Updated 16 August 2025, after full time.
Cardiff 3-0 Rotherham in League One at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff on 16 August 2025. Scorers: Rubin Colwill, Yousef Salech, Cian Ashford for Cardiff. In their last 5 meetings, Cardiff have won 4, Rotherham 1, with 0 draws.
Cardiff 3-0 Rotherham was the final score in League One on Saturday 16 August 2025 at Cardiff City Stadium. Scorers: Rubin Colwill, Yousef Salech, Cian Ashford for Cardiff. The Stats tab of this page has both teams' shots, fouls, cards and tackles from the game, and every player's numbers.
Cardiff vs Rotherham was played at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 16 August 2025, the home ground of Cardiff, which holds 33,280 people. It finished Cardiff 3-0 Rotherham in League One, with kick-off at 15:00 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.
Rotherham have won 0, drawn 2 and lost 3 of their last 5 games, scoring 7 and conceding 13, with results reading L L D D L from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 1-2 defeat away to Swindon in the League Two on 31 October.
Across the last 5 meetings Cardiff have won 4, Rotherham have won 1 and 0 were drawn, with Cardiff scoring 10 goals to Rotherham's 6. The most recent was Rotherham United 0-3 Cardiff City on 7 February 2026 in the League One.
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.
Paul Mullin leads Rotherham with 7 goals across their last 10 games, 0.7 a game, the most of any Rotherham player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Rotherham player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Thomas Parsons refereed Cardiff vs Rotherham, averaging 23.0 fouls and 4.7 yellow cards per game across 3 games this season. That is 0.33 red cards a game, and the referee card on this page sets the record beside both teams' fouls and cards.
| Date | Competition | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 2026 | League One | Rotherham United vs Cardiff City | 0-3 |
| 4 May 2024 | Championship | Rotherham United vs Cardiff City | 5-2 |
| 30 Sep 2023 | Championship | Cardiff City vs Rotherham United | 2-0 |
| 27 Apr 2023 | Championship | Rotherham United vs Cardiff City | 1-2 |
| 29 Oct 2022 | Championship | Cardiff City vs Rotherham United | 1-0 |
| Stat | Cardiff | Rotherham |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 75% | 25% |
| Shots | 14 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 1 |
| Corners | 7 | 0 |
| Fouls | 16 | 15 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Tackles | 4 | 21 |
| Passes | 653 | 211 |
Cardiff: Y. Salech 43', C. Ashford 55', R. Colwill 60'.
| 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 | 1.3 | 16 of 24 |
| Goals against | 1.8 | 22 of 24 |
| Shots | 11.2 | 17 of 24 |
| Shots on target | 3.6 | 18 of 24 |
| Fouls | 13.1 | 4 of 24 |
| Tackles | 13.3 | 20 of 24 |
| Passes | 364.3 | 10 of 24 |
| Corners | 3.4 | 24 of 24 |