Cardiff City vs Chelsea Full Match EFL 2025-26

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English Commentary
December 16, 2025

Few are shocked to see Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, but some may be surprised at the manner of the Blues’ two victories in the 2025-26 competition so far, only edging out Lincoln City and Wolverhampton Wanderers by one goal. An unconvincing 2-1 win over the former in the third round preceded a chaotic 4-3 triumph over the Premier League’s basement side in round four, where Enzo Maresca’s men nearly suffered a catastrophic collapse after going three goals to the good.

Ugly wins are preferable to gutsy defeats in any sporting event, though – especially knockout football – and Chelsea now endeavour to reach the semi-finals of the EFL Cup for the fifth time in the last nine seasons. The historical omens are promising for the West London giants, who have won each of their last five EFL Cup quarter-final showdowns since being eliminated at this stage by Sunderland in 2013-14, and Maresca’s men belatedly regained that winning feeling on Saturday too.

The returning Cole Palmer helped propel the Blues to a 2-0 Premier League success over Everton, although the victory was overshadowed by Maresca’s extraordinary press conference, in which he lamented the “worst 48 hours” of his Chelsea career and hit out at a lack of support from unnamed critics. While Maresca’s previous 48 hours were nightmarish, Cardiff counterpart Brian Barry-Murphy has been in dreamland with the Bluebirds, who are bidding to reach the last four of the League Cup for the first time in 13 years.

Not since the 2011-12 campaign – when Cardiff lost on penalties to Liverpool in the final – have the League One side advanced to the semi-finals of this competition, but they have already seen off Premier League opposition to become this year’s lowest-ranked quarter-finalists. After taking down Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town in August, the Bluebirds bested Burnley 2-1 at Turf Moor and also overcame Wrexham by the same scoreline in the fourth round, thus making the quarter-finals for just the third time ever.

Having also advanced to the semi-finals of the 1965-66 competition, Cardiff boast a 100% winning record from previous League Cup quarter-finals, and the Welsh outfit are riding the crest of a victorious wave before Tuesday’s David vs. Goliath battle too. Thanks to a pulsating 4-3 victory over Doncaster Rovers on Saturday, Barry-Murphy’s side have won each of their last three games in the third tier – as well as six of their last seven in all competitions – to establish a four-point lead at the top of the League One table.

Cardiff’s last win over Chelsea coincidentally also came in the League Cup, but that was all the way back in 1986 – since then, the Blues have prevailed in each of their last five meetings, most recently a 2-1 Premier League triumph on the road in 2019.

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