Cardiff vs Oxford

21 April 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee Farai Hallam

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Yousef Salech 56’
  • Cameron Brannagan 79’

Match summary

Cardiff and Oxford drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Yousef Salech put Cardiff ahead with a header in the 56th minute and Cameron Brannagan equalised in the 79th minute.

Cardiff had the better of the chances, with 0.99 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Oxford's 0.12 from 2.

Match stats

Cardiff Oxford
12 Shots 2
3 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.99 xG 0.07
0.99 Non-penalty xG 0.07

Key events

Cardiff Oxford
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Yousef Salech1-0 (Cardiff)
56’
79’
Cameron Brannagan1-1 (Oxford)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff
  • Sivert Mannsverk
Oxford
  • Michał Helik
  • Przemysław Płacheta
  • Alex Matos

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.99 0.12 56’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), 1-0 56’ 79’ Cameron Brannagan (Oxford), 1-1 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.99 0.12 56’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), 1-0 Salech 56’ 79’ Cameron Brannagan (Oxford), 1-1 Brannagan 79’
Cardiff 0.99 xGOxford 0.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Oxford attacking Cardiff attacking 
6’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 11’ Chris Willock (Cardiff), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 56’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 47’ Tom Bradshaw (Oxford), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 32’ Sivert Mannsverk (Cardiff), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 65’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+3’ Perry Ng (Cardiff), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ William Fish (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Chris Willock (Cardiff), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Cameron Brannagan (Oxford), set piece, 0.01 xG, goal 84’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 26’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 6’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 11’ Chris Willock (Cardiff), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 56’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 47’ Tom Bradshaw (Oxford), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 66’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 32’ Sivert Mannsverk (Cardiff), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+3’ Perry Ng (Cardiff), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ William Fish (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Chris Willock (Cardiff), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Cameron Brannagan (Oxford), set piece, 0.01 xG, goal 84’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 26’ Yousef Salech (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Ethan Horvath
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.05 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Andy Rinomhota
90′ – – – – – – –
Sivert Mannsverk Taken off
80′ – – 1 0.06 – –
Cian Ashford Taken off
70′ – – 1 0.05 – – –
Alex Robertson Taken off
75′ – – – – – – –
Chris Willock Taken off
75′ – – 2 0.27 – – –
Yousef Salech Taken off
80′ 1 – 4 0.49 – – –
Yakou Méïté Came on as a substitute
20′ – – – – – – –
Rubin Colwill Came on as a substitute
15′ – – – – – – –
William Alves Came on as a substitute
15′ – – – – – – –
Ollie Tanner Came on as a substitute
10′ – – 2 0.03 – – –
David Turnbull Came on as a substitute
10′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 52% Avg odds 1.82
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.34
Oxford win 20% Avg odds 4.76

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.