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Cardiff City v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 11th Dec, 19:45 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Home advantage can be vital in the Championship, and Erol Bulut’s Cardiff City will have the joy of it on Wednesday evening. Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End are their opponents at the Cardiff City Stadium. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every statistics you could ever need to make a sound selection is laid out below. Flip between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for each one.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 46%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Preston 29%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 11%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 9%	-	-
Preston 1-0 8%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Preston 2-1 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Preston 2-0 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-0 4%	-	-
Preston 3-1 3%	-	-
Cardiff 3-2 3%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Preston 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	-	-
BTTS - No 47%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 21%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 71%	-	-
Away/draw 54%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 64%	-	-
Away DNB 47%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 25%	-	-
Preston win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Cardiff have conceded 22 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cardiff have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Preston lay in 18th place on 18 points in the Championship league table having played 18 matches. Preston are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 5 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 6 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Preston have played 8 away games, winning 0, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

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 Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	18	12	4	2	16	38	Dec 21	Apr 18	l 0-2A	Mar 8
2	Burnley	18	10	6	2	17	36	Mar 1	l 5-0A	Feb 15	d 0-00-0
3	Leeds	18	10	5	3	18	35	l 0-2A	Feb 1	Dec 14	Apr 12
4	Sunderland	18	9	6	3	13	33	l 0-2A	Mar 8	d 0-00-0	Mar 11
5	M'Boro	18	9	3	6	11	30	l 0-2A	Jan 4	Jan 25	d 1-1A
6	Watford	18	9	3	6	2	30	Dec 7	Dec 29	w 3-0F	Jan 21
7	West Brom	18	6	10	2	7	28	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	Jan 1
8	Blackburn	17	8	4	5	4	28	l 1-3A	Mar 15	d 0-00-0	Jan 31
9	Norwich	18	6	7	5	8	25	w 2-1A	May 3	d 2-2F	Feb 11
10	Millwall	17	6	7	4	5	25	w 1-0F	Jan 21	Feb 8	l 3-1A
11	Bristol C	18	6	7	5	3	25	Feb 15	d 1-1F	l 1-3A	May 3
12	Sheff Wed	18	7	4	7	-5	25	Mar 29	d 1-1F	Dec 29	Dec 7
13	Swansea	18	6	5	7	1	23	Jan 18	d 1-1A	Mar 1	l 3-0A
14	Stoke	18	5	6	7	-3	21	Apr 12	Dec 14	Apr 5	d 0-00-0
15	Derby	18	5	5	8	-2	20	Jan 25	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	Mar 29
16	Coventry	18	4	6	8	-3	18	Jan 1	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	Feb 22
17	Oxford Utd	18	4	6	8	-8	18	Apr 21	Dec 26	Jan 4	l 3-1F
18	Preston	18	3	9	6	-8	18	Dec 11	Apr 8	-	-
19	Luton	18	5	3	10	-13	18	Mar 11	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	Jan 18
20	Cardiff	18	4	5	9	-11	17	-	-	Apr 8	Dec 11
21	Plymouth	18	4	5	9	-20	17	w 5-0F	Feb 22	Apr 26	d 3-3F
22	Hull	18	3	6	9	-9	15	Feb 8	l 4-1F	Dec 26	Apr 21
23	QPR	18	2	9	7	-11	15	l 0-2A	Apr 5	Apr 18	Dec 21
24	Portsmouth	16	2	7	7	-12	13	w 2-0F	Feb 11	Mar 15	l 3-1A

	Promotion
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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Cardiff	1 - 3	Hull
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	2 - 1	Ipswich
Cardiff	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Cardiff	2 - 1	Stoke
Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackburn
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 3	Leeds
Cardiff	0 - 2	Leicester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Coventry
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Luton
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
A	Cardiff	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
A	Cardiff	1 - 4	Hull
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Derby
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Cardiff	0 - 5	Burnley
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
A	Cardiff	2 - 5	Rotherham
H	Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
Plymouth	3 - 3	Preston
Burnley	0 - 0	Preston
Millwall	3 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	1 - 1	Preston
Oxford Utd	3 - 1	Preston
Swansea	3 - 0	Preston
West Brom	3 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 0	Preston
Southampton	3 - 0	Preston
Watford	0 - 0	Preston
Birmingham	1 - 0	Preston
Plymouth	0 - 1	Preston
Coventry	0 - 3	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Leeds	2 - 1	Preston
Sunderland	2 - 0	Preston
Swansea	2 - 1	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	1 - 1	West Brom
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	1 - 3	Portsmouth
H	Preston	0 - 0	Sunderland
H	Preston	1 - 3	Bristol C
A	Preston	3 - 3	Plymouth
H	Preston	2 - 2	Norwich
H	Preston	1 - 0	Coventry
A	Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Preston	3 - 0	Watford
A	Preston	1 - 3	Millwall
H	Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
A	Preston	1 - 1	M'Boro
A	Preston	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	1 - 0	Luton
A	Preston	0 - 3	Swansea
H	Preston	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Preston	0 - 3	West Brom
H	Preston	0 - 3	Leicester

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive away league meetings with Cardiff

Cardiff

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 16

9 / 16

Clean sheets

7 / 16

6 / 16

CAR

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
	0 - 2	Preston
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Cardiff	4 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Preston
Cardiff	2 - 0
Cardiff	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Cardiff	1 - 0
Cardiff	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Cardiff	4 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Preston
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Preston

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 16

9 / 16

Clean sheets

7 / 16

3 / 16

CAR

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
	1 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Cardiff
	0 - 1	Cardiff
	1 - 3	Cardiff
Preston	3 - 0
Preston	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Preston	3 - 0
Preston	6 - 0
	1 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	2 - 1
Preston	2 - 1
Preston	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Preston North End of late. It has been 6 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Wednesday evening against Cardiff City.

	Cardiff 20th	Preston 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals	0 32% 1 37% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 69% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-18 Cardiff have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted	-26 Preston have scored 26% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.0 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

CAR

PNE

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Games scored	10		12
Failed to score	8		6
Scored first	7		7
Goals scored	17		17
Avg. goals scored	0.9		0.9
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	10		8
Conversion rate for	10		13
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.1
KickOff rating		+9%

CAR

PNE

17%

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Games conceded	14		11
Clean sheets	4		7
Conceded first	10		7
Goals conceded	28		25
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	18%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+17%

Cardiff v Preston 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
17	5	4	4
P Ng	C Robinson	R Colwill	P Ng

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	18	1	4	2 -
O Tanner FWD	18	2	1	1 -
P Ng DEF	17	1		4 -
C O'Dowda MID	17	1	1	3 -
C Chambers DEF	16			3 -
D Goutas DEF	15		1	1 -
J Alnwick GLK	14			1 -
C Willock MID	14	1	1	-
C Robinson FWD	14	5		1 -
M Siopis MID	13			3 -
A Robertson MID	13	2	1	3 -
A Ghazi FWD	13	1	1	-
W Kanga FWD	13			-
D Turnbull MID	12	1		2 -
Y Méïté FWD	12	1		-
J Bagan DEF	9			1 1
J Ralls MID	9		1	2 -
A Rinomhota MID	7			2 -
J Daland DEF	6			1 -
E Horvath GLK	4			-
A Ramsey MID	4			1 -
C. Ashford MID	4			-
J Collins DEF	3			1 -
W Fish DEF	3			2 -
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	1			-
M. Reindorf FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	17	4	19
C Robinson	R Colwill	R Colwill	R Colwill

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	5	10		7
O Tanner FWD	2	7	1	5
A Robertson MID	2	2	1	18
R Colwill MID	1	17	4	19
Y Méïté FWD	1	4		2
A Ghazi FWD	1	7	1	5
D Turnbull MID	1	10		8
C O'Dowda MID	1	4	1	13
C Willock MID	1	4	1	10
P Ng DEF	1	4		16
J Collins DEF				1
A Ramsey MID		4
J Ralls MID		2	1	9
A Rinomhota MID				1
J Bagan DEF				1
W Kanga FWD		2
C Chambers DEF		2		2
D Goutas DEF		3	1	3
M Siopis MID		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
852	45	104
C Chambers	P Ng	P Ng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	852	21	56
D Goutas DEF	749	16	59
P Ng DEF	739	45	104
A Robertson MID	602	20	52
C O'Dowda MID	531	34	90
R Colwill MID	466	26	81
D Turnbull MID	447	12	16
J Alnwick GLK	406	1	6
M Siopis MID	385	28	57
J Ralls MID	341	12	27
O Tanner FWD	305	31	66
C Willock MID	232	11	38
C Robinson FWD	213	1	24
A Ramsey MID	201	10	19
J Daland DEF	184	4	19
A Ghazi FWD	181	4	28
J Bagan DEF	179	12	20
E Horvath GLK	112		1
A Rinomhota MID	107	6	12
W Fish DEF	73	2	10
Y Méïté FWD	72	12	54
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
W Kanga FWD	57	1	14
C. Ashford MID	13		2
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	10	1	1
M. Reindorf FWD	7	1	1

Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	4	2	7
A Hughes	E Riis	E Riis	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Hughes DEF	18		1	4 -
E Riis FWD	18	4	2	2 -
F Woodman GLK	17			4 1
J Storey DEF	17	1	1	3 -
B Whiteman MID	17		1	7 -
D Holmes MID	17	1		2 -
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	16		2	2 -
B Potts DEF	16	1	1	3 -
S Greenwood MID	15	4	2	4 1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	15	2		3 -
S Thórdarson MID	14			-
A McCann MID	14	1		4 -
L Lindsay DEF	13			3 1
R Brady MID	10		1	3 -
M Osmajic FWD	10	2		1 -
J Whatmough DEF	8			2 -
R Ledson MID	8		1	3 -
W Keane FWD	7	1		-
J Bowler FWD	6			-
J Okkels FWD	6			-
D Cornell GLK	2			-
K. Best DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	13	2	13
E Riis	E Riis	E Riis	S Greenwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Greenwood MID	4	10	2	13
E Riis FWD	4	13	2	8
M Osmajic FWD	2	6
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	2		7
A McCann MID	1	2		7
J Storey DEF	1	2	1	5
D Holmes MID	1	1		4
B Potts DEF	1	6	1	7
W Keane FWD	1	1
J Bowler FWD		3		1
R Ledson MID			1	2
J Whatmough DEF				2
A Hughes DEF		1	1	6
R Brady MID		2	1	7
L Lindsay DEF		1		1
S Thórdarson MID		2		3
K Kesler-Hayden DEF		3	2	7
B Whiteman MID		4	1	10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
889	50	104
A Hughes	A McCann	A Hughes

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hughes DEF	889	27	104
J Storey DEF	743	23	97
B Whiteman MID	701	31	48
F Woodman GLK	632		14
L Lindsay DEF	567	19	75
A McCann MID	473	50	80
B Potts DEF	436	28	86
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	402	16	84
J Whatmough DEF	346	14	43
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	319	16	34
R Brady MID	260	18	41
S Thórdarson MID	255	4	32
S Greenwood MID	242	12	45
E Riis FWD	184	11	48
D Holmes MID	161	10	33
R Ledson MID	109	5	12
J Bowler FWD	95	7	19
W Keane FWD	84	2	12
J Okkels FWD	44	1	2
M Osmajic FWD	41		10
D Cornell GLK	23
K. Best DEF	2	1	3

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Cardiff City v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Cardiff have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Preston lay in 18th place on 18 points in the Championship league table having played 18 matches. Preston are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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