EFL Championship · Matchday 8

Cardiff City v Charlton Athletic

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:30:00 UTCCardiff City StadiumMatchday 8

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Cardiff City 45%Draw 30%Charlton Athletic 26%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

Cardiff CityCharlton Athletic
62Possession38
27Shots6
8Shots on target3
11Shots off target1
8Blocked shots2
16Shots inside box4
11Shots outside box2
6Corners1
0Offsides4
10Fouls15
5Yellow cards3
0Red cards0
2Saves5
503Passes309
413Accurate passes208

Match events

  • 8′Jack Moylan (assist Yousef Salech)
  • 24′Yousef Salech (assist Jack Moylan)
  • 27′Alex Robertson
  • 29′Tyreece Campbell (assist Tyler Bindon)
  • 33′Ollie Tanner
  • 35′Danny McNamara
  • 45′Joel Bagan
  • 45′Millenic Alli ← Amari'i Bell
  • 45′Tyler Bindon ← Timothy Noor Ouma
  • 51′Oliver Skipp
  • 61′Jack Moylan (assist Ollie Tanner)
  • 62′Chris Willock → David Turnbull
  • 70′Ollie Tanner → Cian Ashford
  • 70′Conor Coventry ← Charlie Kelman
  • 82′Jack Moylan → Calum Scanlon
  • 82′Gabriel Osho → Dylan Lawlor
  • 83′Miles Leaburn ← Sonny Carey
  • 83′Danny McNamara ← Joshua Edwards
  • 90′Ivan Mesík
  • 90′Cian Ashford
  • 90′Joel Colwill

Cardiff City · Charlton Athletic

Starting XI · as it played — Ratings are a Pulse estimate

Cardiff City3-4-3
56.8Bielik
166.8↓62'Willock
36.5Bagan
386.8Tian-Hee
46.8↓82'Osho
186.5Robertson
117.2↓70'Tanner
16.8Trott
98.6Salech
89.7↓82'Moylan
276.5Colwill
Charlton Athletic4-5-1
135.9Okonkwo
56.3Jones
186.0Mesík
206.0↓83'McNamara
447.1↓45'Bindon
66.3↓70'Coventry
77.3Campbell
116.3↓83'Leaburn
196.3↓45'Alli
346.0Skipp
96.3Grant

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Cardiff City

  • 5Krystian Bielik6.8
  • 16Chris Willock6.8
  • 3Joel Bagan6.5
  • 38Perry Tian-Hee6.8
  • 4Gabriel Osho6.8
  • 18Alex Robertson6.5
  • 11Ollie Tanner7.2
  • 1Nathan Trott6.8
  • 9Yousef Salech8.6
  • 8Jack Moylan9.7
  • 27Joel Colwill6.5

Charlton Athletic

  • 5Lloyd Jones6.3
  • 34Oliver Skipp6.0
  • 9Karlan Grant6.3
  • 20Danny McNamara6.0
  • 18Ivan Mesík6.0
  • 6Conor Coventry6.3
  • 13Arthur Okonkwo5.9
  • 11Miles Leaburn6.3
  • 7Tyreece Campbell7.3
  • 44Tyler Bindon7.1
  • 19Millenic Alli6.3
Cardiff CityTale of the tapeCharlton Athletic
3-4-3Formation—
11 ptsTable14 pts
+1Goal difference-5
LDLLDFormDDLDW
45%Win chance26%

Head to head

First meeting

Cardiff City and Charlton Athletic have not met in the seasons we hold. Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

Recent form — Last five, before this fixture

Cardiff City

LDLLD
  • @Bolton Wanderers0-1
  • vsStoke City1-1
  • @Portsmouth0-2
  • @Queens Park Rangers1-2
  • vsSheffield United2-2

Charlton Athletic

DDLDW
  • vsPortsmouth0-0
  • vsQueens Park Rangers0-0
  • @Stoke City0-4
  • @West Bromwich Albion1-1
  • vsPreston North End1-0

This season — other meeting

Where they stand — In a 24-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
Cardiff City11254+111
Charlton Athletic11353-514