Romaine Sawyers scored on his competitive debut as a Cardiff City beat Norwich City in a fiery encounter which saw both teams finish with 10 men.
After a first half of few chances the game burst into life after the restart, Sawyers effort from outside the area took a deflection on its way past Tim Krul to open the scoring on 49 minutes.
The Canaries were almost level seven minutes later when Kenny McLean turned Todd Cantwell’s corner onto the bar, before Grant Hanley swiped wildly at the rebound and Cardiff cleared.
Tempers flared as both sets of players collided in the centre circle after Perry Ng threw Teemu Pukki to the floor, referee Tim Robinson booking four players in the aftermath including Ng.
And the Cardiff defender was given his marching orders five minutes later after sliding in on a breaking Cantwell to set up a grandstand last 20 minutes.
Grant Hanley followed Ng 15 minutes later as he picked up a second yellow card for a foul on Mark Harris, and Cardiff held on to secure a first opening fixture win since August 2017.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Cardiff
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Allsop
- 2Romeo
- 38NgBooked at 73mins
- 23KipréBooked at 44mins
- 17Collins
- 6Wintle
- 35RinomhotaBooked at 69minsSubstituted forSangat 81′minutes
- 10OjoSubstituted forNelsonat 75′minutes
- 19SawyersSubstituted forM Harrisat 59′minutes
- 11O’DowdaBooked at 54minsSubstituted forWhyteat 81′minutes
- 36WattersSubstituted forRallsat 60′minutesBooked at 69mins
Substitutes
- 8Ralls
- 12Sang
- 14Tanner
- 16Nelson
- 20Whyte
- 21Alnwick
- 29M Harris
Norwich
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Krul
- 2Aarons
- 4Omobamidele
- 5HanleyBooked at 85mins
- 30GiannoulisSubstituted forHernándezat 84′minutes
- 14Cantwell
- 19SørensenSubstituted forGibbsat 72′minutes
- 23McLean
- 24SargentSubstituted forSinaniat 72′minutes
- 22PukkiSubstituted forHugillat 78′minutes
- 7RashicaSubstituted forMcCallumat 84′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Hugill
- 15McCallum
- 21Sinani
- 25Hernández
- 28Gunn
- 45Tomkinson
- 46Gibbs
Live Text
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Match ends, Cardiff City 1, Norwich City 0.
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Second Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Norwich City 0.
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Foul by Jordan Hugill (Norwich City).
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Curtis Nelson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Mahlon Romeo.
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Foul by Liam Gibbs (Norwich City).
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Jamilu Collins (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Sam McCallum (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Mark Harris (Cardiff City).
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Foul by Sam McCallum (Norwich City).
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Tom Sang (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Sam McCallum (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
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Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jamilu Collins.
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Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jamilu Collins.
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Andrew Omobamidele (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Mark Harris (Cardiff City).
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Second yellow card to Grant Hanley (Norwich City) for a bad foul.
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Foul by Grant Hanley (Norwich City).
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Mark Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Dimitris Giannoulis.
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