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Cardiff City v Luton Town : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Matt Gray guides his Luton Town side to the Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship on Tuesday evening, with Metin Diyadin's Cardiff City their rivals. Championship statistics are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head performance included too. You can view it all, with infographics and odds from leading bookmakers available for every betting markets using the tabs.

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Cardiff City's next match is v Blackburn at 15:00 on Saturday 15th March
Luton Town's next match is v M'Boro at 15:00 on Saturday 15th March

The last English Championship meeting between Cardiff and Luton was on Tuesday 11th March 2025

English Championship

March 11th 2025

Cardiff 1	2 Luton

C. Chambers 50'	57' J. Clark
	80' T. Aasgaard

	CAR LUT
Shots On	4 4
Shots Off	7 2
Corners	4 3
Possession	58% 42%
Fouls	10 9
Yellow/red cards	1/0 1/0

Cardiff	Luton

E. Horvath D. Goutas (Y. Meïté 85') C. Chambers W. Fish P. Ng A. Ramsey (S. Mannsverk 50') C. O'Dowda A. Robertson (I. Davies 69') R. Colwill (C. Willock 69') W. Alves (C. Robinson 70') Y. Salech	T. Kaminski A. Bell C. Makosso M. McGuinness (R. Burke 87') T. Aasgaard (M. Alli 58') A. Doughty J. Clark (Z. Nelson 58') L. Walsh I. Jones (J. Brown 58') E. Adebayo (J. Bowler 75') C. Morris

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There is 74% chance of Cardiff and Luton a maximum of 3 goals combined during this Championship fixture according to our predictive algorithm and, without a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Calculations are made based on latest form, historical head-to-head (H2H) statistics and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.29.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cardiff are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 50%	13/10 12%	11/8 1%
Draw 25%	9/4 2%	11/5 2%
Luton 25%	21/10 18%	21/10 3%
Draw 1-1 12%	5/1 8%	5/1
Cardiff 1-0 12%	6/1 22%	11/2 7%
Cardiff 2-1 9%	17/2 5%	15/2
Cardiff 2-0 9%	10/1 15%	17/2 5%
Luton 1-0 8%	15/2 6%	13/2
Draw 0-0 8%	15/2 15%	6/1 7%
Luton 2-1 6%	10/1 10%	9/1 5%
Cardiff 3-1 5%	20/1	16/1
Cardiff 3-0 5%	20/1 19%	16/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1 15%	12/1
Luton 2-0 4%	14/1 15%	11/1
Cardiff 3-2 2%	33/1 17%	22/1
Luton 3-1 2%	25/1 24%	20/1 11%
Cardiff 4-1 2%	40/1	33/1
Cardiff 4-0 2%	40/1 20%	33/1
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	6/5 10%	6/5 5%
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	4/6 7%	8/13 3%
Home 1st Goal 53%	4/5 8%	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	13/10 18%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	15/2 15%	-
BTTS - Yes 50%	5/6 6%	10/11 3%
BTTS - No 50%	5/6 9%	4/5 3%
BTTS - Home Win 21%	4/1	19/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2 4%	17/5
BTTS - Away Win 11%	11/2 30%	5/1 4%
Home/draw 75%	4/11 6%	7/20 1%
Away/draw 50%	4/7 9%	4/7 1%
Home/away 75%	1/3	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	2/5 8%	2/5 3%
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	2/1 14%	9/5 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	10/3 27%	29/10 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	2/9 8%	2/9 2%
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	8/1 38%	7/1 7%
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/14 4%	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	18/1 27%	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/40 1%	1/100
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/12 2%	1/12 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	7/1 20%	6/1 7%
Home DNB 68%	8/13 11%	13/20 1%
Away DNB 43%	6/5 20%	23/20 5%
Cardiff win to nil 29%	11/4 17%	-
Luton win to nil 13%	4/1 11%	-
Cardiff / Cardiff 22%	3/1 8%	27/10 1%
Cardiff / Luton 3%	33/1 17%	25/1 13%
Cardiff / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Cardiff 15%	9/2 8%	17/4 5%
Draw / Luton 12%	11/2 8%	11/2
Draw / Draw 18%	15/4 5%	10/3 2%
Luton / Cardiff 3%	28/1	22/1 10%
Luton / Luton 15%	4/1 15%	19/5 4%
Luton / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 21st place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Cardiff have outscored their opponents by 39 goals to 32 goals.

Home League Performance

Cardiff have played 18 games at home winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 8 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 22 goals at home.

Luton are in 23rd position in the Championship on 31 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

15 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 40 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 9 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

34 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 20 games, drawn 6 and won 8. Luton have conceded 55 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 13 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cardiff Luton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	37	24	7	6	24	77	l 0-2A	Apr 18	l 0-1A	l 2-0A
2	Leeds	36	22	10	4	49	76	l 0-2A	l 7-0A	Apr 5	l 3-0A
3	Burnley	37	20	15	2	39	75	l 1-2A	l 5-0A	l 1-4A	l 4-0A
4	Sunderland	37	19	12	6	21	69	l 0-2A	l 2-1A	l 1-2A	l 2-0A
5	West Brom	37	13	17	7	14	56	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	May 3
6	Coventry	37	16	8	13	4	56	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	Apr 26	l 3-2F
7	Bristol C	37	13	15	9	7	54	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Apr 21	l 1-0A
8	M'Boro	37	15	8	14	9	53	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	Mar 15	l 5-1A
9	Blackburn	36	15	7	14	4	52	l 1-3A	Mar 15	Apr 12	l 2-0A
10	Sheff Wed	37	14	9	14	-5	51	Mar 29	d 1-1F	w 2-1A	d 1-1F
11	Norwich	37	12	13	12	7	49	w 2-1A	May 3	l 0-1A	l 4-2F
12	Watford	36	14	7	15	-4	49	d 1-1F	w 1-2F	w 3-0F	l 2-0A
13	Millwall	36	12	12	12	-1	48	w 1-0F	d 2-2A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
14	QPR	37	11	11	15	-6	44	l 0-2A	Apr 5	l 1-2F	l 2-1A
15	Preston	37	9	17	11	-6	44	l 0-2A	Apr 8	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
16	Swansea	36	12	8	16	-8	44	w 3-0F	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	l 2-1F
17	Portsmouth	36	11	9	16	-13	42	w 2-0F	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
18	Oxford Utd	36	9	12	15	-16	39	Apr 21	l 3-2A	d 2-2F	l 3-2F
19	Hull	36	9	10	17	-9	37	w 1-0F	l 4-1F	w 1-0F	Mar 29
20	Stoke	36	8	12	16	-14	36	Apr 12	d 2-2A	w 2-1A	Apr 8
21	Cardiff Home	37	8	12	17	-21	36	-	-	w 1-0F	w 1-2A
22	Derby	37	9	8	20	-12	35	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Apr 18
23	Luton Away	37	9	7	21	-26	34	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	-	-
24	Plymouth	36	6	12	18	-37	30	w 5-0F	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	l 3-1A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff	1 - 2	Burnley
Cardiff	1 - 0	Hull
Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
Cardiff	2 - 1	Derby
Cardiff	3 - 0	Swansea
Cardiff	1 - 1	Watford
Cardiff	1 - 1	Coventry
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro
Cardiff	2 - 1	Southampton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Sunderland
H	Cardiff	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Hull
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Plymouth
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Portsmouth
A	Cardiff	0 - 7	Leeds
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Derby
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Millwall
H	Cardiff	3 - 0	Swansea
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Watford
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	M'Boro
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Watford
A	Cardiff	2 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Stoke
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Coventry
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burnley	4 - 0	Luton
Watford	2 - 0	Luton
Sunderland	2 - 0	Luton
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Luton
Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Luton
QPR	2 - 1	Luton
Swansea	2 - 1	Luton
Bristol C	1 - 0	Luton
Blackburn	2 - 0	Luton
Norwich	4 - 2	Luton
Leeds	3 - 0	Luton
M'Boro	5 - 1	Luton
Coventry	3 - 2	Luton
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Luton
Plymouth	3 - 1	Luton
Millwall	0 - 1	Luton
Preston	1 - 0	Luton
Portsmouth	0 - 0	Luton
West Ham	3 - 1	Luton
Wolves	2 - 1	Luton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Luton	0 - 4	Burnley
H	Luton	1 - 0	Portsmouth
A	Luton	0 - 2	Watford
H	Luton	1 - 1	Plymouth
H	Luton	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Luton	0 - 2	Sunderland
A	Luton	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Luton	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Luton	2 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Luton	0 - 0	Preston
A	Luton	1 - 2	QPR
H	Luton	0 - 1	Norwich
A	Luton	1 - 2	Swansea
A	Luton	0 - 1	Bristol C
H	Luton	2 - 1	Derby
A	Luton	0 - 2	Blackburn
H	Luton	2 - 1	Stoke
H	Luton	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Luton	2 - 4	Norwich
A	Luton	0 - 3	Leeds

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Luton have beaten Cardiff in 4 consecutive league meetings

Cardiff

Luton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

Clean sheets

1 / 6

CAR

LUT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
	1 - 2	Luton
	0 - 1	Luton
Cardiff	4 - 0
Cardiff	2 - 1
Cardiff	4 - 1
	1 - 2	Luton

Luton

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

CAR

LUT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Luton
Luton	1 - 0
Luton	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Cardiff
	0 - 2	Cardiff
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	3 - 3	Draw

Goal Statistics

Cardiff City have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.6 against Luton Town on Tuesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Goals have been an issue for Luton Town of late. It has been 8 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Tuesday evening against Cardiff City.

	Cardiff 21st	Luton 23rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Luton will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-4 Cardiff’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-38 Luton have scored 38% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	0.7 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	2.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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CAR

LUT

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Games scored	25		23
Failed to score	11		13
Scored first	14		14
Goals scored	39		32
Avg. goals scored	1.1		0.9
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	8		8
Conversion rate for	13		13
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+8%

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LUT

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Games conceded	30		29
Clean sheets	6		7
Conceded first	21		20
Goals conceded	59		59
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	19%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+6%

Cardiff v Luton Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	12	4	9
C Chambers	C Robinson	R Colwill	P Ng

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Horvath GLK	8			-
P Ng DEF	30	1	1	9 -
D Goutas DEF	33	1	1	3 1
W Fish DEF	12			2 -
C O'Dowda DEF	33	2	2	6 -
C Chambers MID	33	2	1	8 -
A Ramsey MID	8			1 -
R Colwill MID	34	1	4	2 -
A Robertson MID	29	3	2	6 -
W Alves MID	5		1	-
Y Salech FWD	11	4		1 -
Subs
M. Turner GLK				-
J Daland DEF	16			3 -
J Bagan DEF	26		1	4 1
S Mannsverk MID	8			3 -
C Willock MID	28	2	1	-
C. Ashford MID	20	2	3	-
Y Méïté FWD	27	1		2 -
I Davies FWD	4	1		-
C Robinson FWD	30	12	1	1 2

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	27	4	34
C Robinson	C Robinson	R Colwill	A Robertson

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Salech FWD	4	9
A Robertson MID	3	6	2	34
C O'Dowda DEF	2	8	2	21
C Chambers MID	2	6	1	10
P Ng DEF	1	7	1	21
D Goutas DEF	1	5	1	6
R Colwill MID	1	18	4	22
W Fish DEF		1
A Ramsey MID		5
W Alves MID		1	1	1
Subs
C Robinson FWD	12	27	1	13
C Willock MID	2	7	1	16
C. Ashford MID	2	3	3	5
Y Méïté FWD	1	8		6
I Davies FWD	1	1
J Daland DEF				4
J Bagan DEF		2	1	5
S Mannsverk MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1661	68	175
C Chambers	P Ng	C O'Dowda

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers MID	1661	56	140
D Goutas DEF	1434	41	148
P Ng DEF	1161	68	174
A Robertson MID	1016	54	134
C O'Dowda DEF	991	58	175
R Colwill MID	807	52	140
A Ramsey MID	330	16	29
W Fish DEF	254	10	41
E Horvath GLK	222		1
Y Salech FWD	124	8	62
W Alves MID	67	8	19
Subs
J Bagan DEF	546	29	60
J Daland DEF	457	11	52
C Robinson FWD	431	6	50
C Willock MID	428	25	81
S Mannsverk MID	250	11	39
C. Ashford MID	213	14	49
Y Méïté FWD	135	17	94
I Davies FWD	25	4	8

Luton Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	7	4	9
T Kaminski	C Morris	A Doughty	J Clark

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Kaminski GLK	35		1	4 1
C Makosso DEF	4			-
M McGuinness DEF				-
A Bell DEF	21			1 -
I Jones MID	9			2 -
L Walsh MID	18		1	1 2
J Clark MID	31	5	3	9 -
T Aasgaard MID	8	1		-
A Doughty MID	21	1	4	5 -
C Morris FWD	31	7	2	7 -
E Adebayo FWD	35	5		1 -
Subs
T Krul GLK				-
R Burke DEF	10			4 -
M Andersen DEF	8			3 -
L Dabo MID	4			1 -
Z Nelson MID	20		1	5 -
J Brown FWD	28	4	1	3 -
M Alli FWD	7			-
L Nordas FWD	3		1	-
J Bowler FWD	6			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	28	4	36
C Morris	E Adebayo	A Doughty	A Doughty

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Morris FWD	7	23	2	17
J Clark MID	5	17	3	23
E Adebayo FWD	5	28		15
T Aasgaard MID	1	4		1
A Doughty MID	1	3	4	36
T Kaminski GLK			1	1
A Bell DEF				4
I Jones MID		2
L Walsh MID		3	1	2
Subs
J Brown FWD	4	9	1	8
R Burke DEF		1		3
L Dabo MID				1
Z Nelson MID		1	1	8
L Nordas FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1268	47	239
M McGuinness	A Doughty	C Morris

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
T Kaminski GLK	1154		5
J Clark MID	885	44	139
A Bell DEF	751	34	97
C Morris FWD	675	13	239
A Doughty MID	665	47	86
L Walsh MID	412	24	49
E Adebayo FWD	267	12	107
I Jones MID	177	15	44
T Aasgaard MID	174	7	40
C Makosso DEF	93	6	13
Subs
Z Nelson MID	252	18	42
R Burke DEF	215	17	38
J Brown FWD	202	12	89
M Andersen DEF	165	5	29
L Dabo MID	65	2	13
M Alli FWD	50	1	13
L Nordas FWD	23	1	11
J Bowler FWD	22	3	7

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Cardiff City v Luton Town : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Cardiff have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 21st place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Luton are in 23rd position in the Championship on 31 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Cardiff v Luton Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

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