Form, Standings, Stats
Last Game: Cardiff 2-2 Plymouth
Tuesday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship
Tuesday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship
Last Game: Ipswich 1-1 Leicester
Tuesday, December 26 at 7.45pm in Championship
Tuesday, December 26 at 7.45pm in Championship
We said: Cardiff City 0-2 Leicester City
Cardiff produced their best performance in a number of weeks against Plymouth last time out, but a test against the league leaders may prove too much for the Bluebirds. Leicester will be desperate to return to winning ways following Ipswich's added-time equaliser on Boxing Day, and we believe that the Foxes will be the convincing victors in South Wales. Read more.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 Leicester City win with a probability of 46.39%. A win for Cardiff City had a probability of 28.64% and a draw had a probability of 25%.
The most likely scoreline for a Leicester City win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.01%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.3%) and 0-2 (7.87%). The likeliest Cardiff City win was 1-0 (7.52%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.82%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Leicester City in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Leicester City.
| Result | ||
| Cardiff City | Draw | Leicester City |
28.64% ( 0) | 24.97% | 46.39% ( -0) |
| Both teams to score 54.94% |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
