Reading 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report
League One · Saturday 18 April 2026
Result
Reading 1-3 Cardiff City
League One · Saturday 18 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 1-3 Cardiff City: match report
Reading lost to Cardiff City 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Rubin Colwill opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Reading's goal came from Daniel Kyerewaa (73'). Cardiff City scored through Rubin Colwill (40'), Omari Kellyman (55') and Perry Ng (86').
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 10th on 62 points from 43 and Cardiff City 2nd on 82 points from 42. Reading went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.
Reading lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Wintle of Cardiff City (8.8), ahead of Omari Kellyman (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 3 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Rubin Colwill
- 41'Yellow card · Gabriel Osho
- 55'Goal · Omari Kellyman
- 63'Yellow card · Daniel Kyerewaa
- 63'Yellow card · Ryan Wintle
- 64'Yellow card · Paudie O'Connor
- 69'Yellow card · Finley Burns
- 72'Yellow card · Dylan Lawlor
- 73'Goal · Daniel Kyerewaa
- 86'Goal · Perry Ng
- 90+10'Yellow card · Will Fish
Head-to-head
Team news
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Reading line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joel Pereira, Finley Burns, Paudie O'Connor, Jeriel Dorsett, Ryan Nyambe, Lewis Wing, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Haydon Roberts, Daniel Kyerewaa, Paddy Lane, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Gabriel Osho, Dylan Lawlor, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Chris Willock, Omari Kellyman