Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Cardiff City FC vs Swansea City AFC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Cardiff City FC
3 – 0
Full Time
Swansea City AFC
Sat 18 Jan 2025 · 12:30 UTC Cardiff City Stadium 26,536 HT 45' · FT 45'
Callum Robinson 47' 1–0
Callum Robinson 51' 2–0
Dimitrios Goutas 67' 3–0
Y 45' Matt Grimes
Y 81' Liam Cullen
Y 88' Florian Bianchini
Joe Ralls 90' Y
Y 90' Benjamin Cabango

Overview

Match Preview

Cardiff City FC vs Swansea City AFC — Championship at Cardiff City Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee James Bell
  • Assistant 1 Ian Cooper
  • Assistant 2 Andrew Fox

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

3
2
7
Cardiff City FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Swansea City AFC
Last 5 meetings
2025-01-18 Cardiff City FC 3–0 Swansea City AFC 2024-08-25 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Cardiff City FC 2024-03-16 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Cardiff City FC 2023-09-16 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Swansea City AFC 2023-04-01 Cardiff City FC 2–3 Swansea City AFC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Jan Swansea City AFC H 3–0 W
14 Jan Watford FC H 1–1 D
09 Jan Sheffield United FC A 1–0 W
04 Jan Middlesbrough FC A 1–1 D
01 Jan Coventry City FC H 1–1 D
29 Dec Watford FC A 2–1 W
Swansea City AFC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Jan Cardiff City FC A 0–3 L
12 Jan Southampton FC A 0–3 L
04 Jan West Bromwich Albion FC H 1–1 D
01 Jan Portsmouth FC A 0–4 L
29 Dec Luton Town FC H 2–1 W
26 Dec Queens Park Rangers FC H 3–0 W

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC Swansea City AFC
#21 Position #1
7 Points 17
8 Played 8
1 / 4 / 3 W / D / L 5 / 2 / 1
10 Scored 13
12 Conceded 6
-2 GD +7
0.88 PPG 2.13
13% Win % 63%

Key Stats

17% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season
50% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

Cardiff City FC are 21st (7 pts). Swansea City AFC are 1st (17 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cardiff City FC
0-15
2/3
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
–/3
61-75
3/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Swansea City AFC
0-15
3/2
16-30
2/–
31-45
2/2
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cardiff City FC
Jack Moylan 3 G 1 A
Yousef Salech 2 G 1 A
Cian Ashford 2 G 1 A
Rubin Colwill 1 G 1 A
Swansea City AFC
Adam Idah 3 G 1 A
Ji-sung Eom 2 G 2 A
Joseph Opoku 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Cardiff City FC host Swansea City AFC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' It looks surprising Swansea City AFC does not make any changes. Ji-sung Eom has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 15' Cardiff City FC is showing some good football. However, Cardiff City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' Dimitrios Goutas has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 24' The crowd applauds Callum O'Dowda as he leaves the pitch. Joel Bagan steps in for Cardiff City FC.
  • 29' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 34' The 25-year-old Goncalo Franco has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 39' The home supporters are growing impatient. Cardiff City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 44' Swansea City AFC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 44.
  • 45' Matt Grimes was booked on 45.
  • 47' Magnificent from Callum Robinson! That is 53 goals in 386 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 51' Magnificent from Callum Robinson! That is 53 goals in 386 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 55' The Swansea City AFC manager makes a substitution. Joe Allen departs to be replaced by Zan Vipotnik.
  • 60' It looks like no one’s ball. Swansea City AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 65' Josh Tymon needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 67' Dimitrios Goutas makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Cardiff City FC are in front.
  • 72' Ronald has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 109 appearances.
  • 76' It is a substitution in Swansea City AFC team. Josh Key is replaced by Kyle Naughton on 76 minute.
  • 81' Liam Cullen picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 84' Cardiff City FC ring the changes. Ollie Tanner has done his job and it is now time for Yakou Meite to step up.
  • 85' Fresh legs for Swansea City AFC! Sam Parker comes on to replace Ronald.
  • 88' Florian Bianchini catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 88.
  • 90' Poor challenge from Joe Ralls. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Cardiff City FC 3-0 Swansea City AFC.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Omer Riza

Swansea City AFC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luke Williams

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Michael Obafemi 4
Liam Cullen 3
Jamal Lowe 3
Callum Robinson 3
Joel Piroe 2
Benjamin Cabango 2
Dimitrios Goutas 1
Hannes Wolf 1

Head to Head

2025-01-18 Cardiff City FC 3–0 Swansea City AFC 2024-08-25 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Cardiff City FC 2024-03-16 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Cardiff City FC 2023-09-16 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Swansea City AFC 2023-04-01 Cardiff City FC 2–3 Swansea City AFC

Cardiff City FC Form

2025-01-18 Cardiff City FC 3–0 Swansea City AFC W 2025-01-14 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2025-01-09 Sheffield United FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC W 2025-01-04 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2025-01-01 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2024-12-29 Watford FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC W

Swansea City AFC Form

2025-01-18 Cardiff City FC 3–0 Swansea City AFC L 2025-01-12 Southampton FC 3–0 Swansea City AFC L 2025-01-04 Swansea City AFC 1–1 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2025-01-01 Portsmouth FC 4–0 Swansea City AFC L 2024-12-29 Swansea City AFC 2–1 Luton Town FC W 2024-12-26 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.5 Cardiff City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.14 Swansea City AFC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Cardiff City FC48% Draw26% Swansea City AFC26%
Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.64
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 49%
51%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw
75%
Draw or Swansea City AFC
52%
Cardiff City FC or Swansea City AFC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Cardiff City FC32% Draw47% Swansea City AFC21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.1%
1 – 0
9.7%
0 – 0
9.1%
2 – 1
8.8%
2 – 0
7.9%
0 – 1
7.1%
1 – 2
6.7%
2 – 2
5.1%
0 – 2
4.5%
3 – 1
4.5%
3 – 0
Actual
3 – 2
2.6%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap Cardiff City FC covers Push Swansea City AFC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 14% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 22% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 16% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✗
Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.