Despite sacking Erol Bulut last week, there was no change to the results for Cardiff City as interim coach Omer Riza’s first match in charge ended in a disappointing 4-1 defeat at Hull City.

Elsewhere Swansea and Wrexham draw and Newport upset the form book with an excellent 2-1 home win over Crewe Alexandra.

Read on for all that as well as the latest Adran Premier and Cyrmu Prem action. It’s the Sportin Wales weekend football round-up!

Cardiff Finally Score But Do Not Get First Win

After 18 minutes at the MKM Stadium, one would be able to forgive Cardiff fans for celebrating Callum Robinson’s emphatic opener a little too hard as their lead only lasted four minutes.

Bachir Belloumi hit back for the hosts with a brace, before Oscar Zambrano and Chris Bedia added gloss to the score line in the second half.

Cardiff, with Portsmouth, are the only sides not to have won so far this season in the Championship and Riza’s displayed familiar frailty at the back and a lack of ideas going forward.

After the match, Riza confirmed that he expects to still be in charge for Cardiff’s next match – at home to Millwall on Tuesday evening – and Bluebird fans will be looking for something different if they are to back the former Watford coach for the permanent role.

Swans Pegged Back By Bristol

Swansea’s recent league momentum took a slight hit on Sunday afternoon as they drew 1-1 at home against Bristol City.

Ben Cabango, who is having an excellent season at the Swansea.com Stadium, poked in from a corner after 15 minutes to give the Swans the lead, but the home side could not wrestle full control of the match from Bristol City.

After trading blows to the post, Lawrence Vigouroux continued his fine form with a stunning close-range save from Sinclair Armstrong’s volley.

The visitor’s pressure finally tolled in the second half as Jason Knight headed in Scott Twine’s corner to steal a point.

With manager Luke Williams cutting a very disappointed figure after the match, it is clear that he has high ambitions for this Swansea squad, and needs his players to be more consistent if they are to push for a play-off place.

Wrexham Held By Orient For A Stalemate

It is a rare thing when Wrexham do not score. It has only happened twice so far this season and Phil Parkinson was very aware of Leyton Orient’s quality in valuing a point gained on the road.

“I don’t think you can ever devalue a point on your travels,” the Wrexham boss said.

“We didn’t get the control we’d have liked until we made the change on 60 minutes. George Evans gave us that extra pass, which we were crying out for and then really in that last 25 or 30 minutes I thought we were the team who were going to go and win the game.”

With Paul Mullin still not fit enough to regularly start, Wrexham’s midfield and attack reverted back to their usual quintet. Perhaps sides have started to cotton on to the way Parkinson wants his side to play.

With the strength in their squad, though, Wrexham should have enough to continue their push for a third successive promotion, despite this slight setback.

Newport Best Crewe To Upset The Form Book

County put their recent defeats behind them to beat Crewe Alexandra 2-1 on Saturday.

Goals from Cameron Evans in the first half and Wales U21 captain Matthew Baker in the second gave the Exiles their first league victory in September, propelling them back up League Two after three successive defeats.

Beating a side of the quality of Crewe is a big boost for new manager Nelson Jardim and his squad, who have now won four and lost four in their opening eight league games.

TNS Returning To Winning Ways

Newtown were the unfortunate victims of a TNS side determined to return to winning form on Friday night, as they put six past the Newtown defence.

With the backdrop of imminent restructuring of the Cymru Prem to expand the number of side from 12 to 16 from 2026/27 onwards, newly-promoted sides Briton Ferry and Flint Town continued their resurgence.

Flint Town held league leaders Penybont for 70 minutes before losing 1-0, while Briton Ferry earnt a creditable 2-2 draw at home to Bala Town.

Those recent results mean that Aberystwyth Town have slipped to the bottom of the table, themselves losing 1-0 at Barry Town on Friday night.

Elsewhere, there were wins for Haverfordwest County over Cardiff Met (1-0) and Caernarfon against Connah’s Quay (3-1).

Briton Ferry Top of Adran Premier

Briton Ferry thrashed Cardiff Met 5-0 to leapfrog Cardiff City and go top of the Adran Premier after three games.

Cardiff’s 2-0 win over TNS leaves them six goals behind on goal difference, having also won their first three games of the season.

At the bottom, Wrexham’s 2-3 home defeat to Swansea City leaves them without a point so far this season, while the Swans are hot on the heels of the leaders.

In the other game this weekend, Barry Town recorded a first win of the season over winless Aberystwyth.

Results

Friday

Barry Town United 1-0 Aberystwyth Town

Haverfordwest County 1-0 Cardiff Met

Newtown 1-6 The New Saints

Saturday

Hull City 4-1 Cardiff City

Leyton Orient 0-0 Wrexham

Newport County 2-1 Crewe Alexandra

Briton Ferry 2-2 Bala Town

Flint Town United 0-1 Penybont

Caernarfon 3-1 Connah’s Quay Nomads

Sunday

Swansea City 1-1 Bristol City

Briton Ferry Llansawel 5-0 Cardiff Met

Barry Town United 4-0 Aberystwyth Town

Cardiff City 2-0 The New Saints

Wrexham 2-3 Swansea City

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