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Cardiff City U21

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ShirtDarren Purse (since 2021)Cardiff International Sports Stadium

English U21 Professional Development League 2

2025/26
9.°
Position
28
Played
11
Won
48
Goals for
39
Goals against
40
Points

Grupo F · English Barclays U21 Premier League Cup

2025/26
3.°
Position
6
Played
2
Won
15
Goals for
12
Goals against
7
Points
Goals scored per match · 4 of 32 in the competitionGoals2.50Shots on target per match · 1 of 32 in the competitionShots on target6.83Goals per 100 shots · 12 of 32 in the competitionConversion23%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 17 of 32 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 8 of 32 in the competitionPossession52%Duels won over duels contested · 10 of 32 in the competitionDuels won55%

Compared with the 32 teams in English Barclays U21 Premier League Cup in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 32 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals2.504.º
Shots on target6.831.º
Conversion23%12.º
Clean sheets0%17.º
Possession52%8.º
Duels won55%10.º

Grupo South · English U21 Professional Development League 2

2024/25
6.°
Position
31
Played
13
Won
43
Goals for
52
Goals against
44
Points

Grupo F · English Barclays U21 Premier League Cup

2024/25
1.°
Position
6
Played
3
Won
12
Goals for
9
Goals against
11
Points
Goals scored per match · 14 of 36 in the competitionGoals1.86Shots on target per match · 4 of 36 in the competitionShots on target6.29Goals per 100 shots · 19 of 36 in the competitionConversion19%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 24 of 36 in the competitionClean sheets14%Average share of the ball · 9 of 36 in the competitionPossession51%Duels won over duels contested · 7 of 36 in the competitionDuels won54%

Compared with the 36 teams in English Barclays U21 Premier League Cup in 2024/25.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 36 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.8614.º
Shots on target6.294.º
Conversion19%19.º
Clean sheets14%24.º
Possession51%9.º
Duels won54%7.º

Grupo South · English U21 Professional Development League 2

2023/24
9.°
Position
29
Played
7
Won
55
Goals for
66
Goals against
31
Points

Grupo South · English U21 Professional Development League 2

2022/23
4.°
Position
28
Played
13
Won
47
Goals for
57
Goals against
42
Points
Goals scored per match · 3 of 7 in the competitionGoals1.00Shots on target per match · 4 of 7 in the competitionShots on target4.00Goals per 100 shots · 3 of 7 in the competitionConversion11%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 2 of 7 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 3 of 7 in the competitionPossession52%Duels won over duels contested · 5 of 7 in the competitionDuels won51%

Compared with the 7 teams in English U21 Professional Development League 2 in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 7 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.003.º
Shots on target4.004.º
Conversion11%3.º
Clean sheets0%2.º
Possession52%3.º
Duels won51%5.º

Grupo H · English Barclays U21 Premier League Cup

2022/23
3.°
Position
6
Played
3
Won
5
Goals for
3
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 30 of 32 in the competitionGoals0.83Shots on target per match · 18 of 32 in the competitionShots on target4.17Goals per 100 shots · 32 of 32 in the competitionConversion10%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 1 of 32 in the competitionClean sheets50%Average share of the ball · 1 of 32 in the competitionPossession57%Duels won over duels contested · 9 of 32 in the competitionDuels won54%

Compared with the 32 teams in English Barclays U21 Premier League Cup in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 32 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.8330.º
Shots on target4.1718.º
Conversion10%32.º
Clean sheets50%1.º
Possession57%1.º
Duels won54%9.º

Squad

2025/26

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
13Josh DonovanGoalkeeperWales----2025
13Sam JonesGoalkeeperWales----2025

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
16Josh BeecherDefenderWales20---2025
60Alyas DebonoDefenderWales20---2025
50Gabriel KeitaDefenderEngland19---2025
57Jack KingdonDefenderEngland20--Right2025
2Charlie O’BrienDefenderIreland21---2025
58T-Jay ParfittDefenderWales18---2025
16Oliver ReynoldsDefenderWales18---2025
70Noah WilliamsDefenderWales18---2026

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
59Matthew ApterMidfielderScotland20---2025
14Mannie BartonMidfielderWales----2024
63Jake DaviesMidfielderWales19--Both2025
62Trey GeorgeMidfielderWales21---2023
65Jacob HobsonMidfielderWales18---2025
55Rob TankiewiczMidfielderWales17---2026
61Cody TwoseCentre midWales201.73 m-Right2024
67Harry WattsMidfielderWales----2025
11Morgan WigleyMidfielderWales221.80 m69 kgRight2022

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
68Riley Hilaire-ClarkeForwardWales18---2025
-Sekou KabaForwardEngland19---2025
64Daniel OlaForwardWales19---2025
14Leeyon PhelanForwardEngland18---2025