Huddersfield Town AFC vs Cardiff City FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Cardiff City FC

Tue 14 Apr 2026 · 18:45 UTC John Smith's Stadium 16,325 HT 45' · FT 45'

Ryan Ledson 27' 1–0

1–1 90+5' Yousef Salech

Y 45' Alex Robertson

Y 59' Dylan Lawlor

Y 72' Ryan Wintle

Y 90' Joel Colwill

Sean Roughan 90' Y

Overview

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Huddersfield Town AFC vs Cardiff City FC — League One at John Smith's Stadium.

Huddersfield Town AFC 1 games · 3 pts (2026/27)
Cardiff City FC 46 games · 91 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee
Assistant 1 Sam Wesson (England)
Assistant 2 Daniel Jarvis (England)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
3	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
4	Exeter City FC	46	49
5	Port Vale FC	46	42
6	Rotherham United FC	46	41
7	Northampton Town FC	46	35
8	Huddersfield Town AFC	1	3
9	Stockport County FC	1	3
10	Bradford City AFC	1	3
11	Luton Town FC	1	3
12	Cambridge United FC	1	3
13	Mansfield Town FC	1	3
14	Sheffield Wednesday FC	1	3
15	Bromley FC	1	3
16	Oxford United FC	1	1
17	Milton Keynes Dons FC	1	1
18	Stevenage FC	1	1
19	Wycombe Wanderers FC	1	1
20	Blackpool FC	1	1
21	Burton Albion FC	1	1
22	Leicester City FC	1	1
23	Notts County FC	1	1
24	Reading FC	1	0
25	Wigan Athletic FC	1	0
26	Doncaster Rovers FC	1	0
27	Leyton Orient FC	1	0
28	Barnsley FC	1	0
29	Plymouth Argyle FC	1	0
30	Peterborough United FC	1	0
31	AFC Wimbledon	1	0

Head-to-Head

Huddersfield Town AFC 14 games · Avg 2.2 goals Cardiff City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-14 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Cardiff City FC 2025-12-06 Cardiff City FC 3–2 Huddersfield Town AFC 2024-03-06 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC 2023-10-24 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–4 Cardiff City FC 2023-04-30 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Huddersfield Town AFC

Recent Form

Huddersfield Town AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Apr	Cardiff City FC	H	1–1	D
11 Apr	Wycombe Wanderers FC	H	3–3	D
06 Apr	Leyton Orient FC	A	2–1	W
03 Apr	Reading FC	H	1–1	D
21 Mar	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	1–3	L
17 Mar	Lincoln City FC	H	2–2	D

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Apr	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	1–1	D
11 Apr	Bolton Wanderers FC	H	2–0	W
06 Apr	Peterborough United FC	A	1–1	D
21 Mar	Blackpool FC	H	0–0	D
17 Mar	Wycombe Wanderers FC	H	0–2	L
14 Mar	Exeter City FC	A	4–0	W

Season Stats

Huddersfield Town AFC		Cardiff City FC
#8	Position	#2
3	Points	91
1	Played	46
1 / 0 / 0	W / D / L	27 / 10 / 9
3	Scored	90
0	Conceded	50
+3	GD	+40
3.00	PPG	1.98
100%	Win %	59%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

100% Clean Sheets
Huddersfield Town AFC this season

Huddersfield Town AFC are 8th (3 pts). Cardiff City FC are 2nd (91 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Huddersfield Town AFC

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/–

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Huddersfield Town AFC gets underway.
5' Murray Wallace is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Huddersfield Town AFC tonight.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Huddersfield Town AFC must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Gabriel Osho is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Huddersfield Town AFC.
20' Huddersfield Town AFC have won 378 goals from 369 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
27' Assisted by Lasse Sorensen with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ryan Ledson makes no mistake. 1-0!
32' The energy levels are beginning to show. Brian Barry-Murphy might look to freshen things up shortly.
37' Chris Willock has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
38' Bojan Radulovic makes way for George Sebine at the 38 minute mark. A tactical switch from Huddersfield Town AFC.
43' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Alex Robertson argues furiously but the card stands.
50' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
55' Cardiff City FC come into this ranked 2 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
59' The referee calls foul for Dylan Lawlor. He receives a card.
60' Another substitution for Cardiff City FC to replace Alex Robertson by David Turnbull on 60 minute.
65' Cameron Humphreys needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
66' A tactical swap from Cardiff City FC — Callum Robinson on, Rubin Colwill off on 66 minutes.
71' A quiet spell here at John Smith's Stadium. Cardiff City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
72' Controversy at the stadium! Ryan Wintle argues furiously but the card stands.
76' Huddersfield Town AFC make a change. Ryan Ledson trudges off to be replaced by Marcus McGuane on 76 minutes.
77' Mickel Miller gets the nod from Huddersfield Town AFC. He replaces David Kasumu and will look to change the dynamic.
82' Over 82 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
83' Cardiff City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Joel Colwill is hanging Ryan Wintle on the field on 83 minute.
88' Huddersfield Town AFC ring the changes. Bali Mumba has done his job and it is now time for Joe Low to step up.
90' A moment of madness from Joel Colwill on 90 minutes earns him a card. Cardiff City FC will be frustrated.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Huddersfield Town AFC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

26
Alfie May
17
Marcus McGuane ↑ 76'
21
Antony Evans
5
Joe Low ↑ 88'
14
Mickel Miller ↑ 77'
33
Nikola Tzanev
42
George Sebine ↑ 38'

Coach Liam Manning

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

47
Callum Robinson ↑ 66'
4
Gabriel Osho ↑ 60'
14
David Turnbull ↑ 60'
22
Yousef Salech ↑ 60'
27
Joel Colwill ↑ 83'
41
Matthew Turner
23
Calum Scanlon

Coach Brian Barry-Murphy

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kieffer Moore	5
Jordan Rhodes	2
Yousef Salech	1
Junior Hoilett	1
Jack Simpson	1
Josh Murphy	1
Matthew Pearson	1
Callum Paterson	1

Head to Head

Huddersfield Town AFC Form

2026-04-14 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2026-04-11 Huddersfield Town AFC 3–3 Wycombe Wanderers FC D 2026-04-06 Leyton Orient FC 1–2 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2026-04-03 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Reading FC D 2026-03-21 Plymouth Argyle FC 3–1 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2026-03-17 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–2 Lincoln City FC D

Cardiff City FC Form

2026-04-14 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2026-04-11 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Bolton Wanderers FC W 2026-04-06 Peterborough United FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2026-03-21 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Blackpool FC D 2026-03-17 Cardiff City FC 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers FC L 2026-03-14 Exeter City FC 0–4 Cardiff City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.03 Huddersfield Town AFC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.94 Cardiff City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Huddersfield Town AFC55% Draw25% Cardiff City FC20%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Huddersfield Town AFC or Draw

79%

Draw or Cardiff City FC

45%

Huddersfield Town AFC or Cardiff City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Huddersfield Town AFC44% Draw42% Cardiff City FC14%

Actual: Huddersfield Town AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

10.4%

1 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

9.6%

3 – 0

6.9%

0 – 0

6.8%

3 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

4.5%

1 – 2

4.4%

0 – 1

4.1%

4 – 0

3.5%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Huddersfield Town AFC

Handicap	Huddersfield Town AFC covers	Push	Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	23%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Huddersfield Town AFC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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