Player ratings from Cardiff City's Carling Cup win over Bristol Rovers

Player ratings by Marcus Scott

Rhys Evans - 6 - Made a couple of good saves but should have done better with cross that led to second goal

Carl Regan - 6 - Steady but rarely able to travel forwards

Steve Elliott - 7 - STAR MAN - Great header for our goal - but a difficult game to start the campaign in.

Byron Anthony - 6 - Like Elliott, it was a difficult night trying to keep Chopra and Etuhu quiet.

Jeff Hughes - 7 - Stuck to his task in defensive role and kept the lively Chris Burke relatively quiet

David Pipe - 6 - Rovers never really saw much of the ball - and neither did he

Dominic Blizzard - 5 - At fault for opening goal when caught in possession on the edge of our own box

Stuart Campbell - 6 - Worked hard as Rovers were forced to chase for most of the evening.

Chris Lines - 6 - Chasing - just like everybody else

Darryl Duffy - 6 - One poor shot wide - but it was never going to be a night for our strikers to shine

Jo Kuffour - 6 - Showed willing on a night when there was little service to feed off

Subs: Ben Swallow for Dominic Blizzard (61 minutes), Andy Williams for Darryl Duffy (69 minutes). Subs not used. Danny Coles, Ben Hunt, Charlie Reece, Elliott Richards, Dan Rayford.

Peter Enckleman - 6

Paul Quinn - 7

Gabor Gyepes - 8

Anthony Gerrard - 7

Tony Capaldi - 7

Chris Burke - 7

Gavin Rae - 7

Stephen McPhail - 7

Peter Whittingham - 7

Michael Chopra - 8

Kelvin Etuhu - 8

Subs: Riccy Scimeca for Gavin Rae (73 minutes), Josh Magennis for Kelvin Etuhu (79 minutes), Aaron Wildig for Chris Burke (87 minutes) Subs not used: David Marshall, Mark Kennedy, Darcy Blake, Miguel Comminges.

SHOTS ON TARGET

Cardiff: 6

Rovers: 1

SHOTS OFF TARGET

Cardiff: 4

Rovers: 10

CORNERS:

Cardiff: 11

Rovers: 5

FOULS:

Cardiff:10

Rovers:9