Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 25 August 2026

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 25 August 2026, 18:00 UTC · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Norwich City 1-2 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 25 August 2026 at Cardiff City Stadium. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Mathias Kvistgaarden opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Yousef Salech (90+3'). Norwich City scored through Mathias Kvistgaarden (25') and Ante Crnac (78').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Norwich City received 1 yellow card.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Norwich City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Robertson of Cardiff City (7.7), ahead of Yousef Salech (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 7 for Norwich City.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-D-W and Norwich City's L-L-W.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Mathias KvistgaardenNorwich City · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 33'Yellow card · Isaak DaviesCardiff City
  • 50'Yellow card · Pelle MattssonNorwich City
  • 78'Goal · Ante CrnacNorwich City · 0-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Rubin ColwillCardiff City
  • 90+3'Goal · Yousef SalechCardiff City · 1-2

Form and table

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 0, Norwich City 7.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Noah Anyadike, Joel Bagan, Ronan Kpakio, Alex Robertson, Isaak Davies, Joel Colwill, David Turnbull, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson

Norwich City line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Grimshaw, Jack Stacey, Ruairi McConville, Bruno Alves, Darlin Yongwa, Anthony Musaba, Jacob Wright, Pelle Mattsson, Liam Gibbs, Mathias Kvistgaarden, Oscar Schwartau

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