Swansea City 3-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 17 October 2021

Result

Swansea City 3-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 17 October 2021, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Swansea City · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Swansea City 3-0 Cardiff City: match report

Swansea City defeated Cardiff City 3-0 in the Championship on Sunday 17 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jamie Paterson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Jamie Paterson (29'), Joël Piroe (60') and Jake Bidwell (74'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Swansea City received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swansea City were 20th on 11 points from 11 and Cardiff City 21st on 11 points from 11. Swansea City went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Cardiff City 19th with 53.

Swansea City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sander Krabbendam of Swansea City (9.6), ahead of Jake Bidwell (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Swansea City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
  • 29'Goal · Jamie PatersonSwansea City · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · Joël PiroeSwansea City · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Ryan ManningSwansea City
  • 74'Goal · Jake BidwellSwansea City · 3-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Will VaulksCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 5, draws 1, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

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

Ben Hamer, Ryan Bennett, Kyle Naughton, Ryan Manning, Ethan Laird, Flynn Downes, Matt Grimes, Jake Bidwell, Korey Smith, Sander Krabbendam, Joël Piroe

Cardiff City line-up (5-4-1)

Alex Smithies, Mark McGuinness, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Ciaron Brown, Leandro Bacuna, Joe Ralls, Marlon Pack, Ryan Giles, Kieffer Moore