Cardiff City 2-1 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 August 2025

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Peterborough United

League One · Saturday 2 August 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 2-1 Peterborough United: match report

Cardiff City defeated Peterborough United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 August 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

B. Ihionvien opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Rubin Colwill (48') and Ronan Kpakio (60'). Peterborough United scored through B. Ihionvien (33', penalty).

Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Peterborough United received 1 yellow card.

Cardiff City went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Peterborough United 18th with 53.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Peterborough United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Tanner of Cardiff City (8.0), ahead of Rubin Colwill (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Peterborough United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Dylan LawlorCardiff City
  • 33'Penalty goal · B. IhionvienPeterborough United · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Rubin ColwillCardiff City · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Ollie TannerCardiff City
  • 60'Goal · Ronan KpakioCardiff City · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Joel BaganCardiff City
  • 85'Yellow card · H. MillsPeterborough United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 2, Peterborough United 3.

Team news

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

Matthew Turner, Ronan Kpakio, Dylan Lawlor, Will Fish, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Ollie Tanner, Joel Colwill, Rubin Colwill, Cian Ashford, Yousef Salech

Peterborough United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nicholas Bilokapic, Carl Johnston, David Okagbue, O. Wallin, Harley Mills, Archie Collins, Brandon Khela, Declan Frith, Donay O'Brien-Brady, Abraham Odoh, Bradley Ihionvien