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Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City · League One

Mansfield Town beat Cardiff City 5-4 in the League One. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Mansfield Town fixtures and results · Cardiff City fixtures and results · League One table

Match report

Mansfield Town and Cardiff City met in the League One at One Call Stadium in Mansfield on Saturday, 2 May 2026.

Goalscorers

Mansfield Town: R. Sweeney 2'; L. Akins 23', 26'; R. Oates 63'; O. Irow 79'. Cardiff City: I. Davies 61'; O. Kellyman 66', 90'; R. Kpakio 86'.

How the match went

Cardiff City saw more of the ball, 70% of it. Mansfield Town had 12 shots with 10 on target, Cardiff City 21 with 7 on target. There were 14 corners in total, 6 to Mansfield Town and 8 to Cardiff City. Mansfield Town conceded 14 fouls, Cardiff City 7. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (2 for Mansfield Town, 1 for Cardiff City).

Line-ups

Mansfield Town started in a 3-1-4-2: Liam Roberts, Kyle Knoyle, Jordan Bowery, Ryan Sweeney, Louis Reed, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Jon Russell, Regan Hendry, Will Evans, Lucas Akins, Rhys Oates.

Cardiff City started in a 4-2-3-1: Harry Tyrer, Ronan Kpakio, William Fish, Dylan Lawlor, Joel Bagan, Joel Colwill, David Turnbull, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech.

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

Minute by minute

  1. 2'Goal! Mansfield Town 1-0 Cardiff City. R. Sweeney (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by N. Moriah-Welsh.
  2. 23'Goal! Mansfield Town 2-0 Cardiff City. L. Akins (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by L. Reed.
  3. 26'Goal! Mansfield Town 3-0 Cardiff City. L. Akins (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by W. Evans.
  4. 45'Half-time. Mansfield Town 3-0 Cardiff City.
  5. 61'Goal! Mansfield Town 3-1 Cardiff City. I. Davies (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by O. Tanner.
  6. 63'Goal! Mansfield Town 4-1 Cardiff City. R. Oates (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by L. Reed.
  7. 66'Goal! Mansfield Town 4-2 Cardiff City. O. Kellyman (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Colwill.
  8. 79'Goal! Mansfield Town 5-2 Cardiff City. O. Irow (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by L. Reed.
  9. 86'Goal! Mansfield Town 5-3 Cardiff City. R. Kpakio (Cardiff City) scores.
  10. 90+3'Goal! Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City. O. Kellyman (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by I. Davies.
  11. 90'Full-time. Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City.
Full commentary (52 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Mansfield Town vs Cardiff City.
  2. 2'Goal! Mansfield Town 1-0 Cardiff City. R. Sweeney (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by N. Moriah-Welsh.
  3. 2'Attempt saved. J. Russell (Mansfield Town), header from a corner. xG 0.47.
  4. 6'Attempt missed. C. Willock (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  5. 11'Attempt saved. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  6. 12'Attempt blocked. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  7. 19'Attempt missed. D. Turnbull (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  8. 21'Attempt saved. L. Reed (Mansfield Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  9. 23'Goal! Mansfield Town 2-0 Cardiff City. L. Akins (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by L. Reed.
  10. 26'Goal! Mansfield Town 3-0 Cardiff City. L. Akins (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by W. Evans.
  11. 26'Attempt saved. L. Akins (Mansfield Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.20.
  12. 26'Attempt blocked. R. Oates (Mansfield Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  13. 30'Attempt saved. J. Russell (Mansfield Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  14. 32'Attempt missed. O. Tanner (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  15. 34'Attempt missed. D. Lawlor (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  16. 42'Attempt missed. W. Evans (Mansfield Town), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
  17. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  18. 45'Half-time. Mansfield Town 3-0 Cardiff City.
  19. 46'The second half is under way.
  20. 48'Attempt saved. W. T. Fish (Cardiff City), header from a set piece. xG 0.06.
  21. 48'Attempt blocked. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.07.
  22. 50'Attempt blocked. D. Turnbull (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  23. 51'Attempt missed. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  24. 53'Attempt saved. J. Russell (Mansfield Town), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.06.
  25. 57'Substitution, Cardiff City: A. Robertson comes on for D. Turnbull.
  26. 57'Substitution, Cardiff City: I. Davies comes on for C. Willock.
  27. 57'Substitution, Cardiff City: O. Kellyman comes on for J. Colwill.
  28. 60'Off the woodwork! O. Tanner (Cardiff City), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.04.
  29. 61'Goal! Mansfield Town 3-1 Cardiff City. I. Davies (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by O. Tanner.
  30. 63'Goal! Mansfield Town 4-1 Cardiff City. R. Oates (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by L. Reed.
  31. 65'Yellow card for O. Kellyman (Cardiff City) for foul.
  32. 66'Goal! Mansfield Town 4-2 Cardiff City. O. Kellyman (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Colwill.
  33. 68'Attempt blocked. O. Kellyman (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  34. 70'Substitution, Cardiff City: N. Williams comes on for J. Bagan.
  35. 70'Attempt blocked. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  36. 72'Substitution, Mansfield Town: S. McLaughlin comes on for J. Bowery.
  37. 75'Attempt missed. R. Kpakio (Cardiff City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.09.
  38. 76'Substitution, Mansfield Town: O. Irow comes on for N. Moriah-Welsh.
  39. 76'Substitution, Mansfield Town: J. Gardner comes on for R. Oates.
  40. 79'Goal! Mansfield Town 5-2 Cardiff City. O. Irow (Mansfield Town) scores, assisted by L. Reed.
  41. 82'Yellow card for R. Hendry (Mansfield Town) for foul.
  42. 83'Attempt missed. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), header from a set piece. xG 0.05.
  43. 84'Substitution, Mansfield Town: E. Hartmann comes on for R. Hendry.
  44. 84'Substitution, Mansfield Town: O. Taylor comes on for L. Reed.
  45. 86'Goal! Mansfield Town 5-3 Cardiff City. R. Kpakio (Cardiff City) scores.
  46. 86'Off the woodwork! O. Tanner (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  47. 88'Substitution, Cardiff City: P. Moreno comes on for R. Colwill.
  48. 90'3 minutes of added time.
  49. 90+2'Yellow card for O. Irow (Mansfield Town) for foul.
  50. 90+2'Attempt saved. O. Kellyman (Cardiff City), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.06.
  51. 90+3'Goal! Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City. O. Kellyman (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by I. Davies.
  52. 90'Full-time. Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City.
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