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Cardiff City

21st · 1-4-3 · 7 pts · -2

Ugh, no.

Cardiff City lost to Portsmouth

0-3-2 0 – 2

2-0-3

FT · Sat, Sep 5

Match Details

Fratton Park (Portsmouth) · 20,459 fans

Commentary

·Match ends, Portsmouth 2, Cardiff City 0.
90'+11'Second Half ends, Portsmouth 2, Cardiff City 0.
90'+11'Attempt missed. Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
90'+10'Jack Moylan (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+10'Foul by Iyad Mohamed (Portsmouth).
90'+9'Perry Ng (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+9'Foul by Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (Portsmouth).
90'+8'Attempt missed. Jack Moylan (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
90'+7'Offside, Portsmouth. Adrian Segecic is caught offside.
90'+6'Foul by Jack Moylan (Cardiff City).
90'+6'Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4'Substitution, Portsmouth. Iyad Mohamed replaces Marlon Pack.

Line Score

	1	2	T
CAR	0	0	0
POR	1	1	2

Match Leaders

Cardiff City

JM Jack Moylan · 4Total Shots
NT Nathan Trott · 3Saves
GO Gabriel Osho · 9Defensive Interventions
GO Gabriel Osho · 61Accurate Passes

Portsmouth

CS Conor Shaughnessy · 1Goals
MM Marko Milovanovic · 4Total Shots
DB Daniel Bielica · 5Saves
MP Marlon Pack · 11Defensive Interventions
Rocco Robert Shein · 21Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	+7	17
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	+11	15
3	Boro	8	4	3	1	+4	15
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	+5	14
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	+2	14
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	+3	13
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	+1	13
8	Bristol City	8	4	1	3	-1	13
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	+1	11
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11
12	Lincoln City	8	3	2	3	-1	11
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	+9	10
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9
17	Norwich City	8	3	0	5	-1	9
18	Sheffield Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4

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Key Events

90'+4'Substitution, Portsmouth. Iyad Mohamed replaces Marlon Pack.

90'+2'Yousef Salech (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.

90'+1'Substitution, Cardiff City. Calum Scanlon replaces Krystian Bielik.

86'Alex Robertson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

83'Substitution, Cardiff City. Cian Ashford replaces Ollie Tanner.

69'Substitution, Portsmouth. Ryan Kavuma-McQueen replaces Tyrese Shade.

69'Substitution, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop replaces Marezi.

65'Substitution, Portsmouth. Zak Swanson replaces Jayden Meghoma.

65'Substitution, Portsmouth. Ebou Adams replaces Rocco Shein.

64'Substitution, Cardiff City. Rubin Colwill replaces Chris Willock.

63'Substitution, Cardiff City. Joel Colwill replaces David Turnbull.

60'Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

52'Goal! Portsmouth 2, Cardiff City 0. Marezi (Portsmouth) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adrian Segecic.

31'Goal! Portsmouth 1, Cardiff City 0. Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tyrese Shade.

9'Krystian Bielik (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.