LIVE: Cardiff v Wrexham — Championship 2026/27 Matchday 1

2′ comment Free kick — Wrexham, won by Lewis O’Brien in a dangerous position

2′ score 0-1

3′ goal ⚽ What a start for Wrexham, 1-0 scored by Kieffer Moore

3′ comment Gabriel Osho rubbish there for the goal , asleep

3′ goal The free kick is cleared but Daniel Imray hooks it back towards Kieffer Moore, who is kept onside by Gabriel Osho, and the former Bournemouth man finishes emphatically into the far top corner

5′ comment Corner — Wrexham

6′ comment Shot — Wrexham, huge save from Nathan Trott, Cardiff struggle to deal with the corner and Callum Doyle’s looping header is tipped over by Trott

7′ comment Throw-in — Wrexham, long throw by Daniel Imray

7′ comment Offside — Wrexham, Cardiff have time to re-compose

9′ comment Corner — Cardiff, won by Ollie Tanner after nice play involving Perry Ng

11′ comment Worst possible start for Cardiff, especially with probably one of the youngest if not the youngest side in the Championship

12′ comment Corner — Wrexham, Good tackle from Calum Scanlon after Daniel Imray broke free

12′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Nathan Trott punches away the corner and Matty James volleys over from outside the box

14′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Zak Vyner plays through Daniel Imray on the right who is kept on by Gabriel Osho, he shoots wide from a night angle

22′ comment Almost a defensive lapse there from Wrexham, Anthony Patterson was given a hospital pass from a few yards away but the former Sunderland goalkeeper made an important sliding challenge to stop Yousef Salech from scoring

25′ comment Shot — Cardiff, Better from Cardiff, Jack Moylan plays it wide to Ollie Tanner, Ollie Tanner picks Moylan out in the box but can’t direct his shot on target, should probably do better

27′ comment Shot — Cardiff, Brilliant one, two between Jack Moylan and Perry Ng before the latter played it into Cian Ashford in the middle of the box, he has too many Wrexham defenders around him so can’t get power on the shot away from the Anthony Patterson

33′ card 🟨 For the goalscorer Kieffer Moore for crashing into Gabriel Osho

35′ comment Corner — Wrexham, Good intervention from Gabriel Osho to stop George Thomason

35′ comment Corner — Wrexham, after the first was punched behind by Nathan Trott

36′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Kieffer Moore probably should score the header from close range, it clips off the bar

37′ comment Corner — Wrexham, Matty James’s long ball is collected by Daniel Imray who was through and a good save by Nathan Trott keeps the score 0-1

HT comment Match on at tight rope at just 0-1 Cardiff have had a few decent chances .

HT kickoff Kick-off for the second half

45+1′ comment 2 added on

45+2′ comment Corner — Cardiff

45+2′ halftime Half-time, 0-1

47′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Callum Doyle good into the box, gets his shot off and Nathan Trott is sharp at his near post

49′ comment Corner — Wrexham, Good block from Joel Bagan from a Nathan Broadhead shot

50′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Good movement from Kieffer Moore to create space for Nathan Broadhead to get a shot off, not enough power to trouble Nathan Trott

54′ card 🟨 Free kick — Cardiff, Dominic Hyam on Yousef Salech, promising free kick

56′ comment Shot — Cardiff, free kick hits the wall

57′ comment Corner — Wrexham, won by Daniel Imray

58′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Callum Doyle hits the near post after shooting from a tight angle in the box, should’ve probably played it across

62′ comment Corner — Cardiff, Good defending from Daniel Imray at the back post

63′ sub 🔄 Ollie Tanner and Chris Willock replaced by Rubin Colwill and Joel Colwill

63′ comment Daniel Imray gets past Joel Colwill and puts in a cross that is excellently defended by Calum Scanlon and Cardiff escape

64′ comment Corner — Cardiff

67′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Nathan Broadhead’s shot from distance is wide

68′ sub 🔄 Oliver Rathbone replaced by summer signing Benjamin Whiteman who makes his league debut for Wrexham

70′ comment Shot — Cardiff, Jack Moylan looking bright again, gets a tame shot off straight at Anthony Patterson. He has looked a bright spark for the hosts

72′ sub 🔄 Goalscorer Kieffer Moore and Nathan Broadhead make way for Sam Smith and Davis Keillor-Dunn

74′ sub 🔄 Injured Matty James and Daniel Imray come on for George Dobson and Ryan Longman

77′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Cardiff lose out at the back, Benjamin Whiteman gets the shot off from outside the box which is wide

78′ comment Shot — Cardiff, Jack Moylan drives inside, shoots and takes a huge deflection off Dominic Hyam and goes behind, could’ve gone anywhere

80′ sub 🔄 Ronan Kpakio, Callum Robinson and Isaak Davies replace Calum Scanlon, Alex Robertson and Cian Ashford

85′ comment Corner — Cardiff, won by Joel Colwill

86′ comment Corner — Cardiff

87′ comment Shot — Wrexham, promising Wrexham counter-attack ends with a tame shot straight at Nathan Trott from Callum Doyle

90′ comment Shot — Wrexham, Sam Smith makes a run in behind and looks to lob the keeper, brilliant effort but wide

90+1′ comment 6 added

90+2′ comment Corner — Cardiff

90+2′ comment Corner — Cardiff

90+5′ comment The cross is put in by Ronan Kpakio and Dominic Hyam heroically heads off the line onto his own bar, Wrexham go up the other way and Sam Smith has his shot saved by Nathan Trott

90+6′ comment Free kick — Cardiff, right on the edge, so close to being a penalty

90+8′ score 1-1

90+8′ goal ⚽ MY GOODNESS ME, Rubin Colwill LAST MINUTE, 1-1

90+8′ goal And from the free kick, Rubin Colwill fires it into the top corner, Anthony Patterson gets a hand to it and maybe should do better, the Cardiff fans don’t care, the roof has come off the Cardiff City Stadium

90+10′ fulltime Full-time

score 0-0

comment Cardiff Lineup: Nathan Trott; Joel Bagan, Gabriel Osho, Perry Ng, Calum Scanlon; Jack Moylan, Alex Robertson; Chris Willock, Cian Ashford, Ollie Tanner; Yousef Salech

comment Cardiff Bench: Rubin Colwill, David Turnbull, Joel Colwill, Isaak Davies, Ronan Kpakio, Harry Tyrer, Rob Tankiewicz, N. Anyadike, Callum Robinson

comment CARDIFF TEAM NEWS: Nathan Trott starts after making his loan from Copenhagen permanent. Loan signing from Liverpool Calum Scanlon and permanent signing from Lincoln Jack Moylan both start. Rubin Colwill returns to the squad having been injured through pre-season. 3 changes from cup win vs Swindon, Jack Moylan in for David Turnbull, Scanlon in for Ronan Kpakio and Chris Willock in for Isaak Davies

comment Wrexham Lineup: Anthony Patterson; Callum Doyle, Dominic Hyam, Zak Vyner; George Thomason, Lewis O’Brien, Matty James, Daniel Imray; Nathan Broadhead, Oliver Rathbone; Kieffer Moore

comment Wrexham Bench: Max Cleworth, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Ben Whiteman, Bailey Cadamarteri, George Dobson, Danny Ward, Dan Scarr. Sam Smith, Ryan Longman

comment WREXHAM TEAM NEWS: Summer signings Anthony Patterson from Sunderland and Daniel Imray from Crystal Palace both start. Both players were instrumental in their loan spells for Millwall and West Brom respectively last season. Signing from Preston Ben Whiteman starts on the bench. Josh Windass, Cacace and Ben Sheaf remain out. 1 change from the cup loss to Middlesbrough, which is Kieffer Moore in for Sam Smith

comment Cardiff Transfer Incomings: Calum Scanlon on loan from Liverpool, Jack Moylan from Lincoln and Nathan Trott’s loan move was made permanent from Copenhagen

comment Wrexham Transfer Incomings: Imray for a reported £5m from Crystal Palace, Ben Whiteman for a reported £3m from Preston and Anthony Patterson from Sunderland for a reported £7.9m

comment Cardiff City had a very strong 2025/26 season after relegation from the Championship. Under Brian Barry-Murphy, they bounced straight back to the Championship, securing promotion on 18 April with a 3–1 win at Reading.

They were competitive throughout the season, including an unbeaten start and a spell where they climbed to the top of League One. They finished the campaign strongly too, beating Northampton 5–1 before ending with a chaotic 5–4 defeat at Mansfield. They did eventually finish 2nd behind champions Lincoln.

comment Wrexham had an excellent 2025/26 season, finishing 7th in the Championship in their first season back in the second tier since 1982. They narrowly missed the play-offs by two points, but the campaign was still a huge success given they had only just been promoted from League One.
They also reached the FA Cup fifth round and EFL Cup fourth round, with Josh Windass scoring 17 goals in all competitions. They were in 6th ahead of the final day and the play-off position was in their hands, but a 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough on the final day left the door open for the Tigers to pounce, and they did, leaving Wrexham stranded in 7th

comment This is the first league meeting between Cardiff City and Wrexham since 2001-02, when the Bluebirds won 3-1 away and 3-2 at home in the third tier

comment Wrexham have lost their last three encounters with Cardiff in all competitions, including a 2-1 home loss in the fourth round of the EFL Cup last season

comment Cardiff won 17 of 23 home games in League One last season (D2 L4) including wins in each of their final three matches

comment Wrexham finished seventh last season, winning just two of their final seven games (D2 L3); only once in the last seven Championship seasons has the team who finished seventh the season prior gone on to finish above 17th the following campaign (Middlesbrough fourth 2022-23)

comment Only Zan Vipotnik (26) and Oli McBurnie (24) were involved in more goals in the Championship last season than Wrexham’s Josh Windass (21 – 16 goals, 5 assists). Four of his goals came outside the penalty area, only Victor Torp and Ryan Manning had more (both 5)

comment North Vs South Wales tonight , should be interesting .

comment Here we go, players on the pitch

kickoff Kick-off at the Cardiff City Stadium