Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City · Carabao Cup
Cardiff City lost to Norwich City 1-2 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Cardiff City and Norwich City met in the Carabao Cup at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff on Tuesday, 25 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Cardiff City: Y. Salech 90'. Norwich City: M. Kvistgaarden 25'; A. Crnac 78'.
How the match went
Cardiff City saw more of the ball, 66% of it. Cardiff City had 11 shots with 3 on target, Norwich City 12 with 3 on target. There were 8 corners in total, 5 to Cardiff City and 3 to Norwich City. Cardiff City conceded 12 fouls, Norwich City 14. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (3 for Cardiff City, 1 for Norwich City).
Line-ups
Cardiff City started in a 4-1-4-1: Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Noah Anyadike, Joel Bagan, Ronan Kpakio, Alex Robertson, Isaak Davies, Joel Colwill, David Turnbull, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson.
Norwich City started in a 4-4-2: Daniel Grimshaw, Jack Stacey, Ruairi McConville, Bruno Alves, Darlin Yongwa, Anthony Musaba, Jacob Wright, Pelle Mattsson, Liam Gibbs, Mathias Kvistgaarden, Oscar Schwartau.
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