Cardiff City 2-3 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Cardiff City 2-3 Swansea City

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Cardiff City · Swansea City · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-3 Swansea City: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Swansea City 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Joël Piroe opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from J. Philogene (35') and Sory Kaba (83'). Swansea City scored through Joël Piroe (3'), Liam Cullen (33') and Ben Cabango (90+9').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 39 points from 37 and Swansea City 16th on 46 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Swansea City 10th with 66.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Swansea City in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sory Kaba of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Ben Cabango (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Joël PiroeSwansea City · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · Liam CullenSwansea City · 0-2
  • 35'Goal · J. PhilogeneCardiff City · 1-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ryan ManningSwansea City
  • 50'Yellow card · Olivier NtchamSwansea City
  • 55'Yellow card · Jay FultonSwansea City
  • 57'Yellow card · Oliver CooperSwansea City
  • 58'Yellow card · A. RinomhotaCardiff City
  • 83'Goal · Sory KabaCardiff City · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Joël PiroeSwansea City
  • 90+7'Yellow card · C. KipréCardiff City
  • 90+9'Goal · Ben CabangoSwansea City · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 1, Swansea City 6.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (3-5-2)

Ryan Allsop, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Mark McGuinness, Jaden Philogene, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Ryan Wintle, Joe Ralls, Callum O'Dowda, Sory Kaba, Sheyi Ojo

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

Andy Fisher, Harry Darling, Ben Cabango, Nathan Wood, Ryan Manning, Matt Grimes, Luke Cundle, Liam Walsh, Olivier Ntcham, Joël Piroe, Liam Cullen