Swansea City 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 23 October 2022

Result

Swansea City 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 23 October 2022, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Swansea City · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Swansea City 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Swansea City beat Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 23 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Oliver Cooper opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Oliver Cooper (38') and Michael Obafemi (67'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Swansea City received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Swansea City were 9th on 24 points from 15 and Cardiff City 20th on 18 points from 15. Swansea City went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Swansea City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Grimes of Swansea City (8.7), ahead of Ben Cabango (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Swansea City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Red card · Callum RobinsonCardiff City
  • 38'Goal · Oliver CooperSwansea City · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Harry DarlingSwansea City
  • 50'Yellow card · Callum O'DowdaCardiff City
  • 58'Yellow card · Michael ObafemiSwansea City
  • 60'Yellow card · Luke CundleSwansea City
  • 61'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 67'Goal · Michael ObafemiSwansea City · 2-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Mark HarrisCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 6, draws 1, Cardiff City 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jamilu CollinsCardiff City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Joe AllenSwansea City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Liam WalshSwansea City · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Steven Benda, Nathan Wood, Harry Darling, Ben Cabango, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Matthew Sorinola, Luke Cundle, Oliver Cooper, Michael Obafemi

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

Ryan Allsop, Tom Sang, Curtis Nelson, Cédric Kipré, Niels Nkounkou, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Ryan Wintle, Joe Ralls, Callum O'Dowda, Callum Robinson, Sheyi Ojo