Cardiff vs Swindon Town match stats & report

3–2 Full time

League Cup · England · Round of 128 · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff · Ref G. Ward

Cardiff stats & fixtures · Swindon Town stats & fixtures

Cardiff beat Swindon Town 3–2 in the League Cup (Round of 128) on 8 August 2026. Cardiff had 61% of the ball.

Cardiff vs Swindon Town match statistics

CardiffSwindon Town

61% Ball possession 39%
15 Total shots 13
4 Shots on target 1
4 Shots off target 5
7 Blocked shots 7
13 Shots inside the box 10
6 Corners 3
8 Fouls 17
3 Offsides 3
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 1
536 Passes 324
0 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

9' Own goal G. Osho Swindon Town
28' Penalty scored Y. Salech Cardiff
43' Goal Y. Salech (assist C. Ashford) Cardiff
62' Goal P. Glatzel (assist J. Hungbo) Swindon Town
77' Goal J. Moylan (assist Y. Salech) Cardiff
82' Yellow card J. Colwill Cardiff
84' Yellow card J. Debayo Swindon Town
90' Yellow card J. Debayo Swindon Town
90' Red card J. Debayo Swindon Town

The Ghost's call

The Ghost didn't rate this match before kickoff.

What matters

Swindon Town win 3.1 corners a game — 8th percentile in this competition.
Cardiff win 6.9 corners a game — 86th percentile in this competition.
Cardiff score 2.1 a game — 86th percentile in this competition.

Team news & lineups

Cardiff

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Brian Barry-Murphy

1 N. Trott

3 Joel Bagan 4 G. Osho 38 P. Ng 44 R. Kpakio

18 A. Robertson 14 D. Turnbull

39 I. Davies 45 C. Ashford 11 O. Tanner

9 Y. Salech

Bench H. Tyrer , C. Robinson , C. Willock , J. Moylan , J. Colwill , R. Tankiewicz , P. Moreno , N. Anyadike

Swindon Town

Confirmed 4-3-3 Scott Holloway Ian

1 C. Ripley

34 B. Kirkman 16 S. Inwood 5 S. Negru 2 M. Clark

20 B. Middlemas 7 T. Nichols 24 M. Virtue-Thick

9 P. Glatzel 23 A. Drinan 39 L. Millard

Bench Lewis Moore Ward , R. Tafazolli , O. Palmer , J. Hungbo , J. Debayo , L. Griffiths-Brown

Form now

Each side's form as of 3 November 2026, from its matches up to then — not the form this match was played on.

Cardiff at home

5–3–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.1 per game
Conceded: 1.7 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 6.9 per game
Shots on target: 6.1 per game

19% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Swindon Town away

2–2–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.0 per game
Conceded: 1.9 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.1 per game
Shots on target: 2.1 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cardiff vs Swindon Town head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
12 Aug 25	Cardiff v Swindon Town	2–1
23 Jul 22	Swindon Town v Cardiff	2–4

Only 2 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Cardiff vs Swindon Town head-to-head record