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

Sat 12th Apr, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

The Championship is the focus for both Cardiff City and Stoke City on Saturday afternoon, as bosses Metin Diyadin and Mark Warburton battle it out at the Cardiff City Stadium. Stats power the predictions below for all the markets, and switching between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to find out more.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 48%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Stoke 26%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 12%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 9%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 9%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Stoke 1-0 8%	-	-
Stoke 2-1 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-0 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 5%	-	-
Stoke 2-0 4%	-	-
Cardiff 3-2 2%	-	-
Stoke 3-1 2%	-	-
Cardiff 4-1 2%	-	-
Cardiff 4-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 45%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 55%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	-	-
BTTS - No 51%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 20%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	-
Home/draw 74%	-	-
Away/draw 52%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 67%	-	-
Away DNB 44%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 28%	-	-
Stoke win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

35 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 12 and won 8. Cardiff have conceded 59 goals, scored 36, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cardiff have played 20 games at home, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 23 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Stoke lay in 18th place on 42 points in the Championship league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 9 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Stoke have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Stoke have played 19 away games, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 12 games. They have scored an average of 0.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 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 Stoke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	39	26	7	6	27	83	l 0-2A	Apr 18	Apr 26	l 2-0A
2	Leeds	39	23	12	4	51	81	l 0-2A	l 7-0A	l 0-2A	Apr 21
3	Burnley	39	22	15	2	42	81	l 1-2A	l 5-0A	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0
4	Sunderland	39	20	12	7	19	72	l 0-2A	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	l 2-1F
5	Coventry	39	17	8	14	5	59	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	l 3-2A
6	West Brom	39	13	18	8	13	57	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
7	M'Boro	39	16	9	14	10	57	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	l 1-3A	l 2-0A
8	Bristol C	39	14	15	10	7	57	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	l 2-0A
9	Watford	39	15	8	16	-4	53	d 1-1F	w 1-2F	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A
10	Norwich	39	13	13	13	7	52	w 2-1A	May 3	d 1-1F	l 4-2A
11	Blackburn	39	15	7	17	1	52	l 1-3A	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
12	Sheff Wed	39	14	10	15	-6	52	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	Apr 18	l 2-0A
13	Millwall	39	13	12	14	-3	51	w 1-0F	d 2-2A	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
14	Preston	39	10	17	12	-7	47	l 0-2A	Apr 8	d 0-00-0	Apr 5
15	QPR	39	11	12	16	-8	45	l 0-2A	Apr 5	w 3-1F	d 1-1F
16	Swansea	39	12	9	18	-11	45	w 3-0F	d 1-1A	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0
17	Portsmouth	39	12	9	18	-14	45	w 2-0F	l 2-1A	w 6-1F	l 3-1A
18	Stoke Away	39	10	12	17	-12	42	Apr 12	d 2-2A	-	-
19	Oxford Utd	39	10	12	17	-17	42	Apr 21	l 3-2A	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
20	Derby	39	11	8	20	-9	41	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	May 3
21	Hull	39	10	11	18	-9	41	w 1-0F	l 4-1F	l 1-3F	w 1-2A
22	Cardiff Home	39	9	13	17	-20	40	-	-	d 2-2F	Apr 12
23	Luton	39	10	8	21	-25	38	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	Apr 8	l 2-1F
24	Plymouth	39	7	13	19	-37	34	w 5-0F	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F

	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 - 1	Sheff Wed
Cardiff	1 - 2	Luton
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Blackburn
H	Cardiff	1 - 2	Luton
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Millwall	1 - 0	Stoke
Coventry	3 - 2	Stoke
Norwich	4 - 2	Stoke
Bristol C	2 - 0	Stoke
Hull	1 - 2	Stoke
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Stoke
West Brom	1 - 1	Stoke
Burnley	0 - 0	Stoke
Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Stoke
Luton	2 - 1	Stoke
Sunderland	2 - 1	Stoke
QPR	1 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	0 - 2	Stoke
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Stoke
Swansea	0 - 0	Stoke
M'Boro	2 - 0	Stoke
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Stoke
Plymouth	0 - 1	Stoke
Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
Southampton	0 - 1	Stoke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cardiff have not lost to Stoke in 9 consecutive league meetings

Cardiff

Stoke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

Clean sheets

3 / 11

CAR

STK

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

Stoke

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

8 / 12

Clean sheets

4 / 12

3 / 12

CAR

STK

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

Goal Statistics

Cardiff City have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 9 consecutive Championship matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Stoke City on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Cardiff 22nd	Stoke 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Stoke scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Cardiff have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	-25 Stoke have scored 25% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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Games scored	28		24
Failed to score	11		15
Scored first	17		15
Goals scored	43		40
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	13		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+7%

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Games conceded	33		28
Clean sheets	6		11
Conceded first	21		18
Goals conceded	63		52
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		8
Conversion rate against	19%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		+20%

Cardiff v Stoke 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
35	12	4	9
C Chambers	C Robinson	R Colwill	C Chambers

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	36	1	4	2 -
C Chambers DEF	35	2	1	9 -
C O'Dowda MID	35	2	2	7 -
D Goutas DEF	33	1	1	3 1
P Ng DEF	32	1	1	9 -
C Robinson FWD	31	12	1	1 2
J Alnwick GLK	29			2 -
A Robertson MID	29	3	2	6 -
Y Méïté FWD	29	2		2 -
J Bagan DEF	28		1	4 1
C Willock MID	28	2	1	-
A Rinomhota MID	25		1	7 -
A Ghazi FWD	25	3	1	-
O Tanner FWD	24	2	2	1 -
C. Ashford MID	21	2	3	-
J Ralls MID	19		1	6 -
J Daland DEF	16			3 -
W Fish DEF	14			2 -
D Turnbull MID	14	1		2 -
Y Salech FWD	13	5		1 -
E Horvath GLK	10			-
S Mannsverk MID	10		1	3 -
A Ramsey MID	8			1 -
W Alves MID	7		3	-
I Davies FWD	6	2		1 -
J Collins DEF	3			1 -
R. Kpakio DEF	2		1	-

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

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	12	27	1	13
Y Salech FWD	5	12
A Ghazi FWD	3	14	1	6
A Robertson MID	3	6	2	34
O Tanner FWD	2	10	2	7
C O'Dowda MID	2	8	2	22
I Davies FWD	2	3
Y Méïté FWD	2	10		7
C. Ashford MID	2	3	3	5
C Willock MID	2	7	1	16
C Chambers DEF	2	6	1	10
D Turnbull MID	1	10		8
R Colwill MID	1	18	4	22
P Ng DEF	1	7	1	21
D Goutas DEF	1	5	1	6
A Rinomhota MID		1	1	6
J Bagan DEF		2	1	5
J Ralls MID		3	1	15
J Daland DEF				4
W Fish DEF		2
S Mannsverk MID		1	1
A Ramsey MID		5
W Alves MID		2	3	2
J Collins DEF				1
R. Kpakio DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1764	72	188
C Chambers	P Ng	C O'Dowda

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	1764	64	156
D Goutas DEF	1435	41	149
P Ng DEF	1222	72	182
C O'Dowda MID	1044	62	188
A Robertson MID	1015	54	134
R Colwill MID	832	57	151
J Alnwick GLK	806	1	16
J Bagan DEF	609	31	67
A Rinomhota MID	561	63	126
J Ralls MID	560	22	47
D Turnbull MID	470	13	19
J Daland DEF	457	11	52
C Robinson FWD	444	6	52
C Willock MID	428	25	81
O Tanner FWD	352	39	84
A Ramsey MID	330	16	29
W Fish DEF	314	11	50
A Ghazi FWD	303	8	60
S Mannsverk MID	301	14	43
E Horvath GLK	267		1
C. Ashford MID	237	14	56
Y Salech FWD	161	9	83
Y Méïté FWD	139	17	98
W Alves MID	82	9	26
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
I Davies FWD	42	6	16
R. Kpakio DEF	34	3	5

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	4	5	12
V Johansson	A Moran	J. Bae	J Tchamadeu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	39			3 -
J. Bae MID	38	3	5	4 -
L. Koumas FWD	38	3	2	6 -
J Tchamadeu DEF	35	1	2	12 -
A Moran MID	34	4	3	9 -
B Wilmot DEF	32	2		7 -
W Burger MID	32	1	1	10 -
M Manhoef FWD	28	4	5	1 -
E Bocat DEF	26		1	1 -
T Seko MID	24			1 -
B Gibson DEF	22	3		6 -
M Rose DEF	22			3 -
J Thompson MID	19			7 -
E Stevens DEF	18		2	3 -
A Phillips DEF	17			3 -
S Gallagher FWD	16	3	1	4 -
L Gooch FWD	14		1	4 -
L Baker MID	12	4	2	2 -
E Tezgel FWD	12			1 -
A Vidigal FWD	10			-
N Lowe FWD	9	1		2 -
S. Sidibe MID	8		1	-
A Al-Hamadi FWD	8	2		-
B Pearson MID	7			3 -
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF	4		1	-
M Lawal DEF	3			-
R Mmaee FWD	3			-
J. Dixon DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	23	5	31
A Moran	M Manhoef	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Baker MID	4	6	2	4
A Moran MID	4	8	3	21
M Manhoef FWD	4	23	5	25
L. Koumas FWD	3	14	2	11
B Gibson DEF	3	4
S Gallagher FWD	3	5	1	5
J. Bae MID	3	12	5	31
A Al-Hamadi FWD	2	3		1
B Wilmot DEF	2	4		6
J Tchamadeu DEF	1	3	2	13
W Burger MID	1	5	1	10
N Lowe FWD	1	2
S. Sidibe MID			1	2
V Johansson GLK				1
B Pearson MID				1
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF		1	1	1
A Phillips DEF		1
A Vidigal FWD		1
E Tezgel FWD		3		2
L Gooch FWD		2	1	3
E Stevens DEF		2	2	9
J Thompson MID				1
M Rose DEF				1
T Seko MID		1		7
E Bocat DEF		3	1	10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1469	70	184
B Wilmot	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Wilmot DEF	1469	51	129
B Gibson DEF	1379	13	73
V Johansson GLK	1276	1	30
W Burger MID	1076	61	138
J Tchamadeu DEF	904	37	94
J. Bae MID	900	70	184
A Moran MID	840	69	134
T Seko MID	824	45	87
M Rose DEF	767	14	59
E Bocat DEF	702	40	91
A Phillips DEF	678	14	60
E Stevens DEF	541	29	65
J Thompson MID	512	12	40
M Manhoef FWD	448	20	88
L Baker MID	330	5	24
L. Koumas FWD	312	51	102
L Gooch FWD	234	20	34
B Pearson MID	157	12	16
S. Sidibe MID	133	4	12
S Gallagher FWD	108	6	63
A Al-Hamadi FWD	101	5	34
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF	97	2	14
N Lowe FWD	77	5	22
E Tezgel FWD	60	4	10
A Vidigal FWD	29	4	10
R Mmaee FWD	19		6
M Lawal DEF	15	1	2
J. Dixon DEF	4

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

Cardiff have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Stoke lay in 18th place on 42 points in the Championship league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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