Plymouth vs Cardiff

League One · Feb 21, 2026 · 12:30

Final score: Plymouth 5–2 Cardiff

Standings

• Plymouth: #8 · 73 Pts · 46 P (22W 7D 17L)
• Cardiff: #2 · 91 Pts · 46 P (27W 10D 9L)

Recent form

Plymouth

• W Feb 17, 2026: Leyton Orient 1–3 Plymouth
• W Feb 14, 2026: Blackpool 0–4 Plymouth
• L Feb 7, 2026: Plymouth 1–4 Lincoln
• L Jan 31, 2026: Stockport County 2–1 Plymouth
• D Jan 27, 2026: Plymouth 1–1 Mansfield Town

Cardiff

• W Feb 17, 2026: Cardiff 4–1 AFC Wimbledon
• W Feb 14, 2026: Cardiff 3–1 Luton
• W Feb 7, 2026: Rotherham 0–3 Cardiff
• D Jan 31, 2026: Burton Albion 2–2 Cardiff
• W Jan 27, 2026: Cardiff 4–0 Barnsley

Head-to-head

• 2026-02-21T12:30:00+00:00: Plymouth 5–2 Cardiff
• 2025-08-30T11:30:00+00:00: Cardiff 4–0 Plymouth
• 2025-02-22T12:30:00+00:00: Plymouth 1–1 Cardiff
• 2024-10-19T11:30:00+00:00: Cardiff 5–0 Plymouth
• 2024-01-20T15:00:00+00:00: Plymouth 3–1 Cardiff

Match events

• 15' Card Yellow Card — Omari Kellyman (Cardiff)
• 28' Goal Normal Goal — L. Tolaj (Plymouth) (assists: A. Pepple)
• 31' Goal Normal Goal — A. Pepple (Plymouth) (assists: J. Edwards)
• 33' Goal Normal Goal — O. Kellyman (Cardiff)
• 34' Goal Normal Goal — A. Pepple (Plymouth) (assists: W. Harding)
• 37' Card Yellow Card — Caleb Watts (Plymouth)
• 43' Goal Normal Goal — O. Kellyman (Cardiff) (assists: P. Ng)
• 44' Card Yellow Card — Mathias Ross (Plymouth)
• 45'+6 Card Yellow Card — Gabriel Osho (Cardiff)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — C. Watts (Plymouth) (assists: M. Sorinola)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — D. Turnbull (Cardiff) (assists: R. Colwill)
• 62' subst Substitution 2 — C. Willock (Cardiff) (assists: C. Ashford)
• 62' subst Substitution 3 — J. Colwill (Cardiff) (assists: C. Robinson)
• 67' Card Yellow Card — Perry Ng (Cardiff)
• 68' Goal Penalty — L. Tolaj (Plymouth)
• 70' Card Yellow Card — Malachi Boateng (Plymouth)
• 72' Card Yellow Card — Alex Robertson (Cardiff)
• 76' subst Substitution 4 — P. Ng (Cardiff) (assists: R. Kpakio)
• 80' subst Substitution 2 — B. Wiredu (Plymouth) (assists: B. Ibrahim)
• 81' Goal Normal Goal — M. Ross (Plymouth) (assists: R. Curtis)
• 85' subst Substitution 3 — L. Tolaj (Plymouth) (assists: X. Amaechi)
• 86' subst Substitution 4 — A. Pepple (Plymouth) (assists: O. Dale)
• 88' subst Substitution 5 — J. Bagan (Cardiff) (assists: C. Scanlon)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 9 — 6
• Shots off Goal: 5 — 5
• Total Shots: 16 — 18
• Blocked Shots: 2 — 7
• Shots insidebox: 10 — 10
• Shots outsidebox: 6 — 8
• Fouls: 23 — 10
• Corner Kicks: 3 — 8
• Offsides: 2 — 1
• Ball Possession: 29% — 71%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 4
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 4 — 3
• Total passes: 186 — 463
• Passes accurate: 119 — 371
• Passes %: 64% — 80%
• expected_goals: 2.67 — 2.21
• goals_prevented: – — –