Cardiff City slip to back-to-back defeats as relegation concerns linger:
Media Wales
Saturday 8th March 2025
It was one-way traffic. Trai Hume lashed a strike from the edge of the area just wide then Alan Browne did the same after a corner from the left was only half cleared.
Sunderland were dealt a blow at the midway stage of the first half, however, when Roberts was forced off through injury.
He was replaced by Chris Rigg but Sunderland lost some of their early swagger after the change. Cardiff threatened an equaliser on the half-hour mark when Callum Robinson’s strike from 25 yards flashed just wide of Anthony Patterson’s right post.
The visitors drew level four minutes before the break. Patterson failed to deal with Callum O’Dowda’s cross from the left, leaving Davies to tap into the empty net.
Mayenda had a chance to put the hosts back in front in the last minute of the first half when he latched onto Jobe Bellingham’s through-ball and rounded Ethan Horvath but could only find the side-netting.
Both sides had chances in the early stages of the second half. Rigg’s shot was tame after a rapid Sunderland counter before Cardiff broke away at the other end and Yousef Salech’s close-range effort was superbly tipped on to the post by Patterson.
Isidor was introduced just before the hour-mark and played a key role in the winner.
After a well worked free-kick, the striker’s cross was turned in by Mepham inside the six-yard box.
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