Cardiff City 1-3 Bradford City: result and report
League One · Saturday 20 September 2025
Result
Cardiff City 1-3 Bradford City
League One · Saturday 20 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Cardiff City 1-3 Bradford City: match report
Cardiff City were beaten by Bradford City 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 20 September 2025. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Tommy Leigh opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Callum Robinson (77'). Bradford City scored through Tommy Leigh (16'), Antoni Sarcevic (30', penalty) and Josh Neufville (49').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards; Bradford City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 17 points from 7 and Bradford City 3rd on 17 points from 8. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Bradford City 5th with 77.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bradford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bobby Pointon of Bradford City (7.7), level with Sam Walker (7.7).
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Bradford City's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Tommy Leigh
- 29'Yellow card · Gabriel Osho
- 30'Penalty goal · Antoni Sarcevic
- 43'Yellow card · Josh Neufville
- 45'Yellow card · Ryan Wintle
- 49'Goal · Josh Neufville
- 51'Yellow card · M. Power
- 77'Goal · Callum Robinson
- 77'Yellow card · Antoni Sarcevic
- 90+4'Yellow card · Joel Colwill
- 90+6'Yellow card · Tyreik Wright
- 90+8'Yellow card · Rubin Colwill
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Will Fish, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, David Turnbull, Cian Ashford, Rubin Colwill, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech
Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Walker, Matthew Pennington, Aden Baldwin, Ibou Touray, Josh Neufville, Tommy Leigh, Max Power, Tyreik Wright, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Will Swan