Cardiff vs Burnley 5-4

Cardiff came from 3-1 down to beat Burnley 5-4 in a wild finish at Cardiff City Stadium. The home side scored three times after the 75th minute.

Burnley took the lead in the 15th minute when Andréas Hountondji scored from Lucas Pires Silva’s assist, and Marcus Edwards made it 2-0 on 25 minutes after Jaydon Banel set him up. Cardiff pulled one back in the 40th minute through Ollie Tanner, who scored from Rubin Colwill’s pass, but Burnley still went in 2-1 ahead at half-time.

Largie Ramazani restored Burnley’s two-goal lead on 55 minutes before Cardiff turned the game again. Alexander Sean Pablo Robertson’s own goal on 62 minutes cut the gap to 3-2, and Yousef Salech, who had come on in the 63rd minute, equalised on 65 minutes from C. Ashford’s assist. Jack Moylan then put Cardiff in front from the spot on 75 minutes, Salech made it 5-3 on 82 minutes with his second of the match after Rubin Colwill’s assist, and Robertson struck again in the 90+4th minute from Christopher Willock’s pass to seal it at 6-3.

Cardiff had 66% of the ball and made 568 passes to Burnley’s 287, while also having more shots, 25 to 15, and more on target, 11 to 8. Burnley still won the corners 6-5, but Cardiff’s 5.03 xG to Burnley’s 2.31 matched the scoreline swing.

Cardiff had three bookings, for Krystian Bielik on 50 minutes, Joel Bagan on 79 minutes and Yousef Salech in the 90+13th minute. Burnley also had three cautions, for Largie Ramazani on 79 minutes, Josh Laurent in the 90+11th minute and Kyle Walker in the 90+9th minute.