📅 22/08/26🕒 14:00🏟️ Pride Park Stadium🧑⚖️ Rueben Ricardo, England
Biggest Swing+1.41 xT19' Cian AshfordCards6
Derby County 2-2 Cardiff City — xTears 14.20 (22/08/26)
Derby County and Cardiff City shared the points after a 2-2 scrap on 22 August 2026 during Matchday 2 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 14.20 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from Cian Ashford 19' goal (+1.41 xT) and Y. Salech 39' goal (+1.41 xT).
This one sat somewhere between composed and chaotic.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
19'
Goal
0-1Cian Ashford - Cardiff City
Assist: R. Kpakio
26'
Goal
1-1C. Morris - Derby County
Assist: B. Clark
39'
Goal
1-2Y. Salech - Cardiff City
Assist: R. Colwill
49'
Goal
2-2B. Clark - Derby County
Absolute chaos
🧨
6.34
19'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Cian Ashford - Cardiff City
Assist: R. Kpakio
39'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Y. Salech - Cardiff City
Assist: R. Colwill
49'
Goal
+1.34 xT
B. Clark - Derby County
26'
Goal
+1.24 xT
C. Morris - Derby County
Assist: B. Clark
All-out war
🟥
5.50
85'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
D. Sanderson - Derby County
80'
Yellow card
+0.97 xT
M. Johnston - Derby County
60'
Yellow card
+0.92 xT
L. Travis - Derby County
53'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
A. Robertson - Cardiff City
Late drama
🔥
2.99
85'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
D. Sanderson - Derby County
80'
Yellow card
+0.97 xT
M. Johnston - Derby County
88'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
R. Nyambe for M. Johnston - Derby County
88'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
L. Salvesen for C. Morris - Derby County
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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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