Match Report 'City on the brink of Premier League Football '
Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:56 pm
Cardiff City 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest: Bluebirds one point from promotion
13 Apr 2013
A record attendance at the Cardiff City Stadium sees Cardiff City on the brink of the Premier League.
26,568
Cardiff City need just one more point to secure promotion after beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 and seeing rivals Watford lose 3-2 at Peterborough
Cardiff City stand on the brink of promotion to the Premier League after substitute Rudy Gestede grabbed a double to seal a comfortable victory over 10-man Nottingham Forest.
Heidar Helguson’s ninth goal of the season had given Cardiff the lead before Darius Henderson was sent off for elbowing the veteran striker, Gestede then sealed the win with his second half brace.
Henderson had missed Forest’s best opportunity when he failed to convert from close range, while Lewis McGugan had an effort ruled out for a foul on Aron Gunnarsson as they dropped out of the play-off places and their 10-match unbeaten run ended.
Watford’s defeat at Peterborough means Championship leaders Cardiff are now 12 points clear of the third-placed Hornets with four games remaining.
A draw against Charlton on Tuesday will be enough to secure the Welsh club’s return to the top flight after a 51-year absence.
While the win was ultimately comfortable, the opening half-hour had proved to be an evenly matched contest, with Forest arguably shading proceedings.
The visitors had the first real sight of goal after captain Chris Cohen had overlapped down the left. His pull-back set up Adlene Guedioura who fizzed a low shot just wide of David Marshall’s right-hand post.
But it was the home side who took the lead in the 26th minute.
Kim Bo-Kyung won a free-kick after fooling Greg Halford, and the defender then lost Helguson from Bellamy’s free-kick for the striker to nod home at the far post.
McGugan thought he had levelled the scores just three minutes later when he got the better of Gunnarsson and curled home, but referee Andre Marriner ruled he had fouled the Iceland international.
Henderson then passed up a glorious chance. Marshall saved Henri Lansbury’s strike but the ball worked its way to the striker for what should have been a tap-in.But he stood on the ball and could not recover in time to prevent Marshall gathering.
At the other end referee Marriner turned down Cardiff penalty appeals after Guedioura appeared to foul Jordan Mutch as the midfielder turned his marker.
The official soon had to cool tempers when Marshall and Henderson exchanged words after the striker stayed down after a corner, with the dispute spreading to the touchline as tempers frayed between Malky Mackay and Billy Davies.
Henderson had clearly not cooled off when he was dismissed with just three minutes off the first half remaining, receiving a straight red for a blatant elbow on Helguson.
Things got worse for Forest when Halford was carried off two minutes after the resumption, having been caught in the face by Gestede’s leg as he attempted a clearing header.
Cardiff were by now firmly in control and their second arrived on the hour.
Guedioura and Dexter Blackstock were booked for cynically halting a Cardiff attack and Bellamy curled the resulting free-kick against the post.
But the danger was not over, the ball fell to Andrew Taylor and Gestede was on hand to convert his cross from close range.
Six minutes later and it was 3-0, Bellamy supplied the corner and Gestede was once again made no mistake with his header to delight the record crowd at Cardiff City Stadium.
Karl Darlow in the Forest goal making a wonderful save after Kim’s silky dribble, before Bellamy hit the outside of the post with the goal gaping from Gunnarsson’s ball across the box as Cardiff cruised to victory.
13 Apr 2013
A record attendance at the Cardiff City Stadium sees Cardiff City on the brink of the Premier League.
26,568
Cardiff City need just one more point to secure promotion after beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 and seeing rivals Watford lose 3-2 at Peterborough
Cardiff City stand on the brink of promotion to the Premier League after substitute Rudy Gestede grabbed a double to seal a comfortable victory over 10-man Nottingham Forest.
Heidar Helguson’s ninth goal of the season had given Cardiff the lead before Darius Henderson was sent off for elbowing the veteran striker, Gestede then sealed the win with his second half brace.
Henderson had missed Forest’s best opportunity when he failed to convert from close range, while Lewis McGugan had an effort ruled out for a foul on Aron Gunnarsson as they dropped out of the play-off places and their 10-match unbeaten run ended.
Watford’s defeat at Peterborough means Championship leaders Cardiff are now 12 points clear of the third-placed Hornets with four games remaining.
A draw against Charlton on Tuesday will be enough to secure the Welsh club’s return to the top flight after a 51-year absence.
While the win was ultimately comfortable, the opening half-hour had proved to be an evenly matched contest, with Forest arguably shading proceedings.
The visitors had the first real sight of goal after captain Chris Cohen had overlapped down the left. His pull-back set up Adlene Guedioura who fizzed a low shot just wide of David Marshall’s right-hand post.
But it was the home side who took the lead in the 26th minute.
Kim Bo-Kyung won a free-kick after fooling Greg Halford, and the defender then lost Helguson from Bellamy’s free-kick for the striker to nod home at the far post.
McGugan thought he had levelled the scores just three minutes later when he got the better of Gunnarsson and curled home, but referee Andre Marriner ruled he had fouled the Iceland international.
Henderson then passed up a glorious chance. Marshall saved Henri Lansbury’s strike but the ball worked its way to the striker for what should have been a tap-in.But he stood on the ball and could not recover in time to prevent Marshall gathering.
At the other end referee Marriner turned down Cardiff penalty appeals after Guedioura appeared to foul Jordan Mutch as the midfielder turned his marker.
The official soon had to cool tempers when Marshall and Henderson exchanged words after the striker stayed down after a corner, with the dispute spreading to the touchline as tempers frayed between Malky Mackay and Billy Davies.
Henderson had clearly not cooled off when he was dismissed with just three minutes off the first half remaining, receiving a straight red for a blatant elbow on Helguson.
Things got worse for Forest when Halford was carried off two minutes after the resumption, having been caught in the face by Gestede’s leg as he attempted a clearing header.
Cardiff were by now firmly in control and their second arrived on the hour.
Guedioura and Dexter Blackstock were booked for cynically halting a Cardiff attack and Bellamy curled the resulting free-kick against the post.
But the danger was not over, the ball fell to Andrew Taylor and Gestede was on hand to convert his cross from close range.
Six minutes later and it was 3-0, Bellamy supplied the corner and Gestede was once again made no mistake with his header to delight the record crowd at Cardiff City Stadium.
Karl Darlow in the Forest goal making a wonderful save after Kim’s silky dribble, before Bellamy hit the outside of the post with the goal gaping from Gunnarsson’s ball across the box as Cardiff cruised to victory.
Re: Match Report 'City on the brink of Premier League Footba
Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:06 pm
Told u annis to bet Cardiff and Peterborough to win ! Coffee on you!
Re: Match Report 'City on the brink of Premier League Footba
Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:13 pm
blackers1927 wrote:Told u annis to bet Cardiff and Peterborough to win ! Coffee on you!
And I did do them as a double, yes coffee on me
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Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:22 pm
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Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:00 pm
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay:
"I was pleased with how we played up to the sending-off against a team who are really on form. We had to go toe to toe from the first minute and we did that.
"We got the goal and then after the sending-off it can be difficult to play against 10 men but we were absolutely on the money.
"We now have a game against Charlton, against who we gave our poorest performance of the season at The Valley, and we know we will have a tough game against them here."
"I was pleased with how we played up to the sending-off against a team who are really on form. We had to go toe to toe from the first minute and we did that.
"We got the goal and then after the sending-off it can be difficult to play against 10 men but we were absolutely on the money.
"We now have a game against Charlton, against who we gave our poorest performance of the season at The Valley, and we know we will have a tough game against them here."
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Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:50 pm
[quote="Forever Blue"]Cardiff City 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest: Bluebirds one point from promotion
13 Apr 2013
A record attendance at the Cardiff City Stadium sees Cardiff City on the brink of the Premier League.
26,568
Cardiff City need just one more point to secure promotion after beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 and seeing rivals Watford lose 3-2 at Peterborough
Were you happy with the atmosphere at the game, Sounded loud from where i was in the Ninian stand, could not really hear Forest at all
13 Apr 2013
A record attendance at the Cardiff City Stadium sees Cardiff City on the brink of the Premier League.
26,568
Cardiff City need just one more point to secure promotion after beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 and seeing rivals Watford lose 3-2 at Peterborough
Were you happy with the atmosphere at the game, Sounded loud from where i was in the Ninian stand, could not really hear Forest at all