Cardiff City 4-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 13 December 2025
Result
Cardiff City 4-3 Doncaster Rovers
League One · Saturday 13 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Cardiff City 4-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Cardiff City beat Doncaster Rovers 4-3 in the League One on Saturday 13 December 2025. The half-time score was 2-2.
Owen Bailey opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Omari Kellyman (25'), Cian Ashford (34'), Yousef Salech (50') and Joel Bagan (90+9'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Owen Bailey (15'), B. Hanlan (42') and Harry Clifton (72').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 1st on 38 points from 18 and Doncaster Rovers 19th on 22 points from 19. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 60.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yousef Salech of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Harry Clifton (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Owen Bailey
- 25'Goal · Omari Kellyman
- 34'Goal · Cian Ashford
- 42'Goal · B. Hanlan
- 50'Goal · Yousef Salech
- 57'Yellow card · Alex Robertson
- 59'Yellow card · Ben Close
- 72'Goal · Harry Clifton
- 76'Yellow card · Owen Bailey
- 82'Yellow card · Ryan Wintle
- 90+9'Goal · Joel Bagan
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Will Fish, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Omari Kellyman, Isaak Davies, Yousef Salech
Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Seán Grehan, Connor O'Riordan, Jay McGrath, Luke Molyneux, Ben Close, Owen Bailey, Charlie Crew, James Maxwell, Brandon Hanlan, Harry Clifton