Cardiff City 5-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 25 April 2026
Result
Cardiff City 5-1 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 25 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Cardiff City 5-1 Northampton Town: match report
Cardiff City defeated Northampton Town 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 April 2026. The half-time score was 3-0.
Ollie Tanner opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Ollie Tanner (9'), Joel Colwill (19'), Callum Robinson (37'), Ollie Tanner (54') and Yousef Salech (86'). Northampton Town scored through Jake Evans (68').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 88 points from 44 and Northampton Town 24th on 35 points from 43. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Northampton Town 24th with 35.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Robinson of Cardiff City (8.9), ahead of Ollie Tanner (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 0 draws and 0 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Ollie Tanner
- 19'Goal · Joel Colwill
- 37'Goal · Callum Robinson
- 42'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
- 54'Goal · Ollie Tanner
- 68'Goal · Jake Evans
- 74'Yellow card · Alex Robertson
- 86'Goal · Yousef Salech
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Harry Tyrer, Ronan Kpakio, Will Fish, Dylan Lawlor, Joel Bagan, Joel Colwill, David Turnbull, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson
Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Burge, Conor McCarthy, Max Dyche, Jon Guthrie, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Tyrese Fornah, Cameron McGeehan, Dean Campbell, Kamarai Swyer, Jack Vale, Sam Hoskins