Match Centre: Cardiff City vs Swindon Town
Salech 29′ (p)Salech 43′Moylan 77′
Osho 9′ (og)Glatzel 62′Debayo 90′
Player of the match Yousef Salech 8.5
GolVolt rating 9.9GolVolt rating
Worth watching: Watch it allSpoiler-free mode: the score and how the match went are hidden.
The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 77' Moylan, 3:2-
0:1 → 3:2
Cardiff City came from behind to win.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 3:2, from 40% to 86% (Cardiff City).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+4' · 3:2Cardiff City 96%draw 4%Swindon Town 0%
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Salech: two goals, comeback from 0:1.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1, open to the end.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.5 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Salech: two goals.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 10.0 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% xG 4.0, 5 goals.An average number of chances. Quality of play: 3.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.9more watchable than 99% of Carabao Cup matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
5 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 9' Goal: Gabriel Oshoown goal0:1
- 29' Goal: Yousef Salechpenalty1:1
- 43' Goal: Yousef Salechassist: Ashford2:1
- Half-time · 2:1
- 46' SubstitutionTafazolli for Inwood
- 58' 2 substitutionsColwill for TurnbullWillock for Davies
- 58' 2 substitutionsDebayo for NicholsHungbo for Millard
- 62' Goal: Paul Glatzelassist: Hungbo2:2
- 63' SubstitutionPalmer for Virtue
- 64' SubstitutionGriffiths-Brown for Clark
- 72' SubstitutionMoylan for Tanner
- 77' Goal: Jack Moylanassist: Salech3:2
- 82' Joel Colwillyellow card
- 84' James Debayoyellow card
- 90' James Debayosecond yellow, sent off
- Full-time · 3:2
Match stats
Shooting
Play
Defence
Discipline
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cardiff City Yousef Salech
- 2. place · Cardiff City Cian Ashford
- 3. place · Swindon Town Billy Kirkman
Cardiff City
Show all (21)Show fewer
Pro analysis
GolVolt ProPro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.
- GolVolt’s own goals model
- XI stability
- Matches with this profile
The grey bars are figures available in Pro.
Unlock from €3.25 a month See the full sample on the match of the dayAbsences
Cardiff City · 1 out
-
Eli King Injured
since 26 Aug 2025 · return date unknown · 54 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Tear
Swindon Town
No absences listed.
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.
Lineups
Archived lineups are unavailable for this match.