Cardiff City 1-1 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 8 September 2026
Result
Cardiff City 1-1 Stoke City
Championship · Tuesday 8 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff · half-time 0-1
Cardiff City 1-1 Stoke City: match report
Cardiff City drew with Stoke City 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 September 2026 at Cardiff City Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.
Ben Johnson opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Joel Colwill (63'). Stoke City scored through Ben Johnson (22').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 22nd on 3 points from 5 and Stoke City 14th on 6 points from 5. In the current table Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points and Stoke City are 4th on 26 points.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Robertson of Cardiff City (8.5), ahead of Chris Willock (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 6 draws and 1 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Ben Johnson
- 27'Yellow card · Ben Wilmot
- 45+2'Yellow card · Perry Ng
- 63'Goal · Joel Colwill
- 81'Yellow card · Luke Graham
Form and table
- Cardiff CityLast five: D D D L L
- Stoke CityLast five: L L L W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Stoke City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 26 | LWDWW |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 14 | LWDWL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Krystian Bielik, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Alex Robertson, Joel Colwill, Ollie Tanner, Jack Moylan, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech
Stoke City line-up (3-5-2)
Viktor Johansson, Ben Wilmot, Maksym Taloverov, Luke Graham, Ben Johnson, Justin Devenny, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Luca Bombino, George Hirst, Róbert Boženík
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