Matchday

EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 12 Aug 2025

Cardiff City 2–1 Swindon Town

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.4 – 1.5
Actual xG
1.9 – 0.4
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot saw it as open: Cardiff City 36%, the draw 25%, Swindon Town 40%.

Cardiff City won and made the better chances: 1.9 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Cian Ashford, 49.3 in 87′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Cardiff City

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Swindon Town

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Cardiff City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Eli King Midfielder100–100.0–
Chris Willock Midfielder2200–72.7–
Yousef Salech Forward22000.1550.0–
Cian Ashford Midfielder87100.7249.3–
Calum Chambers Defender90000.1846.1–
Nathan Trott Goalkeeper9000–45.1–
Ollie Tanner Midfielder11000.0644.8–
William Fish Defender9000–43.8–
Ronan Kpakio Defender9000–41.2–
Callum Robinson Forward6800–41.1–
Ryan Wintle Midfielder90000.0240.5–
Isaak Davies Forward68000.0838.3–
Rubin Colwill Midfielder86100.2136.4–
David Turnbull Midfielder89000.0935.7–
Joel Bagan Defender90000.4225.1–
Joel Colwill Midfielder1100–22.1–

Swindon Town

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Lewis Ward Goalkeeper4000–87.1–
Paul Glatzel Forward90000.1545.5–
Darren Oldaker Midfielder4501–44.2–
Connor Ripley Goalkeeper5000–43.6–
Billy Bodin Forward45000.0543.0–
Ollie Clarke Midfielder4500–41.4–
Finley Munroe Midfielder45000.0139.3–
Jake Tabor Forward13000.0836.7–
Gavin Kilkenny Midfielder90000.0336.4–
Harry Smith Forward90000.0535.1–
James Ball Defender9000–34.7–
Joel McGregor Defender9000–33.2–
Thomas Wilson-Brown Defender4500–32.6–
Filozofe Mabete Defender9000–30.9–
Will Wright Defender4500–28.5–