Championship (England) MISSED 1–1
Tue, Sep 8 · 20:45 · Cardiff City Stadium
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Cardiff vs Stoke City — Championship
Tipster's pick Cardiff or Stoke City
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.28 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate76%
This price needs78%
Expert analysis

Cardiff Stoke Clash Points to a Winner

Cardiff enter with a run of three straight draws followed by two losses that suggest they struggle to hold results lately. Stoke arrive after back to back wins that ended a poor streak and show they can close out games. The head to head record features many stalemates yet recent goal trends for both sides point toward more open play than those past meetings. Cardiff concede regularly at home while Stoke maintain an even scoring record away from home. Injuries to key defenders on each team could open spaces and reduce the chance of another tight draw. Cardiff average fewer goals at home than Stoke do on the road which may lead to clearer chances either way.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
1–1 MISSED

Our pick “Cardiff or Stoke City” at odds 1.28 didn’t land — final score 1–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Ben Johnson assist Róbert Boženík 22'
  3. Ben Wilmot 27'
  4. Perry Tian Hee Ng 45+2'
  5. Second half
  6. Eric Junior Bocat ↓ Luca Bombino 59'
  7. Bae Jun-ho ↓ George Hirst 59'
  8. Joel Colwill assist Christopher Willock 63'
  9. Jack Mcglynn ↓ Róbert Boženík 69'
  10. Lamine Cissé ↓ Justin Devenny 69'
  11. Luke Graham 81'
  12. C. Ashford ↓ Christopher Willock 82'
This season
Cardiff Stoke City
Over 2.5 goals 0% 20%
Clean sheet 0% 40%
Failed to score 20% 0%
Scored per game 1.2 1.6
Conceded per game 1.8 1.8
Scored home / away 1.5 / 1.0 2.0 / 1.0

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
12 NOR Norwich 5 2 0 3 6
13 STO Stoke City ▲ 5 2 0 3 6
14 POR Portsmouth 5 2 0 3 6
15 SHE Sheffield Utd 5 1 3 1 6
16 BLA Blackburn 5 1 2 2 5
17 WAT Watford 5 1 2 2 5
18 LIN Lincoln 5 1 2 2 5
19 SOU Southampton 5 2 2 1 4
20 DER Derby 5 1 1 3 4
21 BOL Bolton 5 1 1 3 4
22 CAR Cardiff ▲ 5 0 3 2 3
23 PRE Preston 5 1 0 4 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Cardiff DLDLL
D @ Derby 2–2 Aug 22
L vs Norwich 1–2 Aug 25
D vs Sheffield Utd 2–2 Aug 29
L @ QPR 1–2 Sep 2
L @ Portsmouth 0–2 Sep 5
Stoke City LDLWW
L @ Southampton 1–3 Aug 22
D vs Hull City 1–1 Aug 25
L @ Wolves 1–4 Aug 29
W vs Norwich 1–0 Sep 1
W vs Charlton 4–0 Sep 5
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Cardiff
Scored 1.2 avg
2 1 2 1 0
Conceded 2.0 avg
2 2 2 2 2
Stoke City
Scored 1.6 avg
1 1 1 1 4
Conceded 1.6 avg
3 1 4 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Cardiff
7 Draws
1 Stoke City
Apr 2025 Cardiff 0–1 Stoke City Stoke City
Feb 2025 Stoke City 3–3 Cardiff Draw
Dec 2024 Stoke City 2–2 Cardiff Draw
Feb 2024 Cardiff 2–1 Stoke City Cardiff
Nov 2023 Stoke City 0–0 Cardiff Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Cardiff 4-2-3-1
  • 1 N. Trott G
  • 38 P. Ng D
  • 5 K. Bielik D
  • 4 G. Osho D
  • 3 J. Bagan D
  • 18 A. Robertson M
  • 27 J. Colwill M
  • 11 O. Tanner M
  • 8 J. Moylan M
  • 16 C. Willock M
  • 9 Y. Salech F
Bench D. Turnbull, H. Tyrer, N. Anyadike, Cian Ashford, R. Kpakio, P. Moreno, C. Robinson, C. Scanlon, R. Tankiewicz

B. Barry-Murphy

Stoke City 3-5-2
  • 1 V. Johansson G
  • 16 B. Wilmot D
  • 40 M. Talovierov D
  • 5 L. Graham D
  • 2 B. Johnson M
  • 13 J. Devenny M
  • 27 El Hadji Djibril Soumaré M
  • 8 E. Galbraith M
  • 21 L. Bombino M
  • 9 R. Boženík F
  • 15 G. Hirst F
Bench Bae Jun-Ho, E. Bocat, L. Cissé, J. Griffiths, M. Manhoef, J. McGlynn, B. Pearson, T. Rigo, F. Anderson

M. Robins

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Cardiff
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT W. Fish Hernia
  • OUT D. Lawlor Muscle Injury
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT W. Fish Hernia
  • OUT D. Lawlor Muscle Injury
Stoke City
  • OUT A. Cresswell Knee Injury
  • OUT B. Gibson Head Injury
  • OUT S. Ingelsson Injury
  • DOUBT A. Ampah Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT S. Gallagher Injury
  • DOUBT B. Lawal Inactive
  • DOUBT M. Manhoef Injury
  • DOUBT J. Tchamadeu Knee Injury
  • OUT A. Cresswell Knee Injury
  • OUT B. Gibson Head Injury
  • OUT S. Ingelsson Injury
  • DOUBT A. Ampah Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT S. Gallagher Injury
  • DOUBT B. Lawal Inactive
  • DOUBT M. Manhoef Injury
  • DOUBT J. Tchamadeu Knee Injury