Mansfield Town 5-4 Cardiff City 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.

Mansfield Town put on a ruthless display at home, thrashing Luton Town 5-2 in League One thanks to a brace from Nathan Moriah-Welsh in the first half and two more from Jon Russell after the break. Luton had the ball but Mansfield had the desire, and that tells you everything.

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.

Antoni Sarcevic's 18th-minute goal proved enough as Bradford City ground out a 1-0 win over Mansfield Town, keeping a clean sheet despite Mansfield's greater possession throughout the afternoon.

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.

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.

Wigan Athletic have won just once in their last five League One matches and face a Mansfield Town side who have taken five wins from their last ten. Saturday at the DW Stadium is a game Wigan simply cannot afford to lose.