Cardiff City vs Luton Town · League One
Cardiff City
20-6-5
3 – 1
FT
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Luton Town
13-6-12
Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
The game ended Cardiff 3, Luton Town 1 at Cardiff City Stadium (crowd 19,524). Cardiff went ahead through David Turnbull at the 11-minute mark and Jordan Clark brought Luton level after 20 minutes with a penalty; the goal that settled it came from Joel Colwill at the 37-minute mark and Perry Ng added to the lead after 42 minutes. Five players went into the book. Cardiff had 60% of the ball and 18 shots to 3. From 18 shots, Cardiff found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
- Crowd
- 19,524
- Referee
- Ollie Yates
- Cardiff form
- WLWDD
- Luton form
- WWLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Luton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
10Fouls17
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
7Corner Kicks3
0Saves4
60.2%Possession39.8%
18Shots3
7On Goal1
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals2
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
5Blocked Shots0
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-1
🔁Dylan Lawlorreplacing Alex Robertson
89'
76'
🟨Kasey Palmer
73'
🔁Davy van den Bergreplacing Jake Richards
🔁Rubin Colwillreplacing Joel Colwill
69'
🔁Callum Robinsonreplacing Omari Kellyman
69'
🔁Cian Ashfordreplacing Chris Willock
69'
66'
🔁Nahki Wellsreplacing Devante Cole
66'
🔁Shayden Morrisreplacing Joseph Johnson
🟨Nathan Trott
64'
🔁Ronan Kpakioreplacing Joel Bagan
55'
45'
🔁Ali Al-Hamadireplacing Gideon Kodua
Half-time · 3-1
45'+1'
🟨Nigel Lonwijk
⚽Perry Ng
42'3 - 1
⚽Joel Colwill
37'2 - 1
20'1 - 1
⚽Jordan ClarkPenalty
🟨Joel Bagan
18'
🟨David Turnbull
13'
⚽David Turnbull
11'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
8↓Kellyman
16↓Willock
27⚽↓Colwill
11Tanner
14⚽🟨Turnbull
18↓Robertson
3🟨↓Bagan
12Chambers
38⚽Ng
4Osho
13🟨Trott
Bench
- 47Callum Robinsonon for Omari Kellyman, 69'
- 30Harry Tyrer
- 45Cian Ashfordon for Chris Willock, 69'
- 10Rubin Colwillon for Joel Colwill, 69'
- 2William Fish
- 48Dylan Lawloron for Alex Robertson, 89'
- 44Ronan Kpakioon for Joel Bagan, 55'
Luton Town4-1-4-1
22↓Cole
18⚽Clark
30↓Kodua
25Jones
27↓Richards
54🟨Palmer
38↓Johnson
15Mengi
17🟨Lonwijk
5Andersen
24Keeley
Bench
- 3Kal Naismith
- 1James Shea
- 12Ali Al-Hamadion for Gideon Kodua, 45'
- 23George Saville
- 14Shayden Morrison for Joseph Johnson, 66'
- 21Nahki Wellson for Devante Cole, 66'
- 6Davy van den Bergon for Jake Richards, 73'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +12 | 23 |
| 3 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 4 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 5 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 6 |  Cambridge United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 20 |
| 7 |  Oxford United | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | +8 | 19 |
| 8 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 18 |
| 9 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 10 |  Luton Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 17 |
| 11 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 13 |  Leicester City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 |  Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
| 16 |  AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 |  Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 18 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | -6 | 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 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -16 | 9 |
| 23 |  Barnsley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
Meetings
1Cardiff wins
0Level
4Luton wins
Last times they met
FT
Luton
0–1
Cardiff · 2025-26 English League One
FT
Cardiff
1–2
Luton · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Luton
1–0
Cardiff · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Luton
1–0
Cardiff · 2022-23 English League Championship
FT
Cardiff
1–2
Luton · 2022-23 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Cardiff
W2-1D1-1W4-0D2-2W3-0
Last games: Luton
D2-2L1-0L1-0W1-0W2-1
