Huddersfield Town 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 23 February 2022

Result

Huddersfield Town 2-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Wednesday 23 February 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Huddersfield Town 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Huddersfield Town beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 23 February 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

T. Doyle opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Josh Koroma (88') and Jon Russell (90+6'). Cardiff City scored through T. Doyle (61').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 5th on 53 points from 33 and Cardiff City 20th on 36 points from 32. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 4th with 86 points, and Cardiff City 19th with 53.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cardiff City in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Koroma of Huddersfield Town (7.8), level with Lee Nicholls (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Huddersfield Town wins, 3 draws and 7 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

12'Yellow card · Mark McGuinnessCardiff City
61'Goal · T. DoyleCardiff City · 0-1
74'Yellow card · Mark HarrisCardiff City
76'Yellow card · T. DoyleCardiff City
79'Yellow card · Jordan HugillCardiff City
85'Yellow card · J. BaganCardiff City
88'Goal · Josh KoromaHuddersfield Town · 1-1
90+1'Yellow card · Jon RussellHuddersfield Town
90+2'Yellow card · Alex SmithiesCardiff City
90+5'Yellow card · Will VaulksCardiff City
90+6'Goal · Jon RussellHuddersfield Town · 2-1
90+8'Yellow card · Sorba ThomasHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Huddersfield Town 0, draws 3, Cardiff City 7.

Cardiff City 2-1 Huddersfield TownChampionship · 6 Nov 2021
Huddersfield Town 0-0 Cardiff CityChampionship · 5 Mar 2021
Cardiff City 3-0 Huddersfield TownChampionship · 1 Dec 2020
Huddersfield Town 0-3 Cardiff CityChampionship · 12 Feb 2020
Cardiff City 2-1 Huddersfield TownChampionship · 21 Aug 2019
Cardiff City 0-0 Huddersfield TownPremier League · 12 Jan 2019

Team news

Unavailable

Marley WatkinsCardiff City · injury (Foot Injury)
Leandro BacunaCardiff City · injury (Unknown Injury)
Curtis NelsonCardiff City · injury (Calf Injury)
Sean MorrisonCardiff City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Kieffer MooreCardiff City · injury (Fractured Foot)

Huddersfield Town line-up (3-4-3)

Lee Nicholls, Ollie Turton, Matty Pearson, Tom Lees, Sorba Thomas, Jon Russell, Lewis O'Brien, Josh Ruffels, Danel Sinani, Daniel Ward, Duane Holmes

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

Alex Smithies, Cody Drameh, Perry Ng, Aden Flint, Mark McGuinness, Joel Bagan, Tommy Doyle, Ryan Wintle, Will Vaulks, Isaak Davies, Jordan Hugill