Cardiff City 1-0 Exeter City: result and report
League One · Friday 26 December 2025
Result
Cardiff City 1-0 Exeter City
League One · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cardiff City 1-0 Exeter City: match report
Cardiff City won against Exeter City 1-0 in the League One on Friday 26 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Alex Robertson of Cardiff City in the 53rd minute.
Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Exeter City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 1st on 41 points from 20 and Exeter City 20th on 23 points from 20. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Exeter City 21st with 49.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Exeter City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dylan Lawlor of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Alex Robertson (8.0).
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Exeter City's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 53'Goal · Alex Robertson
- 56'Yellow card · Isaak Davies
- 82'Yellow card · L. Oakes
- 87'Yellow card · Joel Bagan
- 89'Yellow card · Calum Chambers
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matthew Turner, Perry Ng, Dylan Lawlor, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Omari Kellyman, Isaak Davies, Yousef Salech
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, Ilmari Niskanen, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Ethan Brierley, J. McMillan, Jack Aitchison, Akeel Higgins, Jayden Wareham