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Cardiff City - Colchester United (2-2), EFL Cup — latest Football results, statistics and series

Cardiff City

Cardiff City (ENG)

Colchester United

Colchester United (ENG)

Starting lineups

Cardiff City

Starting lineups confirmed

4-3-3

Lineups formation

49.9

Overall player rating

34.6 %

From the perfect composition

53%

Attacking

44%

Technical

54%

Defending

44%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
21	Jak Alnwick	G	30	0,2M+	60.3
2	Mahlon Romeo	D	28	1,1M+	47.5
26	Jack Simpson	D	26	1,4M+	45.7
44	Xavier Benjamin	D	18
17	Jamilu Collins	D	29	2,9M+	53.3
19	Romaine Sawyers	M	32	4,1M+	51.9
35	Andy Rinomhota	M	26	0,5M+	48.3
27	Rubin Colwill	M	21		54.1
32	Ollie Tanner	M	21
9	Kion Etete	F	21		49.5
25	Kieron Evans	M	21

Substitute
28	Rohan Luthra	G
3	Joel Bagan	D	22		49.7
43	Jai Semenyo	D	20
34	Joel Colwill	M	17
46	Morgan Wigley	F	18
45	Cian Ashford	M
18	Ebou Adams	M	27		54.1
54	Sheyi Ojo	F	26	2,2M+	46.7
12	Ike Ugbo	F	25	0,4M+	47.1

Colchester United

Starting lineups confirmed

4-3-1-2

Lineups formation

48.9

Overall player rating

59.3 %

From the perfect composition

56%

Attacking

45%

Technical

55%

Defending

42%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Owen Goodman	G	19
2	William Greenidge	D	21		43.9
6	Tom Dallison	D	27	0,1M+	44.3
5	Connor Hall	D	29		49.3
22	Junior Tchamadeu	M	18		45.9
8	Mauro Bandeira	M	19
16	Arthur Read	M	24		53.7
42	Jayden Fevrier	M	19
10	Noah Chilvers	F	22		52.9
24	John Akinde	F	34	0,4M+	48.7
25	Joseph Taylor	F	20		50.5

Substitute
29	Sam Hornby	G	28		48.9
28	Ronny Nelson	D	19
30	Al-Amin Kazeem	D	21		44.7
23	Nico Lawrence	D	19
3	Ellis Iandolo	D	26	0,1M+	47.7
37	Chay Cooper	M	21
7	Matt Jay	M	27	0,0M+	49.3
9	Samson Tovide	F	18
14	Tom Hopper	F	29	0,2M+	46.5

Events: Cardiff City


Championship
Round 41
2025-04-08	Preston North End - Cardiff City	-
Round 40
2025-04-05	Queens Park Rangers - Cardiff City	-
Round 39
2025-03-29	Cardiff City - Sheffield Wednesday	-
Round 38
2025-03-15	Blackburn Rovers - Cardiff City	-
Round 37
2025-03-11	Cardiff City - Luton Town	-
Round 36
2025-03-08	Sunderland - Cardiff City	2 - 1
Round 35
2025-03-04	Cardiff City - Burnley	1 - 2

FA Cup
Round 5
2025-02-28	Aston Villa - Cardiff City	2 - 0

Championship
Round 31
2025-02-25	Cardiff City - Hull City	1 - 0
Round 34
2025-02-22	Plymouth Argyle - Cardiff City	1 - 1

Match stats

Cardiff City

Colchester United

61%	Ball possession	39%
22	Total shots	6
9	Shots on target	3
7	Shots off target	1
6	Blocked shots	2
588	Passes	386
520 (88%)	Accurate passes	305 (79%)
6	Fouls	18
17	Free kicks	6
47/72 (65%)	Long balls	26/48 (54%)
20/28 (71%)	Dribbles	9/20 (45%)
122	Possession lost	130
63	Duels won	43
1	Aerials won	11
14	Interceptions	9
17	Throw-ins	24
25	Tackles	17
12	Clearances	7
2	Goal kicks	9
6	Shots outside box	2
16	Shots inside box	4
9	Corner kicks	3
4/13 (31%)	Crosses	0/5 (0%)
5	Big chances	2
3	Big chances missed	0
1	Goalkeeper saves	7
1	Hit woodwork	0
1	Offsides	0
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	1

58%	Ball possession	42%
8	Total shots	5
4	Shots on target	2
4	Shots off target	1
0	Blocked shots	2
301	Passes	212
265 (88%)	Accurate passes	167 (79%)
9	Free kicks	3
22/33 (67%)	Long balls	14/26 (54%)
8/11 (73%)	Dribbles	5/13 (38%)
62	Possession lost	74
32	Duels won	21
1	Aerials won	6
7	Interceptions	8
11	Throw-ins	18
14	Tackles	7
10	Clearances	2
1	Goal kicks	3
1	Shots outside box	1
7	Shots inside box	4
1	Corner kicks	2
0/1 (0%)	Crosses	0/4 (0%)
4	Big chances	2
2	Big chances missed	0
0	Goalkeeper saves	2
1	Hit woodwork	0
1	Offsides	0
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0

63%	Ball possession	37%
14	Total shots	1
5	Shots on target	1
3	Shots off target	0
6	Blocked shots	0
8	Corner kicks	1
0	Offsides	0
8	Free kicks	3
6	Throw-ins	6
1	Goal kicks	6
1	Big chances	0
1	Big chances missed	0
0	Hit woodwork	0
9	Shots inside box	0
5	Shots outside box	1
1	Goalkeeper saves	5
287	Passes	174
255 (89%)	Accurate passes	138 (79%)
25/39 (64%)	Long balls	12/22 (55%)
4/12 (33%)	Crosses	0/1 (0%)
12/17 (71%)	Dribbles	4/7 (57%)
60	Possession lost	56
31	Duels won	22
0	Aerials won	5
11	Tackles	10
7	Interceptions	1
2	Clearances	5
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	1

Media

Cardiff City 5-2 Colchester United

Full Highlights

2023-08-10

Cardiff City - Colchester United

England, EFL Cup, match Cardiff City - Colchester United, start time 2023-08-09 18:45:00 international time.

Cardiff City and Colchester United takes part in the championship EFL Cup, England.

Head Referee - Will Finnie. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Will Finnie played 87 matches, noted 302 of yellow cards and 3 of red.

You can see the list of players in the squad, head coach and upcoming matches. Also evaluate in more detail the effectiveness and arithmetic average of the teams before the game:

Events: Colchester United


League Two
Round 40
2025-04-01	Gillingham - Colchester United	-
Round 39
2025-03-28	Colchester United - Grimsby Town	-
Round 38
2025-03-22	Bradford City - Colchester United	-
Round 37
2025-03-15	Colchester United - Fleetwood Town	-
Round 29
2025-03-11	Colchester United - Port Vale	-
Round 36
2025-03-08	Cheltenham Town - Colchester United	0 - 1
Round 35
2025-03-04	Colchester United - Chesterfield	1 - 0
Round 34
2025-03-01	Milton Keynes Dons - Colchester United	0 - 1
Round 33
2025-02-22	Colchester United - AFC Wimbledon	1 - 1
Round 19
2025-02-18	Notts County - Colchester United	1 - 1

Referee

Will Finnie

Total games

3.47

Average per match

0.1

Average per match