Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town result, stats and report

Cardiff City bossed 67 per cent of the ball and hit 28 shots but had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Sheffield United, who scored through a penalty and a Callum O'Hare finish inside the opening seven minutes.

Cardiff City dominated every statistical category but could not convert their superiority into three points, as Joel Colwill's second-half header cancelled out Ben Johnson's opener in a 1-1 Championship draw at Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City silenced Fratton Park with a controlled 2-0 victory, Conor Shaughnessy heading home before the break and Marko Milovanović finishing coolly after it. Portsmouth had the ball but Cardiff had the answers.

Rumarn Burrell scored twice for QPR to seal a 2-1 home win against Cardiff City, who dominated possession and created the better chances but could not convert them into the result they deserved.

Norwich took the points at Cardiff City Stadium with a 25th-minute headed goal, but the possession numbers and shot map raise real questions about how each side set up for this Carabao Cup tie.

Two of the Championship's most troubled outfits meet at Ewood Park on Saturday, with Blackburn winless in four and Cardiff yet to win in six. Something has to give. Probably the defending.

Cardiff City host Charlton at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday looking to turn two draws into a first win of the Championship season, but Charlton arrive as one of the early pacesetters with maximum points from their opening two games.

Bolton Wanderers host Cardiff City at the University of Bolton Stadium on Saturday knowing that their early-season results flatter a defensive structure that is conceding far more than the scoreline suggests. Cardiff arrive with goals in abundance but a clean sheet problem of their own.