Cardiff vs Norwich match stats & report

1–2 Full time

League Cup · England · Round of 64 · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff · Ref J. Bell

Cardiff stats & fixtures · Norwich stats & fixtures

Cardiff lost to Norwich 1–2 in the League Cup (Round of 64) on 25 August 2026. Cardiff had 66% of the ball.

Cardiff vs Norwich match statistics

CardiffNorwich

66% Ball possession 34%
11 Total shots 12
3 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 2
4 Blocked shots 7
4 Shots inside the box 8
5 Corners 3
12 Fouls 14
1 Offsides 3
3 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
597 Passes 310
1 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

25' Goal M. Kvistgaarden (assist Jacob Wright) Norwich
27' Yellow card P. Ng Cardiff
33' Yellow card I. Davies Cardiff
50' Yellow card P. Mattsson Norwich
78' Goal A. Crnac (assist J. Stacey) Norwich
84' Yellow card R. Colwill Cardiff
90' Goal Y. Salech Cardiff

The Ghost's call

The Ghost didn't rate this match before kickoff.

What matters

Cardiff win 6.9 corners a game — 86th percentile in this competition.
Cardiff score 2.1 a game — 86th percentile in this competition.
Cardiff have kept 1 clean sheet in 10.

Team news & lineups

Cardiff

Confirmed 4-1-4-1 Brian Barry-Murphy

1 N. Trott

44 R. Kpakio 3 Joel Bagan 40 N. Anyadike 38 P. Ng

18 A. Robertson

16 C. Willock 14 D. Turnbull 27 J. Colwill 39 I. Davies

47 C. Robinson

Bench H. Tyrer , C. Scanlon , L. Giles , R. Colwill , C. Ashford , J. Moylan , R. Tankiewicz , P. Moreno , Y. Salech

Norwich

Confirmed 4-4-2 Philippe Clement

32 D. Grimshaw

13 D. Yongwa 28 Bruno Alves 15 Ruairi McConville 3 J. Stacey

8 L. Gibbs 7 P. Mattsson 16 Jacob Wright 49 A. Musaba

29 O. Schwartau 30 M. Kvistgaarden

Bench V. Kovacevic , H. Darling , K. McLean , A. Ben Slimane , K. Fisher , S. Field , A. Brooks , A. Crnac , E. Mundle Smith

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.

Norwich away

4–1–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.8 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 4.0 per game
Shots on target: 4.3 per game

21% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cardiff vs Norwich head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
3 May 25	Norwich v Cardiff	4–2
2 Nov 24	Cardiff v Norwich	2–1
17 Feb 24	Norwich v Cardiff	4–1
11 Nov 23	Cardiff v Norwich	2–3

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Cardiff vs Norwich head-to-head record