Northampton Town 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report
League One · Saturday 22 November 2025
Result
Northampton Town 1-3 Cardiff City
League One · Saturday 22 November 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Northampton Town 1-3 Cardiff City: match report
Northampton Town lost to Cardiff City 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 22 November 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
Joel Colwill opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Ethan Wheatley (57'). Cardiff City scored through Joel Colwill (7'), an own goal by Ethan Wheatley (60') and Chris Willock (90+3').
Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 15th on 20 points from 15 and Cardiff City 5th on 26 points from 14. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Wheatley of Northampton Town (7.7), ahead of Dean Campbell (7.6).
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Cardiff City's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Joel Colwill
- 19'Yellow card · Will Fish
- 19'Yellow card · Matthew Turner
- 55'Yellow card · Joel Colwill
- 57'Goal · Ethan Wheatley
- 60'Own goal · Ethan Wheatley
- 90+3'Goal · Chris Willock
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ross Fitzsimons, Conor McCarthy, Jordan Thorniley, Michael Forbes, Jack Burroughs, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Jack Perkins, Tyrese Fornah, Tom Eaves, Ethan Wheatley
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Will Fish, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Joel Colwill, Ryan Wintle, Omari Kellyman, Rubin Colwill, Isaak Davies, Yousef Salech