5 worst players from matchday 1 - Premier League 2018-19

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Ozil and Xhaka endured horrendous outings against Manchester City

#4 Souleymane Bamba

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Bamba had a tough game against The Cherries

Its safe to predict that Cardiff will be relegated. All the fans, experts, pundits and observers have placed their bet on The Bluebirds' relegation.

It didn't start well for them either, as they were mauled by another side expected to struggle this term - Bournemouth. The Cherries exploited both flanks and made full use of Cardiff's narrow back four.

In the 4-1-4-1 formation preferred by Neil Warnock, Sol Bamba was deployed as a lone holding midfielder.

He was often caught out of possession when Bournemouth committed more bodies forward. He lost the 50-50 battles, didn't tackle well enough, and left too much passing space at times. While in possession, he was safe but not productive.

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