Cardiff vs Swindon Town — League Cup: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 9′Swindon Town, own goal:0–1Own goal
- 29′Cardiff, penalty goal:1–1Penalty
- 43′Cardiff, goal:2–1assist
- Half-time2 – 1
- 46′Swindon Town, substitution:off
- 58′Cardiff, substitution:off
- 58′Cardiff, substitution:off
- 58′Swindon Town, substitution:off
- 58′Swindon Town, substitution:off
- 62′Swindon Town, goal:2–2assist
- 63′Swindon Town, substitution:off
- 64′Swindon Town, substitution:off
- 72′Cardiff, substitution:off
- 77′Cardiff, goal:3–2assist
- 82′Cardiff, yellow card:Foul
- 84′Swindon Town, yellow card:Foul
- 90′Swindon Town, second yellow card:Foul
- Full-time3 – 2
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Match report
Salech double and late Moylan strike sink Swindon at Cardiff City Stadium
Cardiff beat Swindon Town 3-2 in the League Cup Round of 128 at Cardiff City Stadium, coming from behind after conceding an early own goal to seal victory with a late winner. The match swung repeatedly before Cardiff pulled clear in the second half.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Gabriel Osho's own goal put Swindon ahead after nine minutes, but Yousef Salech levelled from the penalty spot on 28 minutes before adding a second, assisted by Cian Ashford, right on the stroke of half-time to send Cardiff in 2-1 up. Paul Glatzel, set up by Joseph Hungbo, restored parity for Swindon on 62 minutes.
With the score level, Jack Moylan struck in the 77th minute, assisted by Salech, to put Cardiff back in front at 3-2. Swindon's afternoon worsened further when James Debayo was sent off in the 90th minute, and Cardiff held on to close out the win.
Salech scored twice, including a first-half penalty, and turned provider for Moylan's late winner, finishing with a rating of 8.6.
Cardiff dominated possession with 61% of the ball, underlining their control for large spells of the contest.
Cardiff beat Swindon Town 3–2 (half-time 2–1).
Cardiff met Swindon Town in the League Cup (Round of 128). Kick-off was Saturday, 8 August 2026, 14:00 UTC at Cardiff City Stadium. Referee: Gavin Ward.
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Key moments
- 9' Goal (own goal): Gabriel Osho — 0–1
- 29' Goal (penalty): Yousef Salech — 1–1
- 43' Goal: Yousef Salech (assist: Cian Ashford) — 2–1
- 62' Goal: Paul Glatzel (assist: Joseph Hungbo) — 2–2
- 77' Goal: Jack Moylan (assist: Yousef Salech) — 3–2
- 90' Red card: James Debayo
Starting line-ups
Cardiff (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Nathan Trott
- 3 Joel Bagan
- 4 Gabriel Osho
- 38 Perry Ng (c)
- 44 Ronan Kpakio
- 18 Alex Robertson
- 14 David Turnbull
- 39 Isaak Davies
- 45 Cian Ashford
- 11 Ollie Tanner
- 9 Yousef Salech
Swindon Town (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Cardiff 45%, the draw 24%, Swindon Town 31%. It finished Cardiff 3–2 Swindon Town.
Level sides, only home ground separates them — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and Cardiff's 45% is home ground and little else. The draw at 24% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Cardiff in front?
Home ground, and little else. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1374 to 1396. Sides this close won 43.2% of 15,767 home games (draw 26.7%, visitors 30.2%).
Why only 45%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Level sides split the rest: the draw at 24% and Swindon Town at 31%.
Why the draw at 24%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 26.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 16,858. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Cardiff sit -0.38 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. Swindon Town arrive with 17 fully-tracked matches, so their strength number is a first estimate that will move quickly; Cardiff bring a 660-game record. New-to-the-record sides are where our rating knows least.
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About this match
On this page: the Cardiff vs Swindon Town final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this League Cup fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Cardiff and Swindon Town team pages or the League Cup page.