Harambee Stars midfielder Timothy Babu Ouma made his third appearance for Charlton Athletic on Saturday as Cardiff City ended their difficult return to the Championship with a 3-1 victory.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe Kenyan came on at the start of the second half, replacing Tyler Bindon as Charlton looked to recover from a 2-1 deficit.The change could not inspire a comeback, with Jack Moylan completing his brace on the hour mark to restore Cardiff’s two-goal advantage and hand the Bluebirds their first league victory since returning to the second tier.##NAJAVA_MECA_9968490##Cardiff had taken an early lead after Moylan finished from Alex Robertson’s pass following a clever touch from Yousef Salech.Salech then turned provider midway through the first half, setting up the second after shrugging off Bindon before finding the net from close range.Charlton responded before the half-hour mark when Tyreece Campbell raced onto Bindon’s through ball and slid his effort under Nathan Trott to reduce the deficit.Abud Omar left fuming after another FKF Premier League postponementThe hosts continued to create chances but were denied by goalkeeper Okonkwo, who produced several saves to keep Charlton within touching distance.Nathan Jones made two changes at the interval, bringing on the Kenya international alongside Amari’i Bell in an attempt to change the course of the contest.The visitors created the first notable opening after the restart, but Karlan Grant fired into the side netting.Kenya's U20 Africa Cup of Nations hopes extinguished after winless qualifier campaignCardiff eventually restored their two-goal cushion in the 60th minute when Moylan collected the ball on the edge of the box and struck an effort that went in off the post.Charlton struggled to mount a sustained response thereafter, although Charlie Kelman came close to pulling one back late on when he found himself through on goal, only for Trott to deny him.The result leaves the Addicks without a victory in their last five Championship matches after their impressive start to the campaign, which had seen them win their opening three games and briefly move to the top of the table.##NAJAVA_MECA_9968579##For the Kenyan midfielder, the outing marked another step in his adaptation to English second-tier football following his loan move from Slavia Praha.The Kawangware-born player recorded 18 touches during his 45-minute appearance and completed 63 per cent of his passes.He was perfect with his distribution in his own half, while four of his nine attempted passes found their target in the opposition half.Still in the woods: FKF Premier League kick-off postponed once againThe 21-year-old lost possession six times and recorded one unsuccessful touch, while his carrying distance was 8.5 metres.Defensively, the former Nairobi City Stars player made one clearance and two recoveries.##NAJAVA_MECA_9968505##He also contested one aerial duel but was unable to win it.
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