Cardiff vs Swansea Player Ratings: Caulker and Medel shine in gutsy win for the Bluebirds

Cardiff City vs Swansea City

Cardiff City

David Marshall (51)

Made just the one save as Swansea struggled to test him regularly.

Andrew Taylor (15)

A safe performance from the full-back as he made four clearances.

Steven Caulker (78)

No nonsense display, making four clearances and a towering header for the winner.

Ben Turner (19)

Made two interceptions to stop the Swans attack from playing their usual game.

Kevin Theophile-Catherine (17)

Didn’t keep the ball well enough with just 65 per cent of his passes reaching their target.

Gary Medel (49)

The stand-out performer as the Chilean maintained a 95 per cent pass completion rate and made two tackles.

Peter Whittingham (11)

Composed in possession with a 82 per cent pass accuracy, but failed to land any of his four crosses.

Jordan Mutch (0)

Woeful on the ball as he gave away the ball with every other pass – a 54 per cent pass completion rate.

Don Cowie (-8)

Peripheral for much of the game, recorded a 75 per cent pass completion rate.

Craig Bellamy (17)

Made three successful tackles in typically fiery fashion for a 100 per cent success rate, but offered little cutting edge.

Peter Odemwingie (-15)

Just 16 passes summed up his display.

Subs:

Aron Gunnarsson (18)

Put a shift in towards the end as Cardiff defended their lead.

Fraizer Campbell (6)

Held the ball up very well when Cardiff resorted to clearing their lines.

Kim Bo-Kyung (-6)

Little time to impress.

Swansea City:

Michel Vorm (-49)

Made one save and couldn’t do anything about the goal, but was deservedly sent off in the final few minutes.

Angel Rangel (1)

Put a shift in at full-back with two tackles and two headed duels.

Ashley Williams (43)

Imperious at the back with nine of ten headed duels and an 86 per cent pass completion rate.

Chico Flores (21)

Equally as impressive as Williams with 82 per cent pass completion rate and six clearances.

Neil Taylor (24)

Got forward well with 84 per cent pass accuracy.

Leon Britton (27)

Got heavily involved with the play, completing 93 per cent of his passes.

Jonjo Shelvey (-12)

A few rash tackles aside, he completed one cross – a superb ball into Michu that could have led to an assist had the Spaniard converted it.

Jonathan de Guzman (5)

Wasn’t as involved as his fellow midfielders but held onto the ball well with 85 per cent pass completion.

Wayne Routledge (-18)

Failed to provide a cutting edge with just one successful cross out of three and failing to beat his man twice.

Nathan Dyer (-11)

Simiar to Routledge, Dyer failed to beat a player on four occasions.

Michu (23)

An off-day for the Spaniard as he failed to convert from a golden chance in the first-half.

Subs:

Wilfried Bony (7)

Tried to get Swansea back in it but his efforts were in vain.

Alejandro Pozuelo (10)

Didn’t have much time to make an impact.

Alvaro Vasquez (0)

Not given enough time to impress.