Cardiff City 1-0 Port Vale · League One
Cardiff City beat Port Vale 1-0 in the League One. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Cardiff City fixtures and results · Port Vale fixtures and results · League One table
Match report
Cardiff City and Port Vale met in the League One on Wednesday, 22 April 2026.
Goalscorers
Cardiff City: R. Colwill 79'. Port Vale did not score.
How the match went
Cardiff City saw more of the ball, 66% of it. Cardiff City had 14 shots with 4 on target, Port Vale 6 with 2 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 6 to Cardiff City and 6 to Port Vale. Cardiff City conceded 3 fouls, Port Vale 6. The referee showed 1 yellow card (1 for Cardiff City, 0 for Port Vale).
Line-ups
Cardiff City started in a 4-3-1-2: Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Gabriel Osho, Dylan Lawlor, Calum Scanlon, Joel Colwill, Alex Robertson, David Turnbull, Rubin Colwill, Callum Robinson, Yousef Salech.
Port Vale started in a 5-3-2: Joe Gauci, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Elijah Campbell, Liam Gordon, Rhys Walters, Ben Garrity, Ryan Croasdale, George Hall, Martin Sherif.
More from this competition: League One fixtures, results and table.
Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 0-0 Port Vale.
- 79'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Port Vale. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by C. Willock.
- 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 1-0 Port Vale.
Full commentary (37 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Cardiff City vs Port Vale.
- 4'Attempt missed. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.49.
- 16'Attempt missed. C. Robinson (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 19'Attempt blocked. L. Gordon (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 26'Attempt missed. J. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 31'Attempt blocked. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 32'Attempt saved. C. Robinson (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 0-0 Port Vale.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 47'Attempt missed. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), header. xG 0.31.
- 52'Attempt saved. A. Robertson (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 53'Attempt saved. B. Garrity (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
- 60'Attempt saved. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 61'Attempt missed. L. Gordon (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 62'Substitution, Cardiff City: W. T. Fish comes on for G. Osho.
- 62'Substitution, Cardiff City: C. Willock comes on for C. Robinson.
- 62'Substitution, Cardiff City: O. Kellyman comes on for A. Robertson.
- 63'Attempt blocked. J. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.35.
- 63'Attempt blocked. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.34.
- 69'Attempt missed. J. Colwill (Cardiff City), header. xG 0.07.
- 72'Substitution, Port Vale: O. Hernández comes on for J. Lawrence-Gabriel.
- 72'Substitution, Port Vale: J. Headley comes on for L. Gordon.
- 72'Substitution, Port Vale: E. Archer comes on for G. Hall.
- 72'Substitution, Port Vale: B. Waine comes on for M. Sherif.
- 76'Attempt missed. C. Willock (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 79'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Port Vale. R. Colwill (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by C. Willock.
- 81'Yellow card for D. Turnbull (Cardiff City) for foul.
- 82'Attempt saved. B. Waine (Port Vale), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.02.
- 83'Substitution, Cardiff City: J. Bagan comes on for C. Scanlon.
- 85'Substitution, Port Vale: J. Shipley comes on for R. Croasdale.
- 88'Attempt missed. B. Waine (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.50.
- 90'7 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'Substitution, Cardiff City: R. Wintle comes on for J. Colwill.
- 90+5'Attempt blocked. E. Campbell (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.15.
- 90+7'Attempt missed. O. Kellyman (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 1-0 Port Vale.