Cardiff City vs Charlton Athletic

Cardiff City made home advantage count on Saturday, 19 September 2026, easing past Charlton Athletic 3-1 at Cardiff City Stadium. The hosts came flying out of the blocks and had the game largely under control by the break, going in 2-1 up at half-time after a scrappy, end-to-end opening period that saw Charlton briefly level things up before Cardiff restored order. The visitors never really found a way back into it once the interval came and went, and a third goal in the second half settled any nerves among the home crowd. For Cardiff, this was exactly the kind of result they needed, three points that should give the squad a lift after a stretch of mixed form, and a performance with enough control in it to suggest they can build on it. Charlton, meanwhile, will be disappointed with how easily that early momentum slipped away from them. Conceding twice before half-time against a side playing with that much confidence was always going to be hard to claw back, and in the end 3-1 was a fair reflection of how the afternoon panned out at Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City beat Charlton Athletic 3-1 at Cardiff City Stadium, and the numbers from the match back up how the game played out. Cardiff City also had the better share of the ball, holding 62% possession, which usually goes hand in hand with the extra control a winning side tends to show. The shot count told a similar story, with 27 attempts from Cardiff City against 6 from Charlton Athletic over the course of the game. Charlton Athletic had their moments and did not make it easy from start to finish, but ultimately came up short on the day. Small margins like this one tend to add up over a season, and results such as this are often what separates teams in the table further down the line. Here is a closer look at exactly how the two sides compared, statistically.