Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic 14th January 2023
Away Day Review
On a freezing winters morning, Wigan fans made the 3 hour 30 drive to Cardiff. Tickets were £19 for Adults, £16 for Over 60s, £10 for 16-21, and £8 for Under 16. We went on the coach as it was the cheapest option for us. The route was longer as half of Cardiff was flooded so we had to get off the motorway at a different exit. Prices for the coaches were £32 pound and we set off at 8:15am. So for the ticket and travel it costs £42 pound which I would have to rate this at a 6/10. We got there at around 12:30 and the locals were very pleasent to us. There is a pub that serves both drinks and food just across the road from the stadium that is both welcome for home and away fans. Drinks were cheap and the pub is full of TVs for us to watch the Manchester Derby. The pub is called the Sand Martin.
Once the game finished, we headed over to the ground where the stewards were nice to us and it was easy to get in. I would recommend trying the pies as they were well priced and very tasty.
The view that you get from the ground is very good. There is a safe stadning section which makes it even better. You arent close to the home fans (unless you fill the allocation). The atmosphere was very quite this may be the fact that the game wasnt the best and it isnt the biggest ground but the away end outsung the home fans.
Overall, I quite liked going to the Cardiff City Stadium. It is a costly, time consuming trip so if you are going, it is a nice smooth away day. It isn't the best but it isn't the worst. Overall Cardiff away is 6/10.
Match Report
Cardiff City and Wigan Athletic faced off in a highly-anticipated clash on a chilly Saturday afternoon at the Cardiff City Stadium. Both teams came into the game having to win the game to keep both teams chances of survival on.
The first half was an evenly contested affair, with Wigan having the better chances. A long throw in from Max Power caused problems for Cardiff as they failed to clear leading to a chance from Callum Lang who saw his header go past the post. It was clear that Wigan had targeted the long throw ins as another one caused more problems for Cardiff again seeing a shot from Jordan Cousins fly over the bar. Wigan had the majority of the ball and should've gone in winning but they failed to capitalise on the chances. Half time 0-0.
The second half started with Wigan on the front foot, as they pushed forward in search of an opener. Their efforts were nearly rewarded as a ball through from Tom Naylor to lay in debutant Miguel Azeez one on one with the goalkeeper. He could've gone left, right or middle just get the shot on target. Instead he saw his shot sail over the bar. Has to be 1-0 Wigan. This didn't stop Wigan, they kept coming. Azeez won the ball on the halfway line, ran with the ball 20 yards to the edge of the box, passed it to Will Keane and on the half turn hit it into the bottom right corner forcing the goalkeeper to make a brilliant save just missing the ball on the rebound for Callum Lang to score. All Wigan. Cardiff had very little chances in the game which gave Wigan fans a boost that they could get the three points. This seems to sum Wigan's season up to a tee. On the 82nd minute a little cross came into the box of Wigan who failed to defend and gave Callum O'Dowda the easiest of finishes who was never going to miss from there. 1-0 Cardiff. Wigan threw absolutely everything to try and salvage a point from the game. In the 96th minute, a cross from Max Power found its way to Ashley Fletcher on the back post who headed it down to Will Keane who smashed the ball into the back of the net. 1-1 Wigan. A point was the least that they deserved causing the away fans to go crazy in the away end.
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