Mansfield Town FC vs Cardiff City FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Mansfield Town FC vs Cardiff City FC — League One at One Call Stadium.
- Mansfield Town FC 46 games · 65 pts (2025/26)
- Cardiff City FC 46 games · 91 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Charles Breakspear
- Assistant 1 Matthew Malton (England)
- Assistant 2 Andrew Aylott
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Lincoln City FC 46 103 2 Cardiff City FC 46 91 3 Stockport County FC 46 77 4 Bradford City AFC 46 77 5 Bolton Wanderers FC 46 75 6 Stevenage FC 46 75 7 Luton Town FC 46 74 8 Plymouth Argyle FC 46 73 9 Huddersfield Town AFC 46 67 10 Mansfield Town FC 46 65 11 Wycombe Wanderers FC 46 63 12 Reading FC 46 63 13 Blackpool FC 46 60 14 Doncaster Rovers FC 46 60 15 Barnsley FC 46 59 16 Wigan Athletic FC 46 56 17 Burton Albion FC 46 54 18 Peterborough United FC 46 53 19 AFC Wimbledon 46 53 20 Leyton Orient FC 46 52 21 Exeter City FC 46 49 22 Port Vale FC 46 42 23 Rotherham United FC 46 41 24 Northampton Town FC 46 35 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Cardiff City FC H 5–4 W 28 Apr Peterborough United FC A 0–0 D 25 Apr Huddersfield Town AFC A 4–1 W 21 Apr Stockport County FC A 1–0 W 18 Apr Luton Town FC H 2–2 D 14 Apr Leyton Orient FC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Mansfield Town FC A 4–5 L 25 Apr Northampton Town FC H 5–1 W 22 Apr Port Vale FC H 1–0 W 18 Apr Reading FC A 3–1 W 14 Apr Huddersfield Town AFC A 1–1 D 11 Apr Bolton Wanderers FC H 2–0 W Season Stats
Mansfield Town FC Cardiff City FC #10 Position #2 65 Points 91 46 Played 46 16 / 17 / 13 W / D / L 27 / 10 / 9 62 Scored 90 50 Conceded 50 +12 GD +40 1.41 PPG 1.98 35% Win % 59% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history35% Clean Sheets
Mansfield Town FC this season37% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this seasonMansfield Town FC are 10th (65 pts). Cardiff City FC are 2nd (91 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Mansfield Town FC to score. At the same time, Cardiff City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 2' Goal! Ryan Sweeney scores his 8 goal in 109 matches.
- 7' Mansfield Town FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 12' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 17' Mansfield Town FC is showing some good football. However, Mansfield Town FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 22' Cardiff City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Omari Kellyman scoring 2 goals.
- 23' GOAL! Lucas Akins scores on 23.
- 26' Lucas Akins with the second goal in the match!
- 31' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Cardiff City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 36' Jordan Bowery has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 41' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Cardiff City FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 46' Mansfield Town FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 46.
- 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 56' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Cardiff City FC that had 364 games and scored 336 goals.
- 61' GOAL! Isaak Davies scores on 61.
- 63' Goal! Rhys Oates scores his 5 goal in 98 matches.
- 65' Cardiff City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 65.
- 66' GOAL! Omari Kellyman scores on 66.
- 71' It’s high time Brian Barry-Murphy made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 79' GOAL! Oliver Irow scores on 79. Assisted by Louis Reed
- 82' That looks like a foul for a card for Regan Hendry.
- 86' GOAL! Ronan Kpakio scores on 86.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Oliver Irow on 90.
- The final score is 5-4.
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Mansfield Town FC
3-1-4-2Starting XI- 7
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- 18
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Bench- 29
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- 34
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Coach Nigel CloughCardiff City FC
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 14
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- 30
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- 22
- 27
- 11
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- 48
- 44
Bench- 39
- 18
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Coach Brian Barry-Murphy -
Head to Head
Mansfield Town FC Form
2026-05-02 Mansfield Town FC 5–4 Cardiff City FC W 2026-04-28 Peterborough United FC 0–0 Mansfield Town FC D 2026-04-25 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–4 Mansfield Town FC W 2026-04-21 Stockport County FC 0–1 Mansfield Town FC W 2026-04-18 Mansfield Town FC 2–2 Luton Town FC D 2026-04-14 Leyton Orient FC 0–0 Mansfield Town FC DCardiff City FC Form
2026-05-02 Mansfield Town FC 5–4 Cardiff City FC L 2026-04-25 Cardiff City FC 5–1 Northampton Town FC W 2026-04-22 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Port Vale FC W 2026-04-18 Reading FC 1–3 Cardiff City FC W 2026-04-14 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2026-04-11 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Bolton Wanderers FC W