Championship

Championship | Gameweek 33

Feb 17, 2023 at 8pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
1 - 0
Reading

Sawyers (90+1')
McGuinness (38')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Dann (27'), N'Diaye (76')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Birmingham 0-2 Cardiff
Tuesday, February 14 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Reading

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Reading 2-1 Rotherham
Tuesday, February 14 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Cardiff City 1-0 Reading

There have generally been a lack of goals at the Cardiff City Stadium this season, and we expect that to continue here. Nevertheless, now that the Bluebirds have finally ended their losing streak, the home side could make it two wins in three days, prevailing with a clean sheet to boot. 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 Cardiff City win with a probability of 50.42%. A draw had a probability of 26.5% and a win for Reading had a probability of 23.08%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.1%) and 2-1 (9.08%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.37%), while for a Reading win it was 0-1 (8.44%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 13.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Cardiff City in this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Reading
50.42% ( 0.83)	26.5% ( -0.05)	23.08% ( -0.78)

Both teams to score 45.6% (

-0.66)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.11% (

-0.45)

57.89% (

0.45)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.39% (

-0.36)

78.61% (

0.35)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.93% (

0.18)

23.07% (

-0.18)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.09% (

0.26)

56.91% (

-0.26)

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

59.27% (

-1)

40.73% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

22.69% (

-0.91)

77.31% (

0.91)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 50.42%

Reading 23.08%

Draw 26.49%

Cardiff City	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 13.78% ( 0.31) 2-0 @ 10.1% ( 0.27) 2-1 @ 9.08% ( 0) 3-0 @ 4.94% ( 0.16) 3-1 @ 4.44% ( 0.03) 3-2 @ 1.99% ( -0.04) 4-0 @ 1.81% ( 0.07) 4-1 @ 1.63% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.65% Total : 50.42%	1-1 @ 12.37% ( -0.07) 0-0 @ 9.4% ( 0.16) 2-2 @ 4.08% ( -0.11) Other @ 0.65% Total : 26.49%	0-1 @ 8.44% ( -0.09) 1-2 @ 5.56% ( -0.18) 0-2 @ 3.79% ( -0.15) 1-3 @ 1.67% ( -0.1) 2-3 @ 1.22% ( -0.07) 0-3 @ 1.14% ( -0.08) Other @ 1.26% Total : 23.08%