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Carabao Cup · 2026/27

Cardiff City Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Cardiff's 2012 final included an early lead, a late extra-time equaliser and a penalty shoot-out. Follow the Bluebirds' current cup matches above, then revisit the sequence at Wembley below.

UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
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Cardiff City: cup campaign

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Cardiff City 1–2 Norwich City. Full time. Norwich City go through. Cardiff City are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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Mason gives Cardiff the lead at Wembley

Cardiff faced Liverpool in the League Cup final on 26 February 2012. Joe Mason scored in the 19th minute to put the Bluebirds ahead. The club's later recollection describes Kenny Miller supplying the pass before Mason finished past Pepe Reina, giving the Championship side an early advantage against Premier League opposition.

That opening goal is one part of a final with several changes in momentum. Cardiff's lead did not last to the end, and the match could not be decided in normal time. When watching a clip of Mason's finish, the 2012 final date distinguishes it from other Cardiff–Liverpool meetings and keeps the celebration attached to the right competition.

Cardiff's retrospective appears inside a preview for a later league match. The historical section is clearly about the Wembley final, while the preview's own kick-off details refer to another game. That is why the date attached to a remembered encounter matters more than the publication date of a retrospective.

Turner's late equaliser takes the final to penalties

Martin Skrtel equalised for Liverpool in the 60th minute. Dirk Kuyt put Liverpool ahead in extra time, before Ben Turner scored in the 118th minute to bring Cardiff level again. The match finished 2–2 after extra time, with Liverpool then winning the shoot-out 3–2.

The final therefore has two distinct scorelines. The 2–2 records goals during the match, including extra time; the 3–2 records successful penalties in the decider. They should not be added together to create a single score. Cardiff's late equaliser kept the contest alive but did not itself secure the trophy.

The match sheet lists Tom Heaton in goal and Mark Hudson as captain. Those details help identify the Bluebirds side involved in the final, while the goal times show just how late Turner's intervention came. For current Cardiff games, the fixture cards above provide a separate date and match link rather than mixing this historical final into the present campaign.

Cardiff League Cup final questions

Did the 2012 final finish 2–2 or 3–2?

The match finished 2–2 after extra time. Liverpool won the separate penalty shoot-out 3–2, which decided who lifted the trophy.

Who scored Cardiff's late extra-time goal?

Ben Turner equalised in the 118th minute. Mason had scored Cardiff's earlier goal in the first half, so the two goals came at very different stages of the final.

Who set up Mason's opening goal?

Cardiff's retrospective credits Kenny Miller with the pass before Mason finished past Reina. That account refers specifically to the 2012 Wembley final.

Guide review

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