Reading vs Cardiff

League One · Apr 18, 2026 · 14:00

Final score: Reading 1–3 Cardiff

Standings

• Reading: #12 · 63 Pts · 46 P (16W 15D 15L)
• Cardiff: #2 · 91 Pts · 46 P (27W 10D 9L)

Recent form

Reading

• L Apr 11, 2026: Doncaster 1–0 Reading
• L Apr 6, 2026: Reading 1–2 Lincoln
• D Apr 3, 2026: Huddersfield 1–1 Reading
• W Mar 28, 2026: Reading 3–0 Wigan
• L Mar 21, 2026: Stevenage 1–0 Reading

Cardiff

• D Apr 14, 2026: Huddersfield 1–1 Cardiff
• W Apr 11, 2026: Cardiff 2–0 Bolton
• D Apr 6, 2026: Peterborough 1–1 Cardiff
• D Mar 21, 2026: Cardiff 0–0 Blackpool
• L Mar 17, 2026: Cardiff 0–2 Wycombe

Head-to-head

• 2026-04-18T14:00:00+00:00: Reading 1–3 Cardiff
• 2025-10-18T14:00:00+00:00: Cardiff 2–1 Reading
• 2024-07-31T18:30:00+00:00: Cardiff 2–1 Reading
• 2023-02-17T20:00:00+00:00: Cardiff 1–0 Reading
• 2022-08-06T14:00:00+00:00: Reading 2–1 Cardiff

Match events

• 40' Goal Normal Goal — R. Colwill (Cardiff) (assists: R. Wintle)
• 41' Card Yellow Card — Gabriel Osho (Cardiff)
• 55' Goal Normal Goal — O. Kellyman (Cardiff) (assists: R. Wintle)
• 63' Card Yellow Card — Daniel Kyerewaa (Reading)
• 63' Card Yellow Card — Ryan Wintle (Cardiff)
• 64' Card Yellow Card — Paudie O’Connor (Reading)
• 67' subst Substitution 1 — A. Robertson (Cardiff) (assists: D. Turnbull)
• 69' Card Yellow Card — Finley Burns (Reading)
• 72' Card Yellow Card — Dylan Lawlor (Cardiff)
• 73' Goal Normal Goal — D. Kyerewaa (Reading)
• 74' subst Substitution 1 — P. Lane (Reading) (assists: J. Marriott)
• 82' subst Substitution 2 — D. Lawlor (Cardiff) (assists: W. Fish)
• 82' subst Substitution 3 — C. Willock (Cardiff) (assists: Y. Salech)
• 82' subst Substitution 4 — R. Colwill (Cardiff) (assists: J. Colwill)
• 86' Goal Normal Goal — P. Ng (Cardiff) (assists: O. Kellyman)
• 88' subst Substitution 2 — R. Nyambe (Reading) (assists: K. Abrefa)
• 88' subst Substitution 3 — H. Roberts (Reading) (assists: M. Ritchie)
• 88' subst Substitution 4 — A. Rinomhota (Reading) (assists: L. Fraser)
• 90'+10 Card Yellow Card — William Fish (Cardiff)
• 90' subst Substitution 5 — O. Tanner (Cardiff) (assists: C. Robinson)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 7 — 9
• Shots off Goal: 5 — 3
• Total Shots: 15 — 15
• Blocked Shots: 3 — 3
• Shots insidebox: 11 — 7
• Shots outsidebox: 4 — 8
• Fouls: 6 — 11
• Corner Kicks: 7 — 9
• Offsides: 2 — 2
• Ball Possession: 37% — 63%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 4
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 6 — 5
• Total passes: 258 — 441
• Passes accurate: 174 — 368
• Passes %: 67% — 83%
• expected_goals: 2.36 — 1.35
• goals_prevented: – — –