Updated 16 December 2025, after full time.
Cardiff 1-3 Chelsea in the Carabao Cup at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff on 16 December 2025. Scorers: David Turnbull for Cardiff; Alejandro Garnacho ×2, Pedro Neto for Chelsea.
Cardiff 1-3 Chelsea was the final score in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 16 December 2025 at Cardiff City Stadium. Scorers: David Turnbull for Cardiff; Alejandro Garnacho (2), Pedro Neto for Chelsea. The Stats tab of this page has both teams' shots, fouls, cards and tackles from the game, and every player's numbers.
Cardiff vs Chelsea was played at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff on Tuesday 16 December 2025, the home ground of Cardiff, which holds 33,280 people. It finished Cardiff 1-3 Chelsea in the Carabao Cup, with kick-off at 20:00 UK time.
Cardiff have won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 5 games, scoring 11 and conceding 12, with results reading D W L D W from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 5-4 win at home to Burnley in the Championship on 7 November.
Chelsea have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 games, scoring 5 and conceding 4, with results reading W L D W L from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 0-1 defeat away to Sunderland in the Premier League on 8 November.
Jack Moylan leads Cardiff with 9 goals across their last 10 games, 0.9 a game, the most of any Cardiff player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Cardiff player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Morgan Rogers leads Chelsea with 5 goals across their last 10 games, 0.5 a game, the most of any Chelsea player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Chelsea player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Tony Harrington refereed Cardiff vs Chelsea, averaging 21.6 fouls and 4.4 yellow cards per game across 5 games this season. That is 0.20 red cards a game, and the referee card on this page sets the record beside both teams' fouls and cards.
| Stat | Cardiff | Chelsea |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 46% | 54% |
| Shots | 10 | 20 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 7 |
| Corners | 2 | 8 |
| Fouls | 5 | 9 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
| Tackles | 18 | 26 |
| Passes | 445 | 540 |
Cardiff: D. Turnbull 75'. Chelsea: A. Garnacho 57', P. Neto 82', A. Garnacho 90+3'.
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 1.8 | 7 of 24 |
| Goals against | 1.8 | 19 of 24 |
| Shots | 16.5 | 4 of 24 |
| Shots on target | 6.3 | 2 of 24 |
| Fouls | 9.8 | 20 of 24 |
| Tackles | 13.2 | 22 of 24 |
| Passes | 494 | 5 of 24 |
| Corners | 6.4 | 3 of 24 |
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 1.9 | 3 of 20 |
| Goals against | 1.6 | 14 of 20 |
| Shots | 13.6 | 11 of 20 |
| Shots on target | 5.7 | 1 of 20 |
| Fouls | 9.5 | 19 of 20 |
| Tackles | 16.5 | 8 of 20 |
| Passes | 453.1 | 7 of 20 |
| Corners | 5.5 | 6 of 20 |