English League Championship

FT Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Stoke City LLLWW 1
–
Cardiff City DLDLL 1
1st2ndT
STK101
CAR011
Cardiff City Stadium · 18,088 att.

Team Stats

19
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
3
29.4
Possession
70.6
12
SHOTS
27
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
156
Accurate Passes
489
230
Passes
562
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
8
16
Crosses
36
0.2
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
58
24
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
8
7
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
18
Interceptions
6
31
Effective Clearances
27
31
Clearances
27

Head to Head

CAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Nathan TrottG
  2. 4Gabriel OshoCD-L
  3. 5Krystian BielikCD-R
  4. 3Joel BaganLB
  5. 38Perry NgRB
  6. 8Jack MoylanAM
  7. 27Joel ColwillLM
  8. 18Alex RobertsonRM
  9. 9Yousef SalechF
  10. 16Chris WillockAM-L
  11. 11Ollie TannerAM-R

STK · 3-5-2

  1. 1Viktor JohanssonG
  2. 40Maksym TaloverovCD
  3. 5Luke GrahamCD-L
  4. 16Ben WilmotCD-R
  5. 8Ethan GalbraithCM-L
  6. 13Justin DevennyCM-R
  7. 27Djibril SoumaréAM
  8. 21Luca BombinoLM
  9. 2Ben JohnsonRM
  10. 9Róbert BozeníkCF-L
  11. 15George HirstCF-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Stoke City 1. Ben Johnson (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Róbert Bozeník.
  2. 27' Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Perry Ng (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 51' Delay in match (Cardiff City).
  5. 51'
  6. 52' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  7. 52'
  8. 59' Substitution, Stoke City. Eric Bocat replaces Luca Bombino.
  9. 59' Substitution, Stoke City. Bae Jun-Ho replaces George Hirst.
  10. 63' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Stoke City 1. Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Willock with a cross.
  11. 69' Substitution, Stoke City. Lamine Cissé replaces Justin Devenny.
  12. 69' Substitution, Stoke City. Jack McGlynn replaces Róbert Bozeník.
  13. 81' Luke Graham (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 82' Substitution, Cardiff City. Cian Ashford replaces Chris Willock.

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