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Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town · Carabao Cup

Cardiff City beat Swindon Town 2-1 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Cardiff City and Swindon Town met in the Carabao Cup at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff on Tuesday, 12 August 2025.

Goalscorers

Cardiff City: C. Ashford 21'; R. Colwill 45'. Swindon Town: P. Ehibhatiomhan 55'.

How the match went

Cardiff City saw more of the ball, 73% of it. Cardiff City had 17 shots with 10 on target, Swindon Town 8 with 1 on target. There were 14 corners in total, 12 to Cardiff City and 2 to Swindon Town. Cardiff City conceded 7 fouls, Swindon Town 14. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for Cardiff City, 3 for Swindon Town).

Line-ups

Cardiff City started in a 4-3-3: Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, William Fish, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, David Turnbull, Ryan Wintle, Rubin Colwill, Cian Ashford, Callum Robinson, Isaak Davies.

Swindon Town started in a 4-3-3: Connor Ripley, Joel McGregor, Will Wright, Filozofe Mabete, Thomas Wilson-Brown, Gavin Kilkenny, James Ball, Paul Glatzel, Billy Bodin, Harry Smith, Princewill Ehibhatiomhan.

More from this competition: Carabao Cup fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 21'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Swindon Town. C. Ashford (Cardiff City) scores.
  2. 45+2'Goal! Cardiff City 2-0 Swindon Town. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores.
  3. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 2-0 Swindon Town.
  4. 55'Goal! Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town. P. Ehibhatiomhan (Swindon Town) scores, assisted by D. Oldaker.
  5. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town.
Full commentary (45 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Cardiff City vs Swindon Town.
  2. 0'Yellow card for I. Holloway (Swindon Town) for argument.
  3. 2'Attempt missed. B. Bodin (Swindon Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  4. 8'Attempt blocked. I. Davies (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  5. 12'Attempt missed. R. Wintle (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  6. 15'Attempt missed. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  7. 21'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Swindon Town. C. Ashford (Cardiff City) scores.
  8. 21'Attempt saved. J. Bagan (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.18.
  9. 25'Attempt missed. P. Ehibhatiomhan (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  10. 34'Attempt saved. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  11. 41'Attempt missed. C. Chambers (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.08.
  12. 45'Off the woodwork! C. Ashford (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
  13. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  14. 45+2'Goal! Cardiff City 2-0 Swindon Town. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores.
  15. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 2-0 Swindon Town.
  16. 46'The second half is under way.
  17. 46'Substitution, Swindon Town: O. Clarke comes on for W. Wright.
  18. 46'Substitution, Swindon Town: F. Munroe comes on for T. Wilson-Brown.
  19. 46'Substitution, Swindon Town: D. Oldaker comes on for B. Bodin.
  20. 50'Substitution, Swindon Town: L. Ward comes on for C. Ripley.
  21. 52'Yellow card for O. Clarke (Swindon Town) for argument.
  22. 55'Goal! Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town. P. Ehibhatiomhan (Swindon Town) scores, assisted by D. Oldaker.
  23. 60'Yellow card for R. Kpakio (Cardiff City) for foul.
  24. 62'Attempt missed. H. Smith (Swindon Town), header. xG 0.05.
  25. 63'Attempt saved. D. Turnbull (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  26. 68'Substitution, Cardiff City: C. Willock comes on for I. Davies.
  27. 68'Substitution, Cardiff City: Y. Salech comes on for C. Robinson.
  28. 68'Attempt missed. P. Glatzel (Swindon Town), header from a corner. xG 0.15.
  29. 73'Attempt missed. F. Munroe (Swindon Town), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.01.
  30. 77'Substitution, Swindon Town: J. Tabor comes on for P. Ehibhatiomhan.
  31. 79'Attempt saved. C. Chambers (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
  32. 80'Yellow card for J. McGregor (Swindon Town) for foul.
  33. 82'Attempt saved. D. Turnbull (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  34. 82'Attempt blocked. J. Bagan (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  35. 83'Attempt saved. J. Bagan (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  36. 84'Attempt missed. J. Tabor (Swindon Town), header. xG 0.08.
  37. 85'Attempt saved. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.15.
  38. 86'Substitution, Cardiff City: J. Colwill comes on for R. Colwill.
  39. 86'Attempt missed. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.02.
  40. 87'Substitution, Cardiff City: O. Tanner comes on for C. Ashford.
  41. 90'7 minutes of added time.
  42. 90+1'Attempt blocked. G. Kilkenny (Swindon Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  43. 90+3'Substitution, Cardiff City: E. King comes on for D. Turnbull.
  44. 90+6'Attempt saved. O. Tanner (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  45. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town.
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