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Cardiff City vs Stevenage
29 Dec 2025, 19:45 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Charles BreakspearLeague One 2025/2026 · 14 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cardiff CityMin
Stevenage- 54′
H. White
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- 57′⚽
Phoenix Patterson 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Beryly Lubala
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Omari Kellyman
Substitution
Off: Isaak Davies
60′ - ⇄
Ronan Kpakio
Substitution
Off: Perry Ng
60′ - ⚽
Callum Robinson 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
64′ - 68′⇄
Chem Campbell
Substitution
Off: Phoenix Patterson
- 69′⇄
Jovan Malcolm
Substitution
Off: Beryly Lubala
- 69′⇄
L. Thompson
Substitution
Off: D. Kemp
- 77′⇄
Jasper Pattenden
Substitution
Off: Jordan Houghton
- ⚽
Yousef Salech 2-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Chris Willock
Left foot shot
82′ - ⇄
Alex Robertson
Substitution
Off: David Turnbull
83′ - ⇄
Ollie Tanner
Substitution
Off: Chris Willock
83′ - 83′⇄
Jake Young
Substitution
Off: James Tyrrell Reid
- ⇄
Joel Colwill
Substitution
Off: Callum Robinson
86′ - 90+3′
L. Thompson
Yellowcard
Foul
Joel Colwill
Yellowcard
Foul
90+4′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.39 | |
| 60 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.19 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 7.26 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.77 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 7.04 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.21 | |
| 83 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.67 | |
| 60 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.49 | |
| 86 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 7.77 | |
| 83 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 7.54 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 6.43 | |
| 30 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.54 | |
| 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.68 | |
| 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.32 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.38 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Cardiff City
Latest: Exeter City · 1–0
Match stats
26 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Exeter City · 2025/2026
Stevenage
Latest: AFC Wimbledon · 0–0
Match stats
26 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Away vs AFC Wimbledon · 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 Stevenage’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
Stevenage
Goals
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
Stevenage
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cardiff City
Stevenage
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
Stevenage
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.