Moylan double gives Cardiff first league win against Charlton
Archive article. Published on Sat 19 Sept, 12:07. Conditions may have changed since this reporting.
Jack Moylan scored twice and created Cardiff City's other goal as Brian Barry-Murphy's side beat Charlton Athletic 3-1 at Cardiff City Stadium. The result delivered Cardiff's first Championship win of the season after four draws and three defeats in the opening seven league games.
Full-time numbers
- Possession
- Cardiff 62% - 38% Charlton
- Shots
- Cardiff 27 - 6 Charlton
- Shots on target
- Cardiff 8 - 3 Charlton
- Star man
- Jack Moylan, 8.67
Moylan and Salech put Cardiff in control
Moylan opened the scoring after eight minutes, finishing from Yousef Salech's pass. The pair switched roles in the 24th minute, when Moylan supplied Salech for Cardiff's second. Tyreece Campbell pulled one back for Charlton five minutes later, with Tyler Bindon providing the assist, but Cardiff reached half-time 2-1 ahead.
The third goal settles it
Cardiff restored the two-goal lead on 61 minutes. Ollie Tanner made the chance and Moylan scored his second of the afternoon. The midfielder left the field to a strong reception in the 82nd minute after contributing two goals and an assist. API-Football rated Moylan the game's outstanding player at 8.67.
Control finally becomes a win
The numbers support the scoreline. Cardiff held 62% possession and took 27 shots to Charlton's six, with eight efforts on target against three. Cardiff also produced 16 attempts from inside the box while Charlton managed three. Those figures matter after a start in which Cardiff repeatedly controlled the ball without turning that control into enough goals. This time the chances produced three goals, three points and the first league win of Barry-Murphy's tenure.
Background and supporting figures
Where this sits
API-Football records Cardiff 21st after seven league games with no wins, four draws, three defeats, seven goals scored, 11 conceded and four points.
API-Football records Charlton sixth after seven league games with three wins, three draws, one defeat, six goals scored, seven conceded and 12 points.
Cardiff average 65% possession across their seven Championship matches, the highest average among the 24 clubs in the current API-Football division pool.
Cardiff have scored four goals from 8.32 expected goals across the five Cardiff league matches in the current pool that carry expected-goals data.
Cardiff outshot Charlton 27 to six, a margin of 21 shots, while producing more than five times as many attempts from inside the box, 16 to three.