Goals from Paul Parry, Kevin McNaughton and Joe Ledley gave Cardiff the perfect preperation for their FA Cup final against Portsmouth as they beat Barnsley 3-0.

The Bluebirds dominated throughout and were well worth the victory over their FA Cup semi-final victims which ended City's three-game winless run.

Parry, who missed the semi-final win over the Tykes, further enhanced his claims for a starting berth at Wembley with the opener before McNaughton and Ledley struck in the second half to secure City the points.

Barnsley, who staved off the threat of relegation with a 3-0 win over Charlton last weekend, looked comfortable on the ball but were well short of ideas in the final third, with strikers Istvan Ferenczi and Jon Macken showing a distinct lack of movement up front.

The scoreline could have been even more destructive to the Tykes had it not been for some last-ditch defending and the intervention of the woodwork which denied Peter Whittingham in the first half.