West Ham vs Cardiff

4 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Lucas Pérez 49’, 54’
Michail Antonio 61’

Josh Murphy 90+5’

Match summary

West Ham beat Cardiff 3-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Lucas Pérez put West Ham ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Robert Snodgrass, Pérez made it 2-0 in the 54th minute, set up by Arthur Masuaku, Michail Antonio made it 3-0 with a header in the 61st minute, set up by Robert Snodgrass, and Josh Murphy pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in stoppage time.

Cardiff can feel hard done by, creating 2.32 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to West Ham's 1.57 from 17. Joe Ralls had a penalty saved for Cardiff.

Match stats

17 Shots 9

11 Shots on Target 5

10 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.57 xG 1.93

1.57 Non-penalty xG 1.17

10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

West Ham Cardiff

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Lucas Pérez
Assist: Robert Snodgrass

1-0

49’

Lucas Pérez
Assist: Arthur Masuaku

2-0

54’

Michail Antonio
Assist: Robert Snodgrass

3-0

61’

90+5’

Josh Murphy

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

West Ham

Marko Arnautovic

Cardiff

Sol Bamba
Joe Ralls

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.

West Ham 1.57 xGCardiff 2.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cardiff attacking West Ham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michail Antonio	DEF	90	1		2	0.06	0.00	0
Issa Diop	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.06	1
Angelo Ogbonna	DEF	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Arthur Masuaku	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Robert Snodgrass	MID	79		2	1	0.06	0.60	6
Declan Rice	MID	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Mark Noble	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Felipe Anderson	MID	90			1	0.05	0.21	3
Chicharito	FWD	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marko Arnautovic	FWD	39			2	0.38	0.05	1
Lucas Pérez	Sub	51	2		2	0.50	0.00	0
Andy Carroll	Sub	23			2	0.04	0.00	0
Grady Diangana	Sub	11			2	0.23	0.12	2

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		1	0.50	0.00	0
Sol Bamba	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Bennett	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.10	1
Aron Gunnarsson	MID	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Víctor Camarasa	MID	90		3	0.21	0.07	2
Harry Arter	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Ralls	MID	67		2	0.78	0.00	0
Junior Hoilett	MID	67		0	0.00	0.01	1
Callum Paterson	FWD	76		0	0.00	0.01	1
Josh Murphy	Sub	23	1	1	0.77	0.00	0
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Sub	23		1	0.05	0.00	0
Kadeem Harris	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 59% Bet365 odds 1.66

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Cardiff win 17% Bet365 odds 5.75

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

Form going into the game

West Ham D W D L W

Cardiff L L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Cardiff 2-0 West Ham, 09 Mar 19 All West Ham 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.