Cardiff City vs Northampton Town · League One
Cardiff City
27-10-8
5 – 1
FT
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Northampton Town
9-8-27
Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
Cardiff beat Northampton Town heavily, 5-1 at Cardiff City Stadium (crowd 23,223). Ollie Tanner got the deciding goal at the 9-minute mark and Joel Colwill widened the gap after 19 minutes; it went to 3-0 when Callum Robinson scored at the 37-minute mark and it went to 4-0 when Ollie Tanner scored after 54 minutes. Jake Evans reduced the gap for Northampton at the 68-minute mark and Yousef Salech widened the gap late on, at 86 minutes. Cardiff kept 73% of possession and took 27 shots to Northampton's 10. 11 of the 27 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
- 23,223
- Referee
- Edward Duckworth
- Cardiff form
- WLWDD
- Northampton form
- LDWLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Northampton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
12Fouls8
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
3Corner Kicks2
4Saves6
72.6%Possession27.4%
27Shots10
11On Goal5
40%On Target %50%
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%
9Blocked Shots5
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 5-1
🔁Rob Tankiewiczreplacing David Turnbull
87'
⚽Yousef Salech
86'5 - 1
81'
🔁Michael Jacobsreplacing Tyrese Fornah
80'
🔁Terry Taylorreplacing Dean Campbell
🟨Alex Robertson
74'
68'4 - 1
⚽Jake Evans
66'
🔁Jake Evansreplacing Sam Hoskins
🔁Isaak Daviesreplacing Ollie Tanner
65'
🔁Omari Kellymanreplacing Chris Willock
65'
🔁Alex Robertsonreplacing Joel Colwill
55'
🔁Yousef Salechreplacing Rubin Colwill
55'
⚽Ollie Tanner
54'4 - 0
45'
🔁Elliott Listreplacing Jack Vale
45'
🔁Kyle Mcadamreplacing Kamarai Simon-Swyer
Half-time · 3-0
42'
🟨Sam Hoskins
⚽Callum Robinson
37'3 - 0
⚽Joel Colwill
19'2 - 0
⚽Ollie Tanner
9'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
47⚽Robinson
16↓Willock
10↓Colwill
11⚽⚽↓Tanner
14↓Turnbull
27⚽↓Colwill
3Bagan
48Lawlor
44Kpakio
2Fish
30Tyrer
Bench
- 8Omari Kellymanon for Chris Willock, 65'
- 38Perry Ng
- 55Rob Tankiewiczon for David Turnbull, 87'
- 22Yousef Salechon for Rubin Colwill, 55' ⚽
- 13Nathan Trott
- 39Isaak Davieson for Ollie Tanner, 65'
- 18Alex Robertsonon for Joel Colwill, 55' 🟨
Northampton Town4-4-2
7🟨↓Hoskins
27↓Vale
4↓Campbell
11↓Simon-Swyer
8McGeehan
14↓Fornah
12Guinness-Walker
5Guthrie
3McCarthy
35Dyche
1Burge
Bench
- 15Jake Evanson for Sam Hoskins, 66' ⚽
- 34Ross Fitzsimons
- 9Tom Eaves
- 17Michael Jacobson for Tyrese Fornah, 81'
- 26Kyle Mcadamon for Kamarai Simon-Swyer, 45'
- 10Elliott Liston for Jack Vale, 45'
- 23Terry Tayloron for Dean Campbell, 80'
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
2Cardiff wins
0Level
3Northampton wins
Last times they met
FT
Northampton
1–3
Cardiff · 2025-26 English League One
FT
Northampton
3–0
Cardiff · 2020-21 English Carabao Cup
FT
Northampton
2–1
Cardiff · 2012-13 English Capital One Cup
FT
Northampton
0–1
Cardiff · 2002/03 English League One
FT
Cardiff
1–2
Northampton · 2002/03 English League One
Form
Last games: Cardiff
D1-1W2-0D1-1W3-1W1-0
Last games: Northampton
L4-1L1-0L3-1L2-1L3-1
