2	0.03	0.01	1
Jazz Richards	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danny Ward	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Hoilett	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 76% Bet365 odds 1.28

Draw 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Cardiff win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

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

Form going into the game

Man United W L L D D

Cardiff L W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cardiff 1-5 Man United, 22 Dec 18 All Man United vs Cardiff 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.