Cardiff City 2-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Cardiff City 2-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff · half-time 2-2

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Cardiff City 2-2 Sheffield United: match report

Cardiff City drew with Sheffield United 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Cardiff City Stadium. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Jack Moylan opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Jack Moylan (2') and Cian Ashford (38'). Sheffield United scored through Tom Cannon (4', penalty) and Callum O'Hare (7').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 14th on 2 points from 2 and Sheffield United 15th on 2 points from 2. In the current table Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points and Sheffield United are 9th on 22 points.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Cooper of Sheffield United (8.6), ahead of Cian Ashford (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Jack MoylanCardiff City · 1-0
  • 4'Yellow card · Alex RobertsonCardiff City
  • 4'Penalty goal · Tom CannonSheffield United · 1-1
  • 7'Goal · Callum O'HareSheffield United · 1-2
  • 10'Yellow card · Mark McGuinnessSheffield United
  • 33'Yellow card · Jack MoylanCardiff City
  • 38'Goal · Cian AshfordCardiff City · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Sydie PeckSheffield United

Form and table

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9Sheffield United146442017+322LWDWW
18Cardiff City133551920-114LWDWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 2, Sheffield United 6.

Team news

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  • Eli KingCardiff City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Krystian Bielik, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Jack Moylan, Yousef Salech

Sheffield United line-up (4-4-2)

Michael Cooper, Jamal Baptiste, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Sam McCallum, Romelle Donovan, Joe Rothwell, Sydie frederick Peck, Callum O'Hare, Patrick Bamford, Tom Cannon

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