Burnley 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 23 September 2025

Result

Burnley 1-2 Cardiff City

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 23 September 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Burnley 1-2 Cardiff City: match report

Burnley were beaten by Cardiff City 1-2 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 23 September 2025. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Joel Colwill opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Burnley's goal came from Zian Flemming (56'). Cardiff City scored through Joel Colwill (30') and Callum Robinson (35').

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Burnley lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Colwill of Cardiff City (8.2), ahead of Nathan Trott (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Burnley wins, 4 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Lesley UgochukwuBurnley
  • 30'Goal · Joel ColwillCardiff City · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Marcus EdwardsBurnley
  • 35'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 0-2
  • 56'Goal · Zian FlemmingBurnley · 1-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Ryan WintleCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 5, draws 4, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

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Burnley line-up (3-4-1-2)

Max Oliver Weiß, Axel Tuanzebe, Joe Worrall, Bashir Humphreys, Oliver Sonne, Lesley Ugochukwu, Hannibal, Lucas Pires, Marcus Edwards, Armando Broja, Zian Flemming

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Calum Chambers, Will Fish, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Joel Colwill, Cian Ashford, Rubin Colwill, Isaak Davies, Callum Robinson