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Cardiff City vs Port Vale
22 Apr 2026, 19:45 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
David RockLeague One 2025/2026 · 18 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cardiff CityMin
Port Vale- ⇄
Will Fish
Substitution
Off: Gabriel Osho
62′ - ⇄
Omari Kellyman
Substitution
Off: Alex Robertson
62′ - ⇄
Chris Willock
Substitution
Off: Callum Robinson
62′ - 72′⇄
E. Archer
Substitution
Off: George Hall
- 72′⇄
Jaheim Headley
Substitution
Off: Liam Gordon
- 72′⇄
Onel Lázaro Hernández Mayea
Substitution
Off: Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel
- 72′⇄
Ben Waine
Substitution
Off: Martin Sherif
- ⚽
Rubin Colwill 1-0
Goal · Header
With: Chris Willock
Header
79′ David Turnbull
Yellowcard
Foul
81′- ⇄
Joel Bagan
Substitution
Off: Calum Scanlon
83′ - 85′⇄
J. Shipley
Substitution
Off: Ryan Croasdale
- ⇄
Ryan Wintle
Substitution
Off: Joel Colwill
90+2′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7.13 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7.15 | |
| 62 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.90 | |
| 83 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 6.94 | |
| 62 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.77 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.31 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.42 | |
| 62 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.00 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 6.34 | |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.67 | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.58 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.02 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.13 |
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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: Bolton Wanderers · 2–0
Match stats
11 Apr 2026, 12:30 · Home vs Bolton Wanderers · 2025/2026
Port Vale
Latest: Peterborough United · 3–1
Match stats
16 Apr 2026, 19:45 · Away vs Peterborough United · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Cardiff City’s ground: 1 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Cardiff City’s home games with Port Vale’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
Port Vale
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Cardiff City
Port Vale
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cardiff City
Port Vale
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
Port Vale
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.