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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Turf Moor
  • Attendance: 10431
  • Referee: Walton, P

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Burnley are replacing Frank Sinclair with Keith Lowe.

89mins

Goal!! Burnley have scored with James O'Connor putting it in the back of the net.

86mins

Michael Ricketts is being taken off, Alan Lee has come on in his place.

83mins

Cardiff are replacing Kevin Cooper with Paul Parry.

80mins

Wade Elliott is replaced by Karl Bermingham.

77mins

Frank Sinclair is booked for unsporting behaviour.

72mins

Graham Branch is being taken off, John Spicer has come on in his place.

72mins

Darren Purse takes a penalty for Cardiff and scores!.

69mins

Chris Barker goes into the referees book for timewasting.

61mins

The referee has booked Wade Elliott.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 2.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

Goal!! Cardiff have scored with Glenn Loovens putting it in the back of the net.

23mins

Goal!! Wade Elliott scores for Burnley.

11mins

Michael Ricketts is booked for unsporting behaviour.

8mins

Goal!! Cardiff have scored with Cameron Jerome putting it in the back of the net.

1mins

Goal!! Wade Elliott scores for Burnley.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Burnley and Cardiff served up six of the best on a thrilling afternoon at Turf Moor.

James O'Connor rescued a point for the Clarets when he looped in a last minute header just when it looked as though Darren Purse's penalty would prove to be the winner.

However, the star of the show for the home side was Wade Elliott who returned from a month out with injury to score two stunning first-half goals.

His first came after exactly one minute when the ball was half cleared to him on the edge of the area and he rifled a low drive into the corner.

But Burnley struggled to build on this good start as Cardiff's new look striking duo of top scorer Cameron Jerome and Michael Ricketts, on loan from Leeds, started to run riot and Danny Coyne's block from Ricketts should have presented Jerome with an equaliser in the fourth minute but he scooped the ball over the gaping goal.

However, four minutes after that a flick on by Ricketts sent Jerome clear and he skimmed Frank Sinclair before zipping the ball into the far corner for his sixth goal in five games.

Cardiff then started to tear Burnley to bits with Ricketts blazing over after being sent clear by Jason Koumas before the Wales international outstripped the home defence and forced Jon Harley to clear off the line.

At the other end it took a moment of magic to silence the Bluebirds as another weak clearance in the 23rd minute fell once again to Elliott and this time he beat Neil Alexander with a scorching first-time volley.

But the Welshmen were singing again on the stroke of half-time when Dutch defender Glenn Loovens hammered home a header from a Koumas corner.

The second half was far less eventful until Cardiff took the lead for the first time with 17 minutes left through Purse's spot-kick.

It was given after Jerome once again caused Sinclair problems with his pace and the former Chelsea defender could only trip him up as he went past.

Burnley managed to have the final say when substitute John Spicer chipped the ball into the middle and O'Connor, with one minute left on the clock, headed past the despairing dive of Alexander.

Burnley Team

Cardiff City Team

Burnley

Cardiff City

Corners

77

Fouls

1311

Goal attempts

710

Shots off target

46

Offsides

50

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