Cardiff recovered from three down to beat Burnley 5-4

Cardiff trailed 4-1 at home with less than half an hour left, then scored four times to win, with Yousef Salech and a late Alexander Robertson goal doing the damage.

Cardiff were three goals behind at home to Burnley with less than half an hour to play, and they still came out 5-4 winners. The turn was not one moment but a run of goals that started in the 65th minute and did not stop until the final whistle.

Yousef Salech did most of the damage, scoring twice inside seventeen minutes. Alexander Robertson, a Cardiff defender, had turned a cross into his own net at 62 minutes, which is how Burnley reached 4-1, and he then scored the winner himself in the 90th minute.

Cardiff had the ball for 66% of the match, well above the 58.2% they usually keep at home, and they took 25 shots against an average of 15.9. The quality was higher too. Their expected goals, a measure of how good each chance was, came to 5.03, against a usual 1.71, so they were not simply shooting more often.

Burnley had 34% of the ball and 15 shots, against their usual 49.3% and 12.8 when they play away. Their chances were also better than normal for them, with 2.3 expected goals against a typical 1.33. Largie Ramazani was the best of them, scoring in the 55th minute and finishing with a rating of 8.2, the highest among Burnley's players listed.

Nobody was sent off, so every goal came with eleven players a side. Jack Moylan's penalty at 75 minutes pulled Cardiff back to within one, and the goal that followed from Salech made the closing stages a contest rather than a holding exercise for the home side.

Cardiff sit 18th in the table with 15 points from 14 matches, while Burnley are 22nd with 10 points from the same number of games. Burnley have won only once away from home this season, and they have now conceded five goals in one away match, against a usual 1.9.

Cardiff's five goals were nearly three times what they usually score at home, and for Burnley it was the most goals they have conceded on the road in a single match this season.

Player of the matchY. Salech2 goals8.8

R. Colwill2 assists8.2

L. Ramazani1 goal8.2

A. Robertson1 goal7.9