Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City: match report

Mansfield Town defeated Cardiff City 5-4 in the League One on Saturday 2 May 2026. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Ryan Sweeney opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Mansfield Town's goals came from Ryan Sweeney (2'), Lucas Akins (23'), Lucas Akins (26'), R. Oates (63') and Oliver Irow (79'). Cardiff City scored through Isaak Davies (61'), Omari Kellyman (66'), Ronan Kpakio (86') and Omari Kellyman (90+3').

Discipline: Mansfield Town received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Mansfield Town were 11th on 62 points from 45 and Cardiff City 2nd on 91 points from 45. Mansfield Town went on to finish that season 10th with 65 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.

Mansfield Town lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Omari Kellyman of Cardiff City (8.5), level with Lucas Akins (8.5).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Ryan SweeneyMansfield Town · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Lucas AkinsMansfield Town · 2-0
  • 26'Goal · Lucas AkinsMansfield Town · 3-0
  • 61'Goal · Isaak DaviesCardiff City · 3-1
  • 63'Goal · R. OatesMansfield Town · 4-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Omari KellymanCardiff City
  • 66'Goal · Omari KellymanCardiff City · 4-2
  • 79'Goal · Oliver IrowMansfield Town · 5-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Regan HendryMansfield Town
  • 86'Goal · Ronan KpakioCardiff City · 5-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Oliver IrowMansfield Town
  • 90+3'Goal · Omari KellymanCardiff City · 5-4

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Mansfield Town 0, draws 0, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

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Mansfield Town line-up (3-1-4-2)

Liam Roberts, Kyle Knoyle, Jordan Bowery, Ryan Sweeney, Louis Reed, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Jon Russell, Regan Hendry, Will Evans, Lucas Akins, Rhys Oates

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, Yousef Salech