Reading vs Cardiff City · League One
Reading
16-14-14
1 – 3
FT
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Cardiff City
25-10-8
Madejski Stadium · Reading · England
Cardiff City won 3-1 against Reading at Madejski Stadium (crowd 13,938). Rubin Colwill scored the winner at the 40-minute mark and Omari Kellyman widened the gap after 55 minutes; Reading answered through Daniel Kyerewaa at the 73-minute mark and Perry Ng added to the lead late on, at 86 minutes. The game had seven bookings. With 63% of possession, Cardiff had 15 attempts against 15 from Reading. Cardiff hit the target 9 times from 15 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Madejski Stadium · Reading · England
- Crowd
- 13,938
- Referee
- Matthew Corlett
- Reading form
- WLLWD
- Cardiff form
- WLWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cardiff | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Side by side
6Fouls11
3Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
7Corner Kicks9
6Saves5
37.3%Possession62.7%
15Shots15
7On Goal9
50%On Target %60%
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%
3Blocked Shots3
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-3
90'+10'
🟨William Fish
90'
🔁Callum Robinsonreplacing Ollie Tanner
🔁Kelvin Abrefareplacing Ryan Nyambe
88'
🔁Matt Ritchiereplacing Hayden Roberts
88'
🔁Liam Fraserreplacing Andy Rinomhota
88'
86'1 - 3
⚽Perry Ng
82'
🔁Yousef Salechreplacing Chris Willock
82'
🔁Joel Colwillreplacing Rubin Colwill
82'
🔁William Fishreplacing Dylan Lawlor
🔁Jack Marriottreplacing Paddy Lane
74'
⚽Daniel Kyerewaa
73'1 - 2
72'
🟨Dylan Lawlor
🟨Finley Burns
69'
67'
🔁David Turnbullreplacing Alex Robertson
🟨Paudie O'Conner
64'
🟨Daniel Kyerewaa
63'
63'
🟨Ryan Wintle
55'0 - 2
⚽Omari Kellyman
Half-time · 0-1
41'
🟨Gabriel Osho
40'0 - 1
⚽Rubin Colwill
Kick-off
Teams
Reading3-4-2-1
9Ehibhatiomhan
32↓Lane
11⚽🟨Kyerewaa
5↓Roberts
18↓Rinomhota
24↓Nyambe
10Wing
3Dorsett
15🟨O'Conner
12🟨Burns
1Pereira
Bench
- 6Liam Fraseron for Andy Rinomhota, 88'
- 2Kelvin Abrefaon for Ryan Nyambe, 88'
- 7Jack Marriotton for Paddy Lane, 74'
- 31Tom Norcott
- 22Michael Stickland
- 30Matt Ritchieon for Hayden Roberts, 88'
- 57Sean Patton
Cardiff City4-2-3-1
8⚽Kellyman
16↓Willock
10⚽↓Colwill
11↓Tanner
18↓Robertson
6🟨Wintle
3Bagan
48🟨↓Lawlor
38⚽Ng
4🟨Osho
13Trott
Bench
- 41Matthew Turner
- 23Calum Scanlon
- 47Callum Robinsonon for Ollie Tanner, 90'
- 22Yousef Salechon for Chris Willock, 82'
- 2William Fishon for Dylan Lawlor, 82' 🟨
- 14David Turnbullon for Alex Robertson, 67'
- 27Joel Colwillon for Rubin Colwill, 82'
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
2Reading wins
0Level
3Cardiff wins
Last times they met
FT
Cardiff
2–1
Reading · 2025-26 English League One
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
Form
Last games: Reading
L1-0W3-0D1-1L2-1L1-0
Last games: Cardiff
L2-0D0-0D1-1W2-0D1-1
