Cardiff 2-1 Swindon Town: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Cardiff

Cian Ashford 21'

R. Colwill 45'

Swindon Town

Princewill Ehibhatiomhan 55'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

1st Round

August 12, 2025 6:45pm

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff (Caerdydd)

Key stats

Ball Possession

73%

27%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Cardiff 4-3-3

Swindon Town 4-3-3

Goalkeeper

N. Trott

6.3

C. Ripley

6.5

Defenders

J. Bagan

6.7

T. Wilson-Brown

6.0

C. Chambers

6.9

Filozofe Mabete

5.7

W. Fish

7.3

W. Wright

6.2

R. Kpakio

6.7

Joel McGregor

6.2

Midfielders

R. Colwill

8.0

P. Glatzel

6.9

R. Wintle

6.3

J. Ball

7.2

D. Turnbull

6.6

G. Kilkenny

6.7

Forwards

I. Davies

6.5

Princewill Ehibhatiomhan

8.3

C. Robinson

7.0

H. Smith

6.6

Cian Ashford

8.0

B. Bodin

6.7

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Highest rating

8.0

R. Colwill

8.3

Lewis Moore Ward

Match Summary

On August 12, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Cardiff faced off against Swindon Town at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff (Caerdydd). The game concluded with Cardiff securing a victory. With 73% possession, Cardiff versus Swindon Town's 27% and shots on goal at 10 to 1. Cardiff had 87% successful passes (of 595 passes) over Swindon Town which had 65% successful passes (of 216 passes). The outstanding efforts by R. Colwill and Lewis Moore Ward played a key role.

Lineup

4-3-3

Trott

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
33/48

Kpakio

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
49/54

Won duels:
8/17

Dribbles:
1/4

Fish

7.3

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
57/66

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Chambers

6.9

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
78/80

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Bagan

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
73/86

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Turnbull

6.6

Played:
89Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
44/50

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Wintle

6.3

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
68/73

Won duels:
1/2

Colwill

8.0

Played:
87Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
29/40

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/10

Dribbles:
0/2

Ashford

8.0

Played:
87Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
25/26

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/5

Dribbles:
2/2

Robinson

7.0

Played:
68Min

Accurate passes:
15/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Davies

6.5

Played:
68Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
21/24

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/10

Dribbles:
0/1

Ehibhatiomhan

8.3

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
2/5

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
3/3

Smith

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/19

Won duels:
8/12

Bodin

6.7

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
7/8

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Dribbles:
0/1

Glatzel

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
9/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/13

Ball

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
15/18

Won duels:
2/3

Kilkenny

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
20/22

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Wilson-Brown

6.0

Played:
45Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
4/9

Won duels:
1/2

Mabete

5.7

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
11/16

Won duels:
0/3

Wright

6.2

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
10/15

Won duels:
3/4

McGregor

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/19

Won duels:
8/15

Dribbles:
0/2

Ripley

6.5

Played:
50Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
13/23

Substitutes

Coach

Brian Barry-Murphy

King

Played:
1Min

Accurate passes:
7/7

Tanner

6.3

Played:
11Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
1/1

Colwill

6.6

Played:
11Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
2/2

Salech

6.9

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Willock

6.9

Played:
23Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
9/11

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Nyakuhwa

Lawlor

Turner

Mafico

Coach

Ian Scott Holloway

Tabor

6.3

Played:
14Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
0/4

Dribbles:
0/2

Ward

8.3

Played:
41Min

Saves:
5 of 5

Accurate passes:
4/10

Oldaker

6.9

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
11/14

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Munroe

6.9

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
7/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Clarke

6.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
6/9

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Butterworth

Snowdon

Nichols

Drinan

Stats

Ball Possession

Cardiff Cardiff: 73%

Swindon Town: 27%

Total Shots

Cardiff Cardiff: 17

Swindon Town: 8

Shots on Goal

Cardiff Cardiff: 10

Swindon Town: 1

Corner Kicks

Cardiff Cardiff: 12

Swindon Town: 2

Offsides

Cardiff Cardiff: 4

Swindon Town: 3

Fouls

Cardiff Cardiff: 7

Swindon Town: 14

Yellow Cards

Cardiff Cardiff: 1

Swindon Town: 2

Red Cards

Cardiff Cardiff: 0

Swindon Town: 0

Total Passes

Cardiff Cardiff: 595

Swindon Town: 216

Goals Prevented

Cardiff Cardiff: 0

Swindon Town: 0

Passes Accuracy

Cardiff Cardiff: 519 (87%)

Swindon Town: 141 (65%)

Cardiff vs Swindon Town

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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