Cardiff City vs Reading · League One
Cardiff City
8-2-2
2 – 1
FT
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Reading
2-5-5
Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
Cardiff fought back to win 2-1 against Reading at Cardiff City Stadium (crowd 20,363); Reading had not lost in 5 until now. The first goal went to Lewis Wing at the 38-minute mark and the equaliser came from Omari Kellyman after 49 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Yousef Salech at the 65-minute mark. Cardiff kept the ball 56% of the time and shot 11 times, Reading 26. From 26 shots, Reading found the target 10 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
- Crowd
- 20,363
- Referee
- Lee Swabey
- Cardiff form
- WLWDD
- Reading form
- WLLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Reading | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
9Fouls12
1Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
4Corner Kicks10
8Saves0
56%Possession44%
11Shots26
3On Goal10
30%On Target %40%
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%
5Blocked Shots8
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🔁Perry Ngreplacing Cian Ashford
90'
86'
🔁Mark O’Mahonyreplacing Paddy Lane
🔁Cian Ashfordreplacing Chris Willock
79'
🟨Nathan Trott
76'
74'
🔁Matty Jacobreplacing Jeriel Dorsett
70'
🔁Andy Yiadomreplacing Kelvin Abrefa
70'
🔁Daniel Kyerewaareplacing Matt Ritchie
69'
🔁Kelvin Ehibhatiomhanreplacing Kamari Doyle
⚽Yousef Salech
65'2 - 1
🔁Callum Robinsonreplacing Joel Colwill
64'
🔁Isaak Daviesreplacing Omari Kellyman
64'
⚽Omari Kellyman
49'1 - 1
🔁William Fishreplacing Gabriel Osho
45'
Half-time · 0-1
38'0 - 1
⚽Lewis Wing
Kick-off
Teams
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
22⚽Salech
16↓Willock
10Colwill
8⚽↓Kellyman
14Turnbull
27↓Colwill
3Bagan
12Chambers
44Kpakio
4↓Osho
13🟨Trott
Bench
- 38Perry Ngon for Cian Ashford, 90'
- 45Cian Ashfordon for Chris Willock, 79' ↓
- 6Ryan Wintle
- 2William Fishon for Gabriel Osho, 45'
- 47Callum Robinsonon for Joel Colwill, 64'
- 39Isaak Davieson for Omari Kellyman, 64'
- 41Matthew Turner
Reading4-3-3
10⚽Wing
30↓Ritchie
7Marriott
8Savage
32↓Lane
29↓Doyle
3↓Dorsett
15O'Conner
2↓Abrefa
12Burns
25Stephens
Bench
- 11Daniel Kyerewaaon for Matt Ritchie, 70'
- 31Tom Norcott
- 17Andy Yiadomon for Kelvin Abrefa, 70'
- 4Benjamin Elliott
- 9Kelvin Ehibhatiomhanon for Kamari Doyle, 69'
- 5Matty Jacobon for Jeriel Dorsett, 74'
- 20Mark O’Mahonyon for Paddy Lane, 86'
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
1Level
2Reading wins
Last times they met
FT
Cardiff
1–0
Reading · 2022-23 English League Championship
FT
Reading
2–1
Cardiff · 2022-23 English League Championship
FT
Reading
1–2
Cardiff · 2021-22 English League Championship
FT
Cardiff
0–1
Reading · 2021-22 English League Championship
FT
Reading
1–1
Cardiff · 2020-21 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Cardiff
W2-1W2-0L1-0W4-3L1-0
Last games: Reading
D1-1W3-1D1-1W1-0D1-1
