Philip Billing's super strike came too late to save Huddersfield Town from defeat at Cardiff City.

The substitute's 70th-minute sizzler made for a tense finale in South Wales but former Town manager Neil Warnock's side held out as David Wagner's men suffered a third successive setback on away soil after losing at Preston North End and Fulham.

Head coach Wagner had flagged up the danger posed by Cardiff from set-pieces, but his side still struggled to deal with them, and have conceded 11 goals over those three away games.

Former loanee Sean Morrison headed home the opener from a corner before Junior Hoilett finished from close-range after keeper Danny Ward parried Anthony Pilkington's shot.

Tommy Smith pulled one back with a neat finish from Kasey Palmer's pass, but Cardiff's two-goal cushion was restored before the break when Rickie Lambert pounced after a long-range free-kick was flicked on.

Town only came to life after Billing's thunderbolt from the blue.

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First Half

5 mins: Anthony Pilkington fires over for Cardiff.

6 mins:Nahki Wells' shot is saved.

10 mins: Home skipper Sean Morrison heads wide.

13 mins: Danny Ward saves from Morrison.

15 mins:Morrison heads home from a Peter Whittingham corner 1-0.

17 mins:It's 2-0 as Junior Hoilett nets from close range after Ward parries Pilkington's shot.

28 mins:Tommy Smith pulls a goal back with a neat finish from Kasey Palmer's pass. 2-1.

31 mins:Rickie Lambert restores Cardiff's two-goal cushion, shooting in off Ward's left-hand post after Morrison flicks on a long free-kick. 3-1.

39 mins: Palmer's shot is blocked.

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Second Half

56 mins: Joe Bennett's shot is blocked.

59 mins: Ward collects Gunnarsson's awkward long throw.

63 mins: Wells' shot is straight at Cardiff keeper Ben Amos.

70 mins:Philip Billing lashes home a shot from the edge of the area and it's 3-2.

89 mins: Chris Lowe's inswinging corner is headed clear.

Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town, 19.11.2016: Town's Philip Billing pulls one back to make it 3-2.
Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town, 19.11.2016: Town's Philip Billing pulls one back to make it 3-2.

Line Ups

Cardiff City: Amos, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Bennett, Whittingham, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Hoilett (Richardson, 89), Pilkington, Lambert (Gounongbe, 75).

Subs not used: Noone, Connolly, Harris, Chamakh, Wilson.

Town: Ward, Smith, Hefele, Schindler (Scannell, 62), Stankovic, Lowe, Hogg (Billing, 62), Mooy, Kachunga, Palmer, Wells.

Subs not used: Whitehead, Hudson, Holmes-Dennis, Van La Parra, Coleman.

Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex).