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Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town · Carabao Cup

Cardiff City beat Swindon Town 3-2 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 Saturday, 8 August 2026.

Goalscorers

Cardiff City: Y. Salech 29', 43'; J. Moylan 77'. Swindon Town: G. Osho 9'; P. Glatzel 62'.

How the match went

Cardiff City saw more of the ball, 61% of it. Cardiff City had 15 shots with 4 on target, Swindon Town 13 with 1 on target. There were 9 corners in total, 6 to Cardiff City and 3 to Swindon Town. Cardiff City conceded 8 fouls, Swindon Town 17. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Cardiff City, 2 for Swindon Town).

Line-ups

Cardiff City started in a 4-2-3-1: Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Perry Ng, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, David Turnbull, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Cian Ashford, Isaak Davies, Yousef Salech.

Swindon Town started in a 4-3-3: Connor Ripley, Mitchell Clark, Stephan Negru, Sam Inwood, Billy Kirkman, Matthew Virtue-Thick, Tom Nichols, Ben Middlemas, Louis Millard, Aaron Drinan, Paul Glatzel.

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Minute by minute

  1. 9'Goal! Cardiff City 0-1 Swindon Town. Own goal by G. Osho.
  2. 29'Goal! Cardiff City 1-1 Swindon Town. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) converts the penalty.
  3. 43'Goal! Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by C. Ashford.
  4. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town.
  5. 62'Goal! Cardiff City 2-2 Swindon Town. P. Glatzel (Swindon Town) scores, assisted by J. Hungbo.
  6. 77'Goal! Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town. J. Moylan (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by Y. Salech.
  7. 90'Second yellow card for J. Debayo (Swindon Town), who is sent off.
  8. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town.
Full commentary (59 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Cardiff City vs Swindon Town.
  2. 3'Offside, Swindon Town.
  3. 4'Attempt blocked. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  4. 6'Corner, Cardiff City.
  5. 7'Attempt blocked. A. Robertson (Cardiff City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  6. 9'Goal! Cardiff City 0-1 Swindon Town. Own goal by G. Osho.
  7. 9'Attempt blocked. M. Virtue-Thick (Swindon Town), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.15.
  8. 15'Corner, Cardiff City.
  9. 21'Attempt saved. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  10. 22'Corner, Cardiff City.
  11. 24'Attempt missed. C. Ashford (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  12. 24'Attempt blocked. A. Robertson (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  13. 24'Attempt blocked. D. Turnbull (Cardiff City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.38.
  14. 26'Offside, Cardiff City.
  15. 27'Attempt missed. A. Drinan (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  16. 29'Goal! Cardiff City 1-1 Swindon Town. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) converts the penalty.
  17. 30'Offside, Cardiff City.
  18. 31'Attempt blocked. L. Millard (Swindon Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  19. 33'Corner, Cardiff City.
  20. 36'Corner, Swindon Town.
  21. 43'Goal! Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by C. Ashford.
  22. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  23. 45+3'Off the woodwork! C. Ashford (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.12.
  24. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town.
  25. 46'The second half is under way.
  26. 46'Substitution, Swindon Town: R. Tafazolli comes on for S. Inwood.
  27. 48'Corner, Cardiff City.
  28. 53'Attempt missed. A. Drinan (Swindon Town), header. xG 0.06.
  29. 53'Attempt blocked. M. Virtue-Thick (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  30. 53'Corner, Swindon Town.
  31. 55'Offside, Swindon Town.
  32. 58'Substitution, Swindon Town: J. Debayo comes on for T. Nichols.
  33. 58'Substitution, Swindon Town: J. Hungbo comes on for L. Millard.
  34. 58'Substitution, Cardiff City: C. Willock comes on for I. Davies.
  35. 58'Substitution, Cardiff City: J. Colwill comes on for D. Turnbull.
  36. 62'Goal! Cardiff City 2-2 Swindon Town. P. Glatzel (Swindon Town) scores, assisted by J. Hungbo.
  37. 63'Substitution, Swindon Town: O. Palmer comes on for M. Virtue-Thick.
  38. 64'Substitution, Swindon Town: L. Griffiths-Brown comes on for M. Clark.
  39. 64'Attempt missed. A. Drinan (Swindon Town), header. xG 0.07.
  40. 64'Attempt blocked. O. Palmer (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  41. 68'Attempt missed. C. Willock (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  42. 72'Substitution, Cardiff City: J. Moylan comes on for O. Tanner.
  43. 73'Corner, Cardiff City.
  44. 73'Attempt blocked. J. Moylan (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  45. 74'Attempt blocked. C. Willock (Cardiff City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  46. 77'Goal! Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town. J. Moylan (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by Y. Salech.
  47. 80'Off the woodwork! O. Palmer (Swindon Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.20.
  48. 82'Yellow card for J. Colwill (Cardiff City) for foul.
  49. 84'Yellow card for J. Debayo (Swindon Town) for foul.
  50. 85'Attempt missed. C. Ashford (Cardiff City), header. xG 0.04.
  51. 87'Offside, Swindon Town.
  52. 88'Attempt blocked. O. Palmer (Swindon Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  53. 88'Corner, Swindon Town.
  54. 89'Attempt blocked. P. Glatzel (Swindon Town), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  55. 89'Attempt blocked. B. Kirkman (Swindon Town), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  56. 90'Second yellow card for J. Debayo (Swindon Town), who is sent off.
  57. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  58. 90+5'Attempt blocked. J. Moylan (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  59. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town.
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