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Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United · League One

Cardiff City beat Rotherham United 3-0 in the League One. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Cardiff City fixtures and results · Rotherham United fixtures and results · League One table

Match report

Cardiff City and Rotherham United met in the League One on Saturday, 16 August 2025.

Goalscorers

Cardiff City: Y. Salech 43'; C. Ashford 55'; R. Colwill 60'. Rotherham United did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Cardiff City, 3 for Rotherham United).

Line-ups

Cardiff City started in a 4-2-3-1: Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, William Fish, Dylan Lawlor, Dakarai Mafico, David Turnbull, Ryan Wintle, Cian Ashford, Rubin Colwill, Ollie Tanner, Yousef Salech.

Rotherham United started in a 5-3-2: Cameron Dawson, Denzel Hall, Lenny Agbaire, Sean Raggett, Zak Jules, Reece James, Daniel Gore, Liam Kelly, Dru Yearwood, Jordan Hugill, Ar'Jany Martha.

More from this competition: League One fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 43'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by D. Turnbull.
  2. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United.
  3. 55'Goal! Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United. C. Ashford (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by D. Turnbull.
  4. 60'Goal! Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by Y. Salech.
  5. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United.
Full commentary (35 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Cardiff City vs Rotherham United.
  2. 6'Attempt missed. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), shot from a corner. xG 0.07.
  3. 10'Attempt saved. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
  4. 19'Attempt missed. D. Turnbull (Cardiff City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  5. 20'Yellow card for A. Martha (Rotherham United) for foul.
  6. 24'Attempt missed. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.22.
  7. 32'Yellow card for D. Mafico (Cardiff City) for foul.
  8. 35'Substitution, Cardiff City: J. Bagan comes on for D. Mafico.
  9. 38'Yellow card for L. Agbaire (Rotherham United).
  10. 43'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by D. Turnbull.
  11. 45'4 minutes of added time.
  12. 45+4'Attempt blocked. D. Turnbull (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.21.
  13. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United.
  14. 46'The second half is under way.
  15. 46'Substitution, Rotherham United: M. Kaleta comes on for L. Agbaire.
  16. 49'Attempt saved. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  17. 51'Yellow card for J. Bagan (Cardiff City) for foul.
  18. 55'Goal! Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United. C. Ashford (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by D. Turnbull.
  19. 58'Attempt saved. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  20. 60'Goal! Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by Y. Salech.
  21. 60'Substitution, Rotherham United: J. Holmes comes on for L. Kelly.
  22. 67'Attempt missed. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), header. xG 0.17.
  23. 68'Yellow card for S. Raggett (Rotherham United) for foul.
  24. 75'Substitution, Rotherham United: C. McGuckin comes on for A. Martha.
  25. 75'Substitution, Rotherham United: J. Clarke comes on for D. Yearwood.
  26. 81'Substitution, Cardiff City: J. Colwill comes on for R. Colwill.
  27. 81'Substitution, Cardiff City: I. Davies comes on for C. Ashford.
  28. 82'Substitution, Cardiff City: C. Robinson comes on for Y. Salech.
  29. 84'Attempt blocked. J. Colwill (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  30. 86'Attempt saved. M. Kaleta (Rotherham United), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  31. 88'Substitution, Cardiff City: C. Chambers comes on for R. Kpakio.
  32. 90'5 minutes of added time.
  33. 90+2'Attempt blocked. J. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  34. 90+6'Attempt blocked. I. Davies (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  35. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United.
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