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Cardiff City
FT
3–0
16 Aug 2025
Rotherham United
Europa League Sat 16 Aug, 15:00London Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Thomas Parsons 17,555 attendance

Timeline

  1. 20' Ar'jany Martha Yellow Card
  2. 32' Dakarai Mafico Yellow Card
  3. 35' Joel Bagan for Dakarai Mafico
  4. 38' Lenny Agbaire Yellow Card
  5. 43' Yousef Salech
  6. 45' Marvin Kaleta for Lenny Agbaire
  7. 51' Joel Bagan Yellow Card
  8. 55' Cian Ashford
  9. 60' Jack Holmes for Liam Kelly
  10. 60' Rubin Colwill
  11. 68' Sean Raggett Yellow Card
  12. 75' James Clarke for Dru Yearwood
  13. 75' Ciaran Mcguckin for Ar'jany Martha
  14. 81' Isaak Davies for Cian Ashford
  15. 81' Joel Colwill for Rubin Colwill
  16. 82' Callum Robinson for Yousef Salech
  17. 88' Calum Chambers for Ronan Kpakio

Match stats

75.1% Possession 24.9%
14 Shots 1
6 On target 1
16 Fouls 15
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 0
1 Saves 3
0 Accurate passes 0

Lineups

Cardiff City 4-2-3-1
13 Trott
28 Mafico 48 Lawlor 2 Fish 44 Kpakio
6 Wintle 14 Turnbull
11 Tanner 10 Colwill 45 Ashford
22 Salech
Rotherham United 5-3-2
1 Dawson
6 James 3 Jules 5 Raggett 18 Agbaire 22 Hall
16 Yearwood 4 Kelly 44 Gore
11 Martha 9 Hugill
Cardiff City 4-2-3-1
  1. 13 Nathan Trott G
  2. 48 Dylan Lawlor CD-L
  3. 2 William Fish CD-R
  4. 28 Dakarai Mafico ▼ LB
  5. 44 Ronan Kpakio ▼ RB
  6. 10 Rubin Colwill ▼ AM
  7. 6 Ryan Wintle LM
  8. 14 David Turnbull RM
  9. 22 Yousef Salech ▼ F
  10. 11 Ollie Tanner AM-L
  11. 45 Cian Ashford ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 39 Isaak Davies ▲ SUB
  2. 12 Calum Chambers ▲ SUB
  3. 27 Joel Colwill ▲ SUB
  4. 3 Joel Bagan ▲ SUB
  5. 47 Callum Robinson ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 41 Matthew Turner SUB
  2. 16 Chris Willock SUB
Rotherham United 5-3-2
  1. 1 Cameron Dawson G
  2. 5 Sean Raggett CD
  3. 3 Zak Jules CD-L
  4. 18 Lenny Agbaire ▼ CD-R
  5. 6 Reece James LB
  6. 22 Denzel Hall RB
  7. 4 Liam Kelly ▼ CM
  8. 16 Dru Yearwood ▼ CM-L
  9. 44 Daniel Gore CM-R
  10. 11 Ar'jany Martha ▼ CF-L
  11. 9 Jordan Hugill CF-R

Came on

  1. 35 Ciaran Mcguckin ▲ SUB
  2. 23 Jack Holmes ▲ SUB
  3. 37 James Clarke ▲ SUB
  4. 14 Marvin Kaleta ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 38 Kane Richardson SUB
  2. 13 Ted Cann SUB
  3. 2 Joseph Rafferty SUB

Commentary

  1. 88' Calum Chambers (Cardiff City) Substitution at 88'
  2. 82' Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) Substitution at 82'
  3. 81' Joel Colwill (Cardiff City) Substitution at 81'
  4. 81' Isaak Davies (Cardiff City) Substitution at 81'
  5. 75' Ciaran Mcguckin (Rotherham United) Substitution at 75'
  6. 75' James Clarke (Rotherham United) Substitution at 75'
  7. 68' Sean Raggett (Rotherham United) Yellow Card at 68'
  8. 60' Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) Goal at 60'
  9. 60' Jack Holmes (Rotherham United) Substitution at 60'
  10. 55' Cian Ashford (Cardiff City) Goal at 55'
  11. 51' Joel Bagan (Cardiff City) Yellow Card at 51'
  12. 45' Marvin Kaleta (Rotherham United) Substitution at 45'
5 earlier entries
  1. 43' Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) Goal at 43'
  2. 38' Lenny Agbaire (Rotherham United) Yellow Card at 38'
  3. 35' Joel Bagan (Cardiff City) Substitution at 35'
  4. 32' Dakarai Mafico (Cardiff City) Yellow Card at 32'
  5. 20' Ar'jany Martha (Rotherham United) Yellow Card at 20'

Recent form

Cardiff City W D W L D

  • D West Bromwich Albion 0-0 EFL Championship
  • L at Norwich City 4-2 EFL Championship
  • W Peterborough United 2-1 EFL League One
  • D at Port Vale 0-0 EFL League One
  • W Swindon Town 2-1 Carabao Cup

Rotherham United W L W W D

  • D at Stevenage 1-1 EFL League One
  • W Peterborough United 2-1 EFL League One
  • W Port Vale 2-1 EFL League One
  • L at Stevenage 1-0 EFL League One
  • W at Salford City 0-0 Carabao Cup

Head to head

CAR leads series 3-1-1

  • 4 May 2024 Rotherham United 5–2 Cardiff City 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 30 Sep 2023 Cardiff City 2–0 Rotherham United 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 27 Apr 2023 Rotherham United 1–2 Cardiff City 2022-23 English League Championship
  • 29 Oct 2022 Cardiff City 1–0 Rotherham United 2022-23 English League Championship
  • 8 May 2021 Cardiff City 1–1 Rotherham United 2020-21 English League Championship