Championship MISSED 1–1
Mon, Aug 17 · 21:00 · Cardiff City Stadium
Cardiff Home
VS
Wrexham Away
Cardiff vs Wrexham — Championship
Tipster's pick Cardiff or Wrexham
Confidence High · 4/5
Odds 1.28 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Cardiff and Wrexham Likely to Produce a Winner

Cardiff have shown a strong attacking output in their recent matches that often creates chances at home. Wrexham tend to play with discipline on the road but their lower scoring rate can leave them exposed when chasing results. The last head to head meeting finished with a Cardiff win and several goals on the board. Cardiff face defensive absences that may allow more space for Wrexham counters in open play. Wrexham also deal with a key injury that weakens their back line and could lead to mistakes under pressure. These factors together point toward one side claiming victory rather than a stalemate.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 74.5% win rate
Result
1–1 MISSED −1.00u

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

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
13 BUR Burnley 0 0 0 0 0
14 CAR Cardiff ▲ 0 0 0 0 0
15 WAT Watford 0 0 0 0 0
16 WRE Wrexham ▲ 0 0 0 0 0
17 DER Derby 1 0 0 1 0
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Cardiff LWWWW
L vs FC Midtjylland 0–6 Jul 11
W @ Cork City 6–1 Jul 14
W @ Forest Green 5–1 Jul 25
W vs AS Roma 4–1 Aug 1
W vs Swindon Town 3–2 Aug 8
Wrexham WWLLL
W @ Manchester United 1–0 Jul 18
W vs Leeds 3–2 Jul 25
L @ Liverpool 0–1 Jul 29
L vs Sunderland 0–1 Aug 2
L @ Middlesbrough 0–1 Aug 7
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Cardiff
Scored 3.6 avg
0 6 5 4 3
Conceded 2.2 avg
6 1 1 1 2
Wrexham
Scored 0.8 avg
1 3 0 0 0
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 2 1 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
1 Cardiff
0 Draws
0 Wrexham
Oct 2025 Wrexham 1–2 Cardiff Cardiff

Over 2.5 goals in 1 of the last 1 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Cardiff 4-1-4-1
  • 1 Nathan Trott G
  • 23 Calum Scanlon D
  • 38 Perry Ng D
  • 4 Gabriel Osho D
  • 3 Joel Bagan D
  • 18 Alex Robertson M
  • 11 Ollie Tanner M
  • 8 Jack Moylan M
  • 45 Cian Ashford M
  • 16 Chris Willock M
  • 9 Yousef Salech F
Bench Harry Tyrer, Noah Anyadike, Ronan Kpakio, Rob Tankiewicz, Joel Colwill, David Turnbull, Rubin Colwill, Callum Robinson, Isaak Davies

Brian Barry-Murphy

Wrexham 3-5-2
  • 22 Anthony Patterson G
  • 26 Zak Vyner D
  • 5 Dominic Hyam D
  • 2 Callum Doyle D
  • 30 Daniel Imray M
  • 20 Oliver Rathbone M
  • 37 Matty James M
  • 27 Lewis O'Brien M
  • 14 George Thomason M
  • 19 Kieffer Moore F
  • 33 Nathan Broadhead F
Bench Danny Ward, Dan Scarr, Max Cleworth, Ryan Longman, Ben Whiteman, George Dobson, Bailey Cadamarteri, Sam Smith, Davis Keillor-Dunn

Phil Parkinson

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Cardiff
  • OUT W. Fish Inactive
  • DOUBT R. Colwill Inactive
  • DOUBT D. Lawlor Injury
  • OUT W. Fish Inactive
  • DOUBT R. Colwill Inactive
  • DOUBT D. Lawlor Injury
Wrexham
  • OUT J. Windass Inactive
  • DOUBT L. Cacace Inactive
  • DOUBT S. Revan Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT B. Sheaf Inactive
  • OUT J. Windass Inactive
  • DOUBT L. Cacace Inactive
  • DOUBT S. Revan Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT B. Sheaf Inactive