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
OFFSIDES
Cardiff: 2
Rovers: 3
GOALS
Cardiff: Chopra (33 minutes), Whittingham (66 minutes), Magennis (80 minutes).
Rovers: Elliott (75 minutes)
BOOKINGS
Cardiff: Gyepes (dissent 65)
Rovers: Regan (foul, 62), Campbell (dissent,65)











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