📅 29/08/26🕒 14:00🏟️ Cardiff City Stadium🧑⚖️ John Busby, England
Biggest Swing+1.56 xT4' T. CannonCards4
Cardiff City 2-2 Sheffield Utd — xTears 13.18 (29/08/26)
Cardiff City and Sheffield Utd shared the points after a 2-2 scrap on 29 August 2026 during Matchday 3 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 13.18 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from J. Moylan 2' goal (+1.41 xT) and C. O'Hare 7' goal (+1.41 xT).
This one sat somewhere between composed and chaotic.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
2'
Goal
1-0J. Moylan - Cardiff City
Assist: Cian Ashford
4'
Penalty
1-1T. Cannon - Sheffield Utd
7'
Goal
1-2C. O'Hare - Sheffield Utd
Assist: P. Bamford
38'
Goal
2-2Cian Ashford - Cardiff City
Absolute chaos
🧨
7.93
4'
Penalty
+1.56 xT
T. Cannon - Sheffield Utd
2'
Goal
+1.41 xT
J. Moylan - Cardiff City
Assist: Cian Ashford
7'
Goal
+1.41 xT
C. O'Hare - Sheffield Utd
Assist: P. Bamford
38'
Goal
+1.24 xT
Cian Ashford - Cardiff City
All-out war
🟥
3.31
75'
Yellow card
+0.97 xT
Sydie Peck - Sheffield Utd
33'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
J. Moylan - Cardiff City
4'
Yellow card
+0.74 xT
A. Robertson - Cardiff City
10'
Yellow card
+0.74 xT
M. McGuinness - Sheffield Utd
Late drama
🔥
2.31
85'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
J. Colwill for J. Moylan - Cardiff City
85'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
I. Davies for Cian Ashford - Cardiff City
85'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
C. Robinson for Y. Salech - Cardiff City
90'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
C. Scanlon for K. Bielik - Cardiff City
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
1.56
4'
Penalty
+1.56 xT
T. Cannon - Sheffield Utd
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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