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Cardiff City vs Doncaster Rovers
13 Dec 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Alex ChilowiczLeague One 2025/2026 · 14 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cardiff CityMin
Doncaster Rovers- 15′⚽
Owen Bailey 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Luke Molyneux
Right foot shot
- ⚽
Omari Kellyman 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Isaak Davies
Left foot shot
25′ - ⚽
Cian Ashford 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Yousef Salech
Right foot shot
34′ - 42′⚽
B. Hanlan 2-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Charlie Crew
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Dylan Lawlor
Substitution
Off: Will Fish
46′ - ⇄
Perry Ng
Substitution
Off: Ronan Kpakio
46′ - ⇄
Chris Willock
Substitution
Off: Isaak Davies
46′ - ⚽
Yousef Salech 3-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ryan Wintle
Right foot shot
50′ Alex Robertson
Yellowcard
Foul
57′- 58′⇄
Jordan Gibson
Substitution
Off: Charlie Crew
- 58′⇄
Jamie Sterry
Substitution
Off: Connor O'Riordan
- 59′
Ben Close
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
David Turnbull
Substitution
Off: Alex Robertson
65′ - 72′⚽
Harry Clifton 3-3
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Owen Bailey
Right foot shot
- 76′
Owen Bailey
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Callum Robinson
Substitution
Off: Omari Kellyman
76′ - 79′⇄
Patrick McCarthy
Substitution
Off: B. Hanlan
Ryan Wintle
Yellowcard
Foul
82′- 90+1′⇄
Robbie Gotts
Substitution
Off: Ben Close
- ⚽
Joel Bagan 4-3
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
90+9′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.08 | |
| 46 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.31 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.02 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.58 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.33 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.31 | |
| 65 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 6.71 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.46 | |
| 76 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 7.48 | |
| 46 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.74 | |
| 90 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 8.10 | |
| 25 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.95 | |
| 44 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.66 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6.43 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.61 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.60 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Cardiff City
Latest: Huddersfield Town · 3–2
Match stats
6 Dec 2025, 12:30 · Home vs Huddersfield Town · 2025/2026
Doncaster Rovers
Latest: Stevenage · 0–0
Match stats
22 Nov 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Stevenage · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Cardiff City’s ground: 3 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Cardiff City’s home games with Doncaster Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Cardiff City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Doncaster Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Cardiff City
Doncaster Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cardiff City
Doncaster Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Cardiff City
Doncaster Rovers
Previous meetings
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