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Cardiff City vs Wrexham: result, line-ups and stats

Cardiff City 21 · 4 points
  • 90' Rubin Colwill
1 - 1
Wrexham 19 · 7 points
  • 3' Kieffer Moore

Line-ups Cardiff City vs Wrexham

Cardiff City 4-1-4-1 · Brian Barry-Murphy
1 Trott
23 Scanlon
3 Bagan
4 Osho
38 Ng
18 Robertson
16 Willock
45 Ashford
8 Moylan
11 Tanner
9 Salech
  • 62' Rubin Colwill Ollie Tanner
  • 63' Joel Colwill Chris Willock
  • 80' Ronan Kpakio Calum Scanlon
  • 80' Isaak Davies Cian Ashford
  • 80' Callum Robinson Alex Robertson

Line-up for Cardiff City: Trott, Scanlon, Bagan, Osho, Ng, Robertson, Willock, Ashford, Moylan, Tanner, Salech

Bench
  • 30 H. Tyrer
  • 44 R. Kpakio 80'
  • 40 N. Anyadike
  • 14 D. Turnbull
  • 10 R. Colwill 63'
  • 27 J. Colwill 63'
  • 33 R. Tankiewicz
  • 39 I. Davies 80'
  • 47 C. Robinson 80'
Absentees Cardiff City

Chambers, Lawlor, Davies, Colwill, Fish (injured)

Wrexham 5-4-1 · Phil Parkinson
22 Patterson
14 Thomason
2 Doyle
5 Hyam
26 Vyner
30 Imray
33 Broadhead
27 O'Brien
37 James
20 Rathbone
19 Moore
  • 67' Ben Whiteman Oliver Rathbone
  • 72' Davis Keillor-Dunn Nathan Broadhead
  • 72' Sam Smith Kieffer Moore
  • 75' George Dobson Matty James
  • 75' Ryan Longman Danny Imray

Line-up for Wrexham: Patterson, Thomason, Doyle, Hyam, Vyner, Imray, Broadhead, O'Brien, James, Rathbone, Moore

Bench
  • 21 D. Ward
  • 24 D. Scarr
  • 4 M. Cleworth
  • 15 G. Dobson 75'
  • 47 R. Longman 75'
  • 8 B. Whiteman 67'
  • 7 D. Keillor-Dunn 72'
  • 11 B. Cadamarteri
  • 28 S. Smith 72'
Absentees Wrexham

Thomason, Cacace, Cleworth, Rathbone, Revan (injured)

Players to watch

The five players from each team with the most combined goals and assists this season.

All stats

Cardiff City

  1. Cian Ashford Midfielder 2 goals 1 assists
  2. Rubin Colwill Midfielder 1 goals 1 assists
  3. Perry Ng Defender 1 goals 0 assists
  4. Yousef Salech Forward 1 goals 0 assists
  5. Jack Moylan Midfielder 1 goals 0 assists

Wrexham

  1. Kieffer Moore Forward 2 goals 0 assists
  2. Danny Imray Defender 1 goals 2 assists
  3. Jacques Ekomié Midfielder 2 goals 0 assists
  4. Callum Doyle Defender 1 goals 0 assists
  5. Lewis O'Brien Midfielder 0 goals 1 assists

Playing time and form

Who has played the most in recent weeks, and how have they performed?

Cardiff City

Player Starts Min. Form
Nathan Trott 5/5 450 solid
Perry Ng 5/5 450 strong
Gabriel Osho 5/5 450 strong
Joel Bagan 5/5 449 strong
Alex Robertson 5/5 448 strong
Jack Moylan 5/5 435 mixed
Yousef Salech 5/5 430 poor
Ollie Tanner 5/5 424 solid

Wrexham

Player Starts Min. Form
Anthony Patterson 5/5 450 solid
Callum Doyle 5/5 450 strong
Ben Whiteman 5/5 450 solid
Dominic Hyam 4/5 383 solid
Jacques Ekomié 4/5 350 strong
Lewis O'Brien 4/5 327 solid
Matty James 3/4 293 solid
Kieffer Moore 3/5 263 solid

Stats

Cardiff City Match Wrexham
  • 0.90 xG 1.43
  • 67% Possession 33%
  • 11 Shots 18
  • 3 Shots on target 8
  • 6 Shots off target 8
  • 9 Corners 9
  • 9 Fouls 13
  • 3 Offsides 1
  • 1 Yellow cards 2
  • 0 Red cards 0

Team comparison

CAR home Per match WRX away
1.00 Points 1.25
1.33 Goals for 1.00
1.33 Goals against 1.75
2.36 xG for 1.17
1.35 xG against 1.23
9.7 Corners 4.8
DDD Home and away form DWDL

Cardiff City vs Wrexham: head-to-head record

1 previous meetings
1 Cardiff City 0 draws 0 Wrexham
  • Goals per match3.00
  • Both teams scored100%
  • Over 2.5 goals100%
  • Oct 2025 Wrexham 1 - 2 Cardiff City

Frequently asked questions

Who is the referee for Cardiff City vs Wrexham?

A. Kitchen took charge of Cardiff City vs Wrexham.

Who is unavailable for Cardiff City against Wrexham?

Cardiff City are without Calum Chambers (knee injury), Dylan Lawlor (muscle injury), Isaak Davies (injury), Rubin Colwill (health problems) and Will Fish (hernia).

Who is unavailable for Wrexham against Cardiff City?

Wrexham are without George Thomason (thigh injury), Liberato Cacace (calf injury), Max Cleworth (muscle injury), Oliver Rathbone (ankle injury) and Sebastian Revan (hamstring injury).

What formation do Cardiff City play?

Cardiff City have used a 4-2-3-1 formation in their last 5 matches under Barry-Murphy.

What formation do Wrexham play?

Wrexham have used a 3-4-2-1 formation in their last 5 matches under Parkinson.

How did the last meeting between Cardiff City and Wrexham finish?

On 28 October 2025, Wrexham vs Cardiff City finished 1-2.

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