Plymouth 5:2 Cardiff: League One Match Result

League One

Plymouth WWWLWL

5:2

Finished

Kick-off was 21 Feb, 12:30 UTC

Cardiff LLDLWW

Venue: Home Park City: Plymouth

In the League One game on 21 February 2026, Plymouth beat Cardiff 5:2. Match numbers: shots on target 9:6, corners 3:8.

Key numbers

Possession, % 29.00 – 71

Shots on target 9 – 6

Shots off target 5 – 5

Big chances 5 – 3

🟨 15' O. Kellyman — Yellow card ⚽ 28' L. Tolaj — Goal ⚽ 31' A. Pepple — Goal ⚽ 33' O. Kellyman — Goal ⚽ 34' A. Pepple — Goal 🟨 37' C. Watts — Yellow card ⚽ 43' O. Kellyman — Goal 🟨 44' M. Ross — Yellow card 🟨 45+6' G. Osho — Yellow card ⇄ 46' C. Watts — Substitution ⇄ 46' D. Turnbull — Substitution ⇄ 62' C. Willock — Substitution ⇄ 62' J. Colwill — Substitution 🟨 67' P. Ng — Yellow card ⚽ 68' L. Tolaj — Penalty 🟨 70' M. Boateng — Yellow card 🟨 72' A. Robertson — Yellow card ⇄ 76' P. Ng — Substitution ⇄ 80' B. Wiredu — Substitution ⚽ 81' M. Ross — Goal ⇄ 85' L. Tolaj — Substitution ⇄ 86' A. Pepple — Substitution ⇄ 88' J. Bagan — Substitution

Match events

15' 0:0 Cardiff Yellow card O. Kellyman
28' 1:0 Plymouth Goal L. Tolaj assist: A. Pepple
31' 2:0 Plymouth Goal A. Pepple assist: J. Edwards
33' 2:1 Cardiff Goal O. Kellyman
34' 3:1 Plymouth Goal A. Pepple assist: W. Harding
37' 3:1 Plymouth Yellow card C. Watts
43' 3:2 Cardiff Goal O. Kellyman assist: P. Ng
44' 3:2 Plymouth Yellow card M. Ross
45+6' 3:2 Cardiff Yellow card G. Osho
46' 3:2 Plymouth Substitution C. Watts off: M. Sorinola
46' 3:2 Cardiff Substitution D. Turnbull off: R. Colwill
62' 3:2 Cardiff Substitution C. Willock off: C. Ashford
62' 3:2 Cardiff Substitution J. Colwill off: C. Robinson
67' 3:2 Cardiff Yellow card P. Ng
68' 4:2 Plymouth Penalty L. Tolaj
70' 4:2 Plymouth Yellow card M. Boateng
72' 4:2 Cardiff Yellow card A. Robertson
76' 4:2 Cardiff Substitution P. Ng off: R. Kpakio
80' 4:2 Plymouth Substitution B. Wiredu off: B. Ibrahim
81' 5:2 Plymouth Goal M. Ross assist: R. Curtis
85' 5:2 Plymouth Substitution L. Tolaj off: X. Amaechi
86' 5:2 Plymouth Substitution A. Pepple off: O. Dale
88' 5:2 Cardiff Substitution J. Bagan off: C. Scanlon

Statistics

29.00 Possession, % 71

9 Shots on target 6

5 Shots off target 5

5 Big chances 3

110 Attacks 74

3 Corners 8

23 Fouls 10

10 Free kicks 23

2 Offsides 1

3 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 6

29 Throw-ins 30

All statistics

19/3456% Aerial duels 15/3444%

21 Backward passes 59

2 Blocked shots 7

34 Clearances 25

3/1718% Crosses 1/205%

4/1429% Dribbles 11/2446%

67 Failed passes 92

4 Goalkeeper saves 3

12 Interceptions 2

9 Key passes 12

20/4842% Long passes 23/6038%

56 Passes into the final third 104

164 Passes in the opposition half 236

39 Passes in own half 247

0.56 Shot accuracy 0.33

6 Shots from outside the box 8

10 Shots inside the box 10

15/2268% Tackles 11/1669%

186 Total passes 463

Line-ups

Plymouth

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Conor Hazard	1
2	Mathias Ross Jensen	2
8	Joe Edwards	8
15	Alex Mitchell	15
45	Wesley Nathan Hylton Harding	45
4	Brendan Nana Sarpong-Wiredu	4
17	Caleb Cassius Watts	17
19	Malachi Boateng	19
28	Ronan Curtis	28
9	Lorent Tolaj	9
27	Aribusitamunoipirim Emmanuel Pepple	27

Substitutes
#	Player	number
21	Luca Ashby-Hammond	21
3	Jack Mackenzie	3
5	Julio Pleguezuelo	5
29	Matthew Sorinola	29
23	Bradley Ibrahim	23
10	Xavier Casmier Amaechi	10
35	Owen Dale	35

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Cardiff

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Nathan Trott	13
3	Joel Matthew Bagan	3
4	Gabriel Jeremiah Adedayo A. Osho	4
12	Calum Chambers	12
38	Perry Ng	38
11	Ollie Tanner	11
14	David Turnbull	14
16	Christopher Anthony Willock	16
18	Alex Robertson	18
27	J. Colville	27
8	O. Kellyman	8