Stoke City vs Cardiff match stats & report

3–3 After penalties

FA Cup · England · 4th Round · bet365 Stadium, Stoke-On-Trent · Ref T. Kirk

Stoke City stats & fixtures · Cardiff stats & fixtures

Stoke City drew with Cardiff 3–3 in the FA Cup (4th Round) on 8 February 2025. Stoke City had 50% of the ball.

Stoke City vs Cardiff match statistics

Stoke CityCardiff

50% Ball possession 50%
13 Total shots 23
5 Shots on target 10
6 Shots off target 7
2 Blocked shots 6
12 Shots inside the box 12
8 Corners 4
10 Fouls 18
3 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 3
572 Passes 595
83% Pass accuracy 84%
7 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

8' Goal R. Colwill (assist A. El Ghazi) Cardiff
19' Goal Y. Salech (assist J. Bagan) Cardiff
42' Goal L. Koumas (assist W. Burger) Stoke City
46' Goal L. Koumas (assist Josh Wilson-Esbrand) Stoke City
57' Penalty scored L. Baker Stoke City
68' Goal R. Colwill Cardiff
88' Yellow card R. Colwill Cardiff
90+7' Yellow card B. Gibson Stoke City
90+8' Yellow card C. O'Dowda Cardiff
98' Yellow card W. Fish Cardiff

Penalty shoot-out: 2–4

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Stoke City

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 M. Robins

13 J. Bonham

33 Josh Wilson-Esbrand 23 B. Gibson 5 Michael Rose 22 J. Tchamadeu

6 W. Burger 8 L. Baker

11 L. Koumas 10 Bae Jun-Ho 7 André Vidigal

37 E. Tezgel

Bench B. Pearson , F. Fawunmi , E. Stevens , B. Lawal , T. Seko , A. Phillips , Jaden Dixon , R. Curley , Frank Fielding

Cardiff

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 O. Riza

1 E. Horvath

49 L. Giles 23 J. Bagan 2 W. Fish 35 A. Rinomhota

15 S. Mannsverk 10 A. Ramsey

16 C. Willock 27 R. Colwill 20 A. El Ghazi

22 Y. Salech

Bench J. Daland , C. Chambers , C. O'Dowda , Joe Ralls , W. Alves , Cian Ashford , C. Robinson , R. Šimić , M. Turner

Form guide

Stoke City at home

4–1–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 6.1 per game
Shots on target: 3.6 per game

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

Cardiff away

3–2–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.4 per game
Conceded: 1.9 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 10
Corners: 6.9 per game
Shots on target: 5.6 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Stoke City vs Cardiff head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
14 Dec 24	Stoke City v Cardiff	2–2
24 Feb 24	Cardiff v Stoke City	2–1
4 Nov 23	Stoke City v Cardiff	0–0

Only 3 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Stoke City vs Cardiff head-to-head record