Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 August 2025
Result
Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 16 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 3-0 Rotherham United: match report
Cardiff City defeated Rotherham United 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 August 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Yousef Salech opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Yousef Salech (43'), Cian Ashford (55') and Rubin Colwill (60'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 8th on 4 points from 2 and Rotherham United 15th on 3 points from 2. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Rotherham United 23rd with 41.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David Turnbull of Cardiff City (8.5), ahead of Yousef Salech (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Ar'jany Martha
- 32'Yellow card · Dakarai Mafico
- 38'Yellow card · Lenny Agbaire
- 43'Goal · Yousef Salech
- 51'Yellow card · Joel Bagan
- 55'Goal · Cian Ashford
- 60'Goal · Rubin Colwill
- 68'Yellow card · S. Raggett
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Will Fish, Dylan Lawlor, Dakarai Mafico, David Turnbull, Ryan Wintle, Cian Ashford, Rubin Colwill, Ollie Tanner, Yousef Salech
Rotherham United line-up (5-3-2)
Cameron Dawson, Denzel Hall, Lenny Agbaire, Sean Raggett, Zak Jules, Reece James, Dan Gore, Liam Kelly, Dru Yearwood, Jordan Hugill, Ar'jany Martha