Cardiff vs Swansea in Friendlies Clubs. The fixture is part of the Club Friendlies 3 stage in the 2020 season. Kickoff is scheduled for 2020-06-13T00:00:00Z. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Cardiff and Swansea. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
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Cardiff CARRecorded meetings: 2 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Swansea City have their full squad together for the first time since the end of last season after Cameron Burgess and Eom Jisung returned to the club's Fairwood training base. Australia international defender Burgess and South Korea winger Eom were given extra time off after featuring at this summer's World Cup. Marko Stamenic, who played for New Zealand at the tournament, joined up with Swansea during their pre-season camp in Austria last week alongside new signing and All Whites team-mate Elijah Just.
Former Swansea City goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has retired from professional football at the age of 41. Fabianski, who made 150 appearances for the Swans between 2014 and 2018, has hung up his gloves after eight seasons at West Ham. The Polish international, who won 57 caps, joined the Swans on a free transfer from Arsenal and was voted supporters' player of the year in 2018.
Winger Joe Davies has joined Swansea City following his exit from League One side Peterborough United. Milton Keynes-born Davies spent three months on loan at Northern Premier League Division One outfit AFC Rushden and Diamonds last season, making 12 appearances and scoring one goal. "Coming from Welsh descent, I've always known about Swansea and about how they play, so to be here is amazing."
Cardiff City continue their pre-season campaign at Cork City on Tuesday (19:45 BST) with boss Brian Barry-Murphy acknowledging they have a lot of work to do before competitive football returns next month. Barry-Murphy will lead Cardiff in his home city as the Bluebirds face a Cork side currently top of the League of Ireland First Division, the nation's second tier. While it is still early in pre-season, Cardiff will hope for an encouraging evening at the Turner's Cross Stadium having lost 6-0 to Danish side FC Midtjylland in their opening friendly on Saturday.
Eom Jisung will miss two Swansea City fixtures in September after being called up for the Asian Games by South Korea. Winger Eom has just been to a first World Cup with his national team, where he featured as a substitute in a win over the Czech Republic and a defeat to Mexico. The remainder of the Asian Games coincides with an international break, with Swansea returning to action against Norwich City on Saturday, 10 October.
Azeem Abdulai has targeted joining new Hibernian teammate Josh Mulligan in the Scotland squad after his transfer from Leyton Orient. The Glasgow-born 23-year-old started as a youth with Celtic, but it was with Swansea City that he first tasted senior football. Abdulai hopes the switch from England's League One to playing alongside the likes of Mulligan will improve his chances of international recognition.
Hibernian have signed "athletic, aggressive, technically secure" former Scotland Under-21 midfielder Azeem Abdulai from Leyton Orient for an undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old has been given a three-year contract by the Scottish Premiership club. Born in Glasgow, Abdulai came through the Celtic, Leicester City and Swansea City youth ranks before making his first-team breakthrough with the Welsh club.
Cardiff City will kick off the 2026-27 season with a home tie against League Two Swindon Town in the first round of the Carabao Cup. The match will be a repeat of last year's first-round meeting of the clubs in the same competition, which Cardiff won 2-1 thanks to goals from Cian Ashford and Rubin Colwill. The Carabao Cup first round is being played on the weekend of 7-9 August.
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