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Cardiff City vs Reading
18 Oct 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Lee SwabeyLeague One 2025/2026 · 14 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cardiff CityMin
Reading- 38′⚽
Lewis Wing 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Matt Ritchie
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Will Fish
Substitution
Off: Gabriel Osho
46′ - ⚽
Omari Kellyman 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Ronan Kpakio
Left foot shot
49′ - ⇄
Isaak Davies
Substitution
Off: Omari Kellyman
64′ - ⇄
Callum Robinson
Substitution
Off: Joel Colwill
64′ - ⚽
Yousef Salech 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ronan Kpakio
Right foot shot
65′ - 69′⇄
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
Substitution
Off: Kamari Doyle
- 70′⇄
Daniel Kyerewaa
Substitution
Off: Matt Ritchie
- 70′⇄
Andy Yiadom
Substitution
Off: Kelvin Abrefa
- 74′⇄
Matty Jacob
Substitution
Off: Jeriel Dorsett
Nathan Trott
Yellowcard
Time wasting
76′- ⇄
Cian Ashford
Substitution
Off: Chris Willock
79′ - 86′⇄
Mark O'Mahony
Substitution
Off: Paddy Lane
- ⇄
Perry Ng
Substitution
Off: Cian Ashford
90′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 7.19 | |
| 90 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.39 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.54 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7.13 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.82 | |
| 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.52 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.63 | |
| 64 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7.46 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.68 | |
| 79 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.63 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 6.64 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.09 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.43 | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.30 | |
| 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.38 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Cardiff City
Latest: Leyton Orient · 4–3
Match stats
4 Oct 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Leyton Orient · 2025/2026
Reading
Latest: Exeter City · 1–1
Match stats
11 Oct 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Exeter City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Cardiff City’s ground: 12 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Cardiff City’s home games with Reading’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
Reading
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
Reading
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cardiff City
Reading
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
Reading
Previous meetings
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