Goals & Highlights: Cardiff vs Rotherham Season 2025/2026

League One

League One

02:00 PMAugust 16, 2025

Regular Season – 3

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3 – 0

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HT: (1 – 0)

📍 Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff (Caerdydd))👤 Referee: Thomas Parsons

How did Cardiff and Rotherham perform?

Home Voted: 0

Away Voted: 0

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

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Cardiff and Rotherham Match Stats

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BALL POSSESSION

76%24%

ATTACK

13

Total shots

1

6

Shots on target

1

4

Shots off target

0

3

Blocked shots

0

12

Shots inside box

0

1

Shots outside box

1

7

Corner kicks

0

1

Offsides

2

0

Dangerous attacks

0

PASSING

660

Total passes

211

597 (90%)

Accurate passes

135 (64%)

DISCIPLINE

16

Fouls

15

2

Yellow cards

3

1

Goalkeeper saves

3

Cardiff and Rotherham Lineups

Cardiff

4-2-3-1

13G

Nathan Trott

7

44D

Ronan Kpakio 🔺88′

7.2

2D

William Fish

7.7

48D

Dylan Lawlor

7.9

28D

Dakarai Mafico 32′ 🔺36′

6.2

14M

David Turnbull

7.6

6M

Ryan Wintle

7.7

45M

Cian Ashford ⚽55′ 🔺81′

7.7

10M

Rubin ColwillC ⚽60′ 🔺81′

7.2

11M

Ollie Tanner

6.7

22F

Yousef Salech ⚽43′ 🔺82′

8.5

Substitutes

3D

Joel Bagan 🔻36′

7

27M

Joel Colwill 🔻81′

6.5

39F

Isaak Davies 🔻81′

6.5

47F

Callum Robinson 🔻82′

6.6

12D

Calum Chambers 🔻88′

6.9

41G

Matthew Turner

–

16M

Chris Willock

–

Coach of Cardiff

👔 Brian Barry-Murphy

Rotherham

5-3-2

1G

Cameron Dawson

6.7

22D

Denzel Hall

6.2

18D

Lenny Agbaire 38′ 🔺46′

6.5

5D

Sean Raggett 68′

6.5

3D

Zak Jules

6.2

6D

Reece James

6

44M

Daniel Gore

6.2

4M

Liam KellyC 🔺60′

6.6

16M

Dru Yearwood 🔺75′

6.7

9F

Jordan Hugill

6.5

11F

ArJany Martha 20′ 🔺75′

6.9

Substitutes

14D

Marvin Kaleta 🔻46′

6.2

23F

Jack Holmes 🔻60′

6.9

37M

James Clarke 🔻75′

6.3

35F

Ciaran McGuckin 🔻75′

6.7

13G

Ted Cann

–

2D

Joe Rafferty

–

38M

Kane Richardson

–

Coach of Rotherham

👔 Matthew Hamshaw

Cardiff and Rotherham Head to Head

3WINS

0DRAWS

1WINS

Over 1.5 Goals75%

Over 2.5 Goals50%

Both Teams Scored50%

Past H2H Matches & Results

04 May 2024 Rotherham United 5-2 Cardiff City

Championship

30 Sep 2023 Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United

Championship

27 Apr 2023 Rotherham United 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship

29 Oct 2022 Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United

Championship

League One Standings Season 2025/2026

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	25	16	4	5	43-25	18	52
2	Lincoln	25	14	6	5	40-26	14	48
3	Bradford City	24	13	7	4	34-25	9	46
4	Stockport County	25	12	6	7	34-30	4	42
5	Huddersfield	26	11	6	9	45-35	10	39
6	Bolton	25	10	9	6	32-25	7	39
7	Luton	25	11	5	9	35-30	5	38
8	Stevenage	23	10	7	6	27-20	7	37
9	Reading	24	9	8	7	32-28	4	35
10	Peterborough	25	11	2	12	33-34	-1	35
11	Wycombe	25	8	9	8	32-28	4	33
12	Mansfield	23	9	5	9	31-28	3	32
13	AFC Wimbledon	24	9	4	11	27-33	-6	31
14	Exeter	24	9	3	12	25-23	2	30
15	Wigan	24	7	9	8	26-27	-1	30
16	Plymouth	25	9	3	13	32-39	-7	30
17	Barnsley	21	8	5	8	33-33	0	29
18	Leyton Orient	25	8	5	12	36-42	-6	29
19	Blackpool	25	8	5	12	31-37	-6	29
20	Northampton	24	8	5	11	22-28	-6	29
21	Burton	24	7	6	11	23-34	-11	27
22	Rotherham	24	6	6	12	22-35	-13	24
23	Doncaster	24	6	5	13	24-41	-17	23
24	Port Vale	23	4	6	13	18-31	-13	18

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	13	11	0	2	30-15	15	33
2	Lincoln	13	9	3	1	26-13	13	30
3	Bradford City	12	9	2	1	20-10	10	29
4	Bolton	13	8	4	1	22-7	15	28
5	Huddersfield	13	7	4	2	27-13	14	25
6	Wycombe	13	7	3	3	24-13	11	24
7	Luton	13	7	3	3	19-11	8	24
8	Reading	13	7	3	3	16-12	4	24
9	Stockport County	13	6	3	4	17-16	1	21
10	Exeter	11	6	2	3	17-8	9	20
11	Peterborough	13	6	2	5	19-14	5	20
12	Leyton Orient	13	5	5	3	20-15	5	20
13	Stevenage	10	5	4	1	12-6	6	19
14	Blackpool	13	5	4	4	21-19	2	19
15	Wigan	11	5	3	3	12-8	4	18
16	Northampton	12	5	3	4	13-10	3	18
17	Mansfield	11	5	2	4	18-12	6	17
18	Barnsley	10	5	1	4	20-16	4	16
19	Rotherham	12	4	4	4	15-17	-2	16
20	AFC Wimbledon	11	4	3	4	10-8	2	15
21	Doncaster	12	4	3	5	14-18	-4	15
22	Plymouth	13	4	2	7	14-19	-5	14
23	Burton	12	4	2	6	11-17	-6	14
24	Port Vale	11	2	3	6	10-13	-3	9

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Stockport County	12	6	3	3	17-14	3	21
2	Cardiff	12	5	4	3	13-10	3	19
3	Lincoln	12	5	3	4	14-13	1	18
4	Stevenage	13	5	3	5	15-14	1	18
5	Bradford City	12	4	5	3	14-15	-1	17
6	Plymouth	12	5	1	6	18-20	-2	16
7	AFC Wimbledon	13	5	1	7	17-25	-8	16
8	Mansfield	12	4	3	5	13-16	-3	15
9	Peterborough	12	5	0	7	14-20	-6	15
10	Luton	12	4	2	6	16-19	-3	14
11	Huddersfield	13	4	2	7	18-22	-4	14
12	Barnsley	11	3	4	4	13-17	-4	13
13	Burton	12	3	4	5	12-17	-5	13
14	Wigan	13	2	6	5	14-19	-5	12
15	Reading	11	2	5	4	16-16	0	11
16	Bolton	12	2	5	5	10-18	-8	11
17	Northampton	12	3	2	7	9-18	-9	11
18	Exeter	13	3	1	9	8-15	-7	10
19	Blackpool	12	3	1	8	10-18	-8	10
20	Wycombe	12	1	6	5	8-15	-7	9
21	Port Vale	12	2	3	7	8-18	-10	9
22	Leyton Orient	12	3	0	9	16-27	-11	9
23	Rotherham	12	2	2	8	7-18	-11	8
24	Doncaster	12	2	2	8	10-23	-13	8

Qualification/Relegation

Relegation – League Two

Promotion – Championship

Promotion – League One (Play Offs)

Cardiff vs Rotherham Video Highlights & Match Recap – 2025-08-16

In the grand scheme of the League One season, every point is precious. Cardiff hosted Rotherham on August 16, 2025 with a clear mission to secure all three points.

The encounter at Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff (Caerdydd)) was a test of endurance and strategy. Both teams knew that slipping up could be costly. The match unfolded with high stakes evident in every challenge.

Race for the Table

Cardiff is fighting for a top spot, currently at 1st. With 52 points, they need to convert draws into wins. Their current record is 16W – 4D – 5L.

Rotherham is equally hungry for points. Sitting at 22nd with 24 points, they are aiming to climb the ladder. They have 6 wins to their name.

Rivalry History

Looking back at 1 matches, Cardiff leads with 1 wins against Rotherham‘s 0. 0 draws suggest parity.

Both teams have scored in 0 matches, indicating open play. Over 2.5 goals occurred 1 times.

Recent Progress

Here is how their race for points has been going recently:

Recent Matches of Cardiff

Recent Matches of Rotherham

Watch The Race Unfold

See how the battle for points played out. Full highlights and analysis available now.

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