Cardiff City vs Colchester United, 2023-24 English Carabao Cup, First Round

· Cardiff City advance 3-0 on penalties

Cardiff City

19': Rubin Colwill
35': Kion Etete

FT - Penalties
2 - 2
Cardiff City advance 3-0 on penalties

Colchester United

40': John Akinde
44': Joseph Taylor
89': Samson Tovide

About

Cardiff City are hosting Colchester United at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, starting on . The match is a part of the English Carabao Cup.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Joseph Taylor (Colchester United).
1': Mahlon Romeo (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Mauro Bandeira (Colchester United).
4': Kieron Evans (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Tom Dallison-Lisbon (Colchester United).
5': Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
6': Attempt missed. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
7': Foul by Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United).
7': Kieron Evans (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
8': Foul by Joseph Taylor (Colchester United).
8': Jack Simpson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City).
8': Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Attempt blocked. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Akinde.
11': Attempt blocked. Mauro Bandeira (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
11': Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Romaine Sawyers.
14': Attempt saved. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Rinomhota.
14': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Owen Goodman.
18': Attempt missed. Mauro Bandeira (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Junior Tchamadeu.
19': Goal! Cardiff City 1, Colchester United 0. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Rinomhota.
26': Foul by Kion Etete (Cardiff City).
26': William Greenidge (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
28': Foul by Connor Hall (Colchester United).
28': Kion Etete (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Mauro Bandeira (Colchester United).
32': Mahlon Romeo (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Cardiff City).
33': Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
35': Attempt saved. Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mahlon Romeo.
35': Goal! Cardiff City 2, Colchester United 0. Kion Etete (Cardiff City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
40': Goal! Cardiff City 2, Colchester United 1. John Akinde (Colchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jayden Fevrier.
41': Kion Etete (Cardiff City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Rubin Colwill with a headed pass.
44': Goal! Cardiff City 2, Colchester United 2. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jayden Fevrier.
45'+1': Foul by Joseph Taylor (Colchester United).
45'+1': Mahlon Romeo (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mahlon Romeo.
45'+3': Offside, Cardiff City. Jamilu Collins tries a through ball, but Kion Etete is caught offside.
45'+4': Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Jamilu Collins.
45'+5': Attempt missed. Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Rubin Colwill.
45'+6': First Half ends, Cardiff City 2, Colchester United 2.
45': Second Half begins Cardiff City 2, Colchester United 2.
45': Substitution, Colchester United. Ellis Iandolo replaces Arthur Read.
45': Substitution, Colchester United. Nico Lawrence replaces Tom Dallison-Lisbon.
45': Substitution, Colchester United. Samson Tovide replaces John Akinde.
45': Substitution, Colchester United. Tom Hopper replaces Joseph Taylor.
46': Attempt saved. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Rinomhota.
46': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Owen Goodman.
48': Andy Rinomhota (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48': Foul by Noah Chilvers (Colchester United).
49': Attempt blocked. Jack Simpson (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Tanner with a cross.
49': Attempt saved. Xavier Benjamin (Cardiff City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
49': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by William Greenidge.
52': Attempt blocked. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
52': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Connor Hall.
52': Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City).
53': Attempt saved. Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
53': Attempt blocked. Kion Etete (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rubin Colwill.
54': Attempt blocked. Kion Etete (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamilu Collins.
54': Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Cardiff City).
54': Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Attempt saved. Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Samson Tovide.
57': Foul by Ellis Iandolo (Colchester United).
57': Kieron Evans (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Junior Tchamadeu.
58': Attempt blocked. Kieron Evans (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Tanner.
58': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Noah Chilvers.
60': Substitution, Cardiff City. Joel Colwill replaces Romaine Sawyers.
61': Attempt saved. Kieron Evans (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
64': Foul by William Greenidge (Colchester United).
64': Kion Etete (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Attempt missed. Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rubin Colwill.
67': Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Jamilu Collins.
70': Hand ball by Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United).
71': Foul by Nico Lawrence (Colchester United).
71': Kieron Evans (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
74': Delay in match because of an injury Xavier Benjamin (Cardiff City).
75': Substitution, Cardiff City. Sheyi Ojo replaces Kieron Evans.
75': Substitution, Cardiff City. Iké Ugbo replaces Kion Etete.
75': Substitution, Cardiff City. Joel Bagan replaces Xavier Benjamin because of an injury.
76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
76': Substitution, Colchester United. Al-Amin Kazeem replaces Noah Chilvers.
77': Foul by Mauro Bandeira (Colchester United).
77': Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City).
78': Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Delay in match because of an injury Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City).
80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
84': Foul by Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
84': Jamilu Collins (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Attempt blocked. Sheyi Ojo (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Colwill.
85': Attempt missed. Mahlon Romeo (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joel Colwill.
87': Attempt missed. Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rubin Colwill.
88': Substitution, Cardiff City. Cian Ashford replaces Ollie Tanner.
89': Attempt saved. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sheyi Ojo.
89': Foul by Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
89': Jamilu Collins (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Samson Tovide (Colchester United) is shown the red card.
89': Delay in match because of an injury Jamilu Collins (Cardiff City).
90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+2': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Nico Lawrence.
90'+3': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Tom Hopper.
90'+5': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Nico Lawrence.
90'+6': Foul by William Greenidge (Colchester United).
90'+6': Sheyi Ojo (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+7': William Greenidge (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+7': Delay in match because of an injury Sheyi Ojo (Cardiff City).
90'+8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+11': Second Half ends, Cardiff City 2, Colchester United 2.
90': Penalty Shootout begins Cardiff City 2, Colchester United 2.
91': Penalty saved! Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
92': Penalty saved! Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
93': Goal! Cardiff City 2(1), Colchester United 2. Mahlon Romeo (Cardiff City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
94': Penalty saved! Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
95': Goal! Cardiff City 2(2), Colchester United 2. Sheyi Ojo (Cardiff City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
95': Penalty saved! Tom Hopper (Colchester United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
96': Goal! Cardiff City 2(3), Colchester United 2. Iké Ugbo (Cardiff City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
101': Penalty Shootout ends, Cardiff City 2(3), Colchester United 2.
0': Match ends, Cardiff City 2(3), Colchester United 2.
101': Penalty Shootout ends, Cardiff City 2(3), Colchester United 2.
0': Match ends, Cardiff City 2(3), Colchester United 2.

Statistics

COL		CAR
17	Fouls	6
1	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	9
7	Saves	1
39.3	Possession	60.7
6	SHOTS	22
3	ON GOAL	9
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
304	Accurate Passes	521
383	Passes	588
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	3
6	Crosses	13
0.0	Cross %	0.2
47	Long Balls	73
27	Accurate Long Balls	48
0.6	Long Balls %	0.7
2	Blocked Shots	6
11	Effective Tackles	20
17	Tackles	26
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
10	Interceptions	13
8	Effective Clearances	12
8	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Attendance: 5,158

Line-Ups

Cardiff City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	Jak Alnwick (GK)
26	Jack Simpson
44	Xavier Benjamin
17	Jamilu Collins
2	Mahlon Romeo
27	Rubin Colwill
35	Andy Rinomhota
19	Romaine Sawyers
9	Kion Etete
25	Kieron Evans
32	Ollie Tanner

Cardiff City Substitutes:

Joel Colwill, Rohan Luthra, Ike Ugbo, Cian Ashford, Joel Bagan, Morgan Wigley, Sheyi Ojo, Jai Semenyo, Ebrima Adams.

Colchester United (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Owen Goodman (GK)
6	Thomas Dallison-Lisbon
5	Connor Hall
2	William Greenidge
16	Arthur Read
8	Mauro Bandeira
10	Noah Chilvers
22	Junior Tchamadeu
42	Jayden Fevrier
25	Joseph Taylor
24	John Akinde

Colchester United Substitutes:

Sam Hornby, Al-Amin Kazeem, Matt Jay, Samson Tovide, Chay Cooper, Tom Hopper, Nico Lawrence, Ronny Nelson, Ellis Iandolo.

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