Cardiff City vs Exeter City · League One
Cardiff City
14-2-5
1 – 0
FT
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Exeter City
7-2-12
Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
Exeter City lost 1-0 to Cardiff at Cardiff City Stadium (crowd 22,291). Alex Robertson scored first for Cardiff at the 53-minute mark. Cardiff led the shot count 13-10 and held 60% possession. 4 of the 13 shots by Cardiff were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
- Crowd
- 22,291
- Referee
- Tom Reeves
- Cardiff form
- WLWDD
- Exeter form
- WWDWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Exeter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
7Fouls12
3Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
5Corner Kicks4
1Saves5
59.9%Possession40.1%
13Shots10
4On Goal1
30%On Target %10%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
6Blocked Shots8
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
🔁William Fishreplacing Cian Ashford
90'+6'
🟨Calum Chambers
89'
🟨Joel Bagan
87'
82'
🟨Liam Oakes
80'
🔁Kevin McDonaldreplacing Jake Doyle-Hayes
80'
🔁Carlos Mendesreplacing Jack Aitchison
80'
🔁Liam Oakesreplacing Ethan Brierley
🔁Ronan Kpakioreplacing Perry Ng
80'
🔁David Turnbullreplacing Omari Kellyman
79'
🔁Joel Colwillreplacing Alex Robertson
79'
65'
🔁Reece Colereplacing Akeel Higgins
🔁Chris Willockreplacing Isaak Davies
57'
🟨Isaak Davies
56'
⚽Alex Robertson
53'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
22Salech
39🟨↓Davies
8↓Kellyman
45↓Ashford
18⚽↓Robertson
6Wintle
3🟨Bagan
12🟨Chambers
38↓Ng
48Lawlor
41Turner
Bench
- 14David Turnbullon for Omari Kellyman, 79'
- 27Joel Colwillon for Alex Robertson, 79'
- 2William Fishon for Cian Ashford, 90'+6'
- 47Callum Robinson
- 11Ollie Tanner
- 16Chris Willockon for Isaak Davies, 57'
- 44Ronan Kpakioon for Perry Ng, 80'
Exeter City3-4-2-1
9Wareham
17↓Higgins
10↓Aitchison
2Mcmillan
6↓Brierley
14Niskanen
31↓Doyle-Hayes
20Woodhouse
5Fitzwater
26Sweeney
1Whitworth
Bench
- 34Liam Oakeson for Ethan Brierley, 80' 🟨
- 29Kevin McDonaldon for Jake Doyle-Hayes, 80'
- 23Jack Bycroft
- 12Reece Coleon for Akeel Higgins, 65'
- 16Sil Swinkels
- 7Carlos Mendeson for Jack Aitchison, 80'
- 8Edward Francis
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | +11 | 23 |
| 3 |  Oxford United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +9 | 22 |
| 4 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 6 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 7 |  Cambridge United | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +3 | 21 |
| 8 |  Luton Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 20 |
| 9 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 19 |
| 10 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Leicester City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 12 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 14 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 |  Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 |  Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 19 |  Notts County | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 |  Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 10 |
| 22 |  Bromley | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -19 | 9 |
| 23 |  Barnsley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
Meetings
2Cardiff wins
0Level
0Exeter wins
Last times they met
FT
Exeter
0–1
Cardiff · 2025-26 EFL Trophy
FT
Exeter
0–3
Cardiff · 2002/03 Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Form
Last games: Cardiff
W3-2W1-0W4-3L3-1L2-1
Last games: Exeter
L4-0W4-0W1-0L2-1W3-0
