English League One

Cardiff City vs Rotherham United

16 August 2025Cardiff City Stadium, CardiffMD3MD 3

home

Cardiff City

Brian Barry-Murphy

3–0

HT 1–0

away

Rotherham United

John Paintsil

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Match events

Home · Cardiff City

Rotherham United · Away

Goals

43'Yousef Salech · assist David Turnbull
55'C. Ashford · assist David Turnbull
60'Rubin Colwill · assist Yousef Salech

Substitutions

88'Calum Chambers↑Ronan Kpakio
35'Joel Bagan↑Dakarai Mafico
81'Isaak Davies↑C. Ashford
81'Joel Colwill↑Rubin Colwill
82'Callum Robinson↑Yousef Salech

Marvin Kaleta↑Lenny Agbaire46'
Jack Holmes↑Liam Kelly60'
James Clarke↑Dru Yearwood75'
Ciaran McGuckin↑Ar'jany Martha75'

Cards

32'Dakarai Mafico ·
51'Joel Bagan ·

Ar'jany Martha · 20'
Lenny Agbaire · 38'
Sean Raggett · 68'

Lineups

Cardiff City

Manager · Brian Barry-Murphy

Starting XI

2William Fish
6Ryan Wintle
10Rubin Colwill
11Ollie Tanner
13Nathan Trott
14David Turnbull
22Yousef Salech
28Dakarai Mafico
44Ronan Kpakio
45C. Ashford
48Dylan Lawlor

Substitutes

3Joel Bagan
12Calum Chambers
16Chris Willock
27Joel Colwill
39Isaak Davies
41Matthew Turner
47Callum Robinson

Rotherham United

Manager · John Paintsil

Starting XI

1Cameron Dawson
3Zak Jules
4Liam Kelly
5Sean Raggett
6Reece James
9Jordan Hugill
11Ar'jany Martha
16Dru Yearwood
18Lenny Agbaire
22Denzel Hall
44Daniel Gore

Substitutes

2Joe Rafferty
13Ted Cann
14Marvin Kaleta
23Jack Holmes
35Ciaran McGuckin
37James Clarke
38Kane Richardson

Details

Sport

Football

Competition

English League One

Date

16 August 2025

Venue

Cardiff City Stadium

City

Cardiff

Stage

MD3

Matchday