- Whittingham (19), McCormack (23), Chopra (24), Fontaine (43 og), Chopra (46), McCormack (57)
- Date:2010-01-26
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Ashton Gate
- Attendance:13825
- Referee:D'Urso, A
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
90mins
Peter Whittingham is being taken off, Chris Burke has come on in his place.
90mins
The referee has booked Lewin Nyatanga.
80mins
Jay Bothroyd is being taken off, Warren Feeney has come on in his place.
79mins
Paul Hartley is being taken off, Evander Sno has come on in his place.
64mins
Gavin Rae is replaced by Darcy Blake.
57mins
Goal!! Ross McCormack scores for Cardiff.
50mins
Danny Haynes is being taken off, Marvin Elliott has come on in his place.
46mins
Goal!! Michael Chopra scores for Cardiff.
46mins
Bristol City are replacing Jamie McAllister with Lewin Nyatanga.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 4.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by A D'Urso
43mins
Own goal, Liam Fontaine has put it in his own net.
24mins
Goal!! Cardiff have scored with Michael Chopra putting it in the back of the net.
23mins
Goal!! Cardiff have scored with Ross McCormack putting it in the back of the net.
19mins
Goal!! Cardiff have scored with Peter Whittingham putting it in the back of the net.
0mins
It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, January 26th, the match has kicked off.
0mins
Bristol City face Cardiff at 7:45pm on Tuesday, January 26th.
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Match Report
Five minutes of football mayhem set Cardiff City up for an amazing 6-0 victory at Bristol City, their first win at Ashton Gate for 40 years.
As Bristol City's defence evaporated before them Cardiff scored three goals in five minutes with home players lining up to be blamed for unintended assists.
It all began with a mix-up between goalkeeper Dean Gerken and centre-back Liam Fontaine which left the net undefended. It was the 19th minute and Peter Whittingham was there to steer home his 18th goal of the season.
If that was unexpected after Bristol City had been applying all the pressure, the others came gift-wrapped.
With Michael Chopra running at the back line the usually secure Louis Carey mis-kicked to let in Ross McCormack for the second goal four minutes after the first.
The inquest was still going on when McCormack then pushed a lovely throughball to Chopra who produced a brilliant finish with the outside of the boot into the bottom right-hand corner.
This was the third meeting between the clubs in a fortnight and Bristol City had freshened up their team with two signings, Jamal Campbell-Ryce who was bought from Barnsley and Patrick Agyemang, borrowed from QPR.
Manager Gary Johnson was encouraged into using an attacking 4-4-2 formation after writing in the programme that this match was very important for his hopes of a play-off place.
Only seconds before Cardiff's goal burst Nicky Maynard had seen a 25-yard shot drift wide of the right-hand post. It was a rare moment for Bristol City as Chopra, Whittingham and McCormack destroyed them.
By half-time Cardiff led 4-0 thanks to an own goal by Fontaine under pressure from Chopra.
The Welsh side famously threw away a similar lead at Peterborough United last month but any home hopes of a similar revival were soon extinguished.
Chopra and McCormack scored another goal apiece within ten minutes of the restart as Cardiff stormed to their biggest win in 80 games between these Severn side rivals.
Bristol City Team
Cardiff City Team
Bristol City | Cardiff City |
Corners
| 8 | 5 |
Fouls
| 13 | 7 |
Goal attempts
| 10 | 10 |
Shots off target
| 6 | 3 |
Offsides
| 0 | 3 |
