Championship

Championship | Gameweek 21

Dec 26, 2020 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
2 - 3
Brentford

Vaulks (45+4', 76')
Vaulks (55')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Canos (50', 65', 73')

Thomas Frank delighted with "confident but humble" Brentford in Cardiff win

Sergi Canos' second-half hat-trick saw the Bees claim all three points at Cardiff.

Dec 26, 20:35

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Brentford, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Brentford win with a probability of 48.78%. A draw had a probability of 26.4% and a win for Cardiff City had a probability of 24.86%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brentford win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.44%) and 1-2 (9.13%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.43%), while for a Cardiff City win it was 1-0 (8.46%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 2.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Brentford would win this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Brentford
24.86%	26.36%	48.78%

Both teams to score 47.73%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.99%

56.01%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.9%

77.1%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62%

38%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.23%

74.77%

Brentford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77%

23.01%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.19%

56.81%

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 24.86%

Brentford 48.78%

Draw 26.36%

Cardiff City	Draw	Brentford
1-0 @ 8.46% 2-1 @ 6.01% 2-0 @ 4.09% 3-1 @ 1.94% 3-2 @ 1.43% 3-0 @ 1.32% Other @ 1.62% Total : 24.86%	1-1 @ 12.43% 0-0 @ 8.74% 2-2 @ 4.42% Other @ 0.76% Total : 26.36%	0-1 @ 12.84% 0-2 @ 9.44% 1-2 @ 9.13% 0-3 @ 4.62% 1-3 @ 4.47% 2-3 @ 2.16% 0-4 @ 1.7% 1-4 @ 1.64% Other @ 2.76% Total : 48.78%