Cardiff City and Sheffield United shared the points in a 2-2 draw at Cardiff City Stadium in Championship matchday three, after three goals inside the first six minutes set the tone for the afternoon.
Jack Moylan put the hosts ahead inside a minute, but Sheffield United responded immediately: Thomas Cannon converted a penalty in the 3rd minute and Callum O'Hare made it 2-1 in the 6th. Cian Ashford drew Cardiff level in the 37th minute, and the score stayed 2-2 to full time.
Cardiff dominated the underlying numbers without finding a winner: 67.2% possession to Sheffield United's 32.8%, 28 shots to 6 (10 on target to 4), and 13 corners to 2.
Alex Robertson and Jack Moylan were booked for Cardiff, in the 3rd and 32nd minutes, and Mark McGuinness and Sydie Peck for Sheffield United, in the 9th and 74th, with no red cards. Sheffield United made two changes at half-time, Kalvin Phillips and Jamie Shackleton replacing Patrick Bamford and Romelle Donovan; Cardiff's changes came later, including a triple substitution in the 84th minute and an 89th-minute change for the injured Krystian Bielik.