Cardiff City 2-2 Sheffield United · Championship
Cardiff City drew 2-2 with Sheffield United in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Cardiff City and Sheffield United met in the Championship at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, 29 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Cardiff City: J. Moylan 2'; C. Ashford 38'. Sheffield United: T. Cannon 4'; C. O'Hare 7'.
How the match went
Cardiff City saw more of the ball, 67% of it. Cardiff City had 28 shots with 10 on target, Sheffield United 6 with 4 on target. There were 15 corners in total, 13 to Cardiff City and 2 to Sheffield United. Cardiff City conceded 12 fouls, Sheffield United 11. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (2 for Cardiff City, 2 for Sheffield United).
Line-ups
Cardiff City started in a 4-2-3-1: Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Krystian Bielik, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Jack Moylan, Yousef Salech.
Sheffield United started in a 4-4-2: Michael Cooper, Jamal Baptiste, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Sam McCallum, Romelle Donovan, Joe Rothwell, Sydie Peck, Callum O'Hare, Patrick Bamford, Thomas Cannon.
More from this competition: Championship fixtures, results and table.