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

Sat 18th Jan, 12:30 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday lunch time, as Erol Bulut and his Cardiff City side host Luke Williams’s Swansea City at the Cardiff City Stadium. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting assigned to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head-to-head statistics between the team are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 78% chance of Cardiff and Swansea a maximum of 3 goals combined during this Championship match according to our predictive algorithm and, without a strong favourite in the WDW market, we think that's where the smart money should go. Calculations are made based on recent form, historical head-to-head (H2H) statistics and the view of the betting market, and you can back it at 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 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.60.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 40%	6/4	8/5
Draw 28%	12/5	9/4
Swansea 32%	7/4	7/4
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	5/1
Cardiff 1-0 12%	7/1	13/2
Swansea 1-0 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 0-0 9%	17/2	7/1
Cardiff 2-1 8%	9/1	8/1
Cardiff 2-0 7%	11/1	10/1
Swansea 2-1 7%	9/1	8/1
Swansea 2-0 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	11/1
Cardiff 3-1 4%	20/1	16/1
Cardiff 3-0 3%	22/1	18/1
Swansea 3-1 3%	22/1	16/1
Swansea 3-0 2%	28/1	20/1
Cardiff 3-2 2%	28/1	22/1
Swansea 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	11/10	1/1
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	8/11	8/11
Home 1st Goal 49%	5/6	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	6/5	-
No 1st Goal 6%	17/2	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	4/5	4/5
BTTS - No 51%	10/11	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 16%	9/2	4/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 14%	9/2	17/4
Home/draw 68%	2/5	4/9
Away/draw 60%	1/2	1/2
Home/away 72%	3/10	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	1/3	1/3
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	12/5	2/1
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	11/4	5/2
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	2/7	2/7
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	6/1	11/2
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/10	1/11
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	14/1	12/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/33	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/16	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	17/2	7/1
Home DNB 59%	4/5	4/5
Away DNB 52%	10/11	10/11
Cardiff win to nil 24%	3/1	-
Swansea win to nil 19%	7/2	-
Cardiff / Cardiff 19%	10/3	3/1
Cardiff / Swansea 3%	28/1	22/1
Cardiff / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Cardiff 14%	5/1	19/4
Draw / Swansea 13%	11/2	5/1
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	7/2
Swansea / Cardiff 3%	28/1	20/1
Swansea / Swansea 18%	7/2	10/3
Swansea / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 8 and won 4. Cardiff have conceded 40 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cardiff have played 12 games at home, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Swansea lay in 12th place on 34 points in the Championship league table having played 26 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 21 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Swansea have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Swansea have played 13 away games, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 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 Swansea
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	26	15	8	3	29	53	l 0-2A	Feb 1	l 3-4F	Mar 29
2	Burnley	26	14	10	2	22	52	Mar 1	l 5-0A	Mar 15	l 1-0A
3	Sheff Utd	26	16	6	4	19	52	l 0-2A	Apr 18	Jan 21	l 1-0A
4	Sunderland	26	14	8	4	17	50	l 0-2A	Mar 8	l 2-3F	Apr 12
5	M'Boro	26	11	8	7	11	41	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	Mar 8	l 1-0A
6	West Brom	26	9	13	4	11	40	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
7	Blackburn	25	11	6	8	5	39	l 1-3A	Mar 15	Feb 22	l 1-0A
8	Bristol C	26	9	10	7	3	37	Feb 15	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	Feb 9
9	Watford	25	11	4	10	-1	37	Jan 14	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	Mar 12
10	Sheff Wed	26	10	7	9	-2	37	Mar 29	d 1-1F	Feb 12	d 0-00-0
11	Norwich	26	9	9	8	6	36	w 2-1A	May 3	w 1-0F	Jan 25
12	Swansea Away	26	9	7	10	0	34	Jan 18	d 1-1A	-	-
13	QPR	26	7	11	8	-5	32	l 0-2A	Apr 5	w 3-0F	Apr 21
14	Millwall	25	7	9	9	1	30	w 1-0F	Jan 21	l 0-1A	Apr 26
15	Preston	26	6	12	8	-6	30	l 0-2A	Apr 8	w 3-0F	Mar 1
16	Coventry	26	7	8	11	-3	29	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	Feb 1	w 1-2F
17	Oxford Utd	25	7	7	11	-12	28	Apr 21	l 3-2A	May 3	w 1-2F
18	Derby	26	7	6	13	-4	27	Jan 25	l 1-0A	Apr 5	w 1-2F
19	Stoke	26	6	9	11	-8	27	Apr 12	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0	Feb 15
20	Luton	26	7	4	15	-17	25	Mar 11	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	d 1-1A
21	Portsmouth	24	5	8	11	-11	23	w 2-0F	Feb 11	d 2-2A	l 4-0A
22	Hull	26	5	8	13	-11	23	Feb 8	l 4-1F	Apr 18	l 2-1A
23	Cardiff Home	25	5	8	12	-15	23	-	-	d 1-1F	Jan 18
24	Plymouth	25	4	8	13	-29	20	w 5-0F	Feb 22	Apr 9	w 1-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cardiff

Swansea

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

4 / 9

CAR

SWA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff	2 - 0
	2 - 3	Swansea
	0 - 4	Swansea
	0 - 2	Swansea
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Cardiff	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Swansea
Cardiff	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Swansea

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

5 / 10

Clean sheets

5 / 10

2 / 10

CAR

SWA

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

Goal Statistics

	Cardiff 23rd	Swansea 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Swansea will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-15 Cardiff have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted	-6 Swansea’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

CAR

SWA

13%

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Games scored	15		17
Failed to score	10		9
Scored first	9		12
Goals scored	25		30
Avg. goals scored	1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	9		7
Conversion rate for	12		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+13%

CAR

SWA

19%

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Games conceded	21		20
Clean sheets	4		6
Conceded first	15		12
Goals conceded	40		30
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	18%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+19%

Cardiff v Swansea 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
23	8	4	6
C Chambers	C Robinson	R Colwill	P Ng

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	24	1	4	2 -
C Chambers DEF	23	1		4 -
C O'Dowda MID	23	1	2	4 -
D Goutas DEF	22		1	1 -
J Alnwick GLK	21			2 -
C Willock MID	21	1	1	-
O Tanner FWD	21	2	1	1 -
A Robertson MID	20	3	1	4 -
P Ng DEF	19	1		6 -
M Siopis MID	19			5 -
C Robinson FWD	19	8		1 1
Y Méïté FWD	19	1		1 -
A Ghazi FWD	17	2	1	-
J Bagan DEF	15			2 1
W Kanga FWD	15			-
A Rinomhota MID	14			4 -
J Ralls MID	13		1	5 -
D Turnbull MID	12	1		2 -
J Daland DEF	11			2 -
C. Ashford MID	9	1	2	-
E Horvath GLK	4			-
J Collins DEF	4			1 -
A Ramsey MID	4			1 -
W Fish DEF	3			2 -
R. Kpakio DEF	2		1	-
M. Reindorf FWD	2			-
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	18	4	27
C Robinson	R Colwill	R Colwill	A Robertson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	8	14		10
A Robertson MID	3	3	1	27
A Ghazi FWD	2	9	1	5
O Tanner FWD	2	10	1	5
R Colwill MID	1	18	4	20
C. Ashford MID	1	1	2	2
C Chambers DEF	1	3		8
Y Méïté FWD	1	8		5
D Turnbull MID	1	10		8
P Ng DEF	1	5		19
C Willock MID	1	5	1	13
C O'Dowda MID	1	4	2	19
R. Kpakio DEF			1	1
M. Reindorf FWD				1
A Ramsey MID		4
J Collins DEF				1
J Bagan DEF				2
J Daland DEF				3
J Ralls MID		2	1	14
A Rinomhota MID		1		4
W Kanga FWD		2		2
M Siopis MID		2		4
D Goutas DEF		3	1	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1180	48	122
C Chambers	P Ng	C O'Dowda

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	1180	32	88
D Goutas DEF	981	21	77
A Robertson MID	836	35	86
P Ng DEF	804	48	118
C O'Dowda MID	700	41	122
R Colwill MID	612	29	95
J Alnwick GLK	602	1	12
M Siopis MID	557	41	86
D Turnbull MID	447	12	16
J Ralls MID	429	14	30
C Willock MID	334	22	71
O Tanner FWD	327	34	76
J Daland DEF	314	8	35
J Bagan DEF	313	18	33
A Rinomhota MID	297	36	65
C Robinson FWD	282	1	30
A Ghazi FWD	231	7	39
A Ramsey MID	201	10	19
E Horvath GLK	112		1
Y Méïté FWD	111	15	76
W Fish DEF	73	2	10
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
W Kanga FWD	60	1	14
C. Ashford MID	59	8	21
R. Kpakio DEF	34	3	5
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	10	1	1
M. Reindorf FWD	9	1	1

Swansea Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
26	8	6	5
L Vigouroux	L Cullen	Ronald	M Peart-Harris

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Vigouroux GLK	26			-
J Key DEF	26		1	3 -
H Darling DEF	26	2	3	3 -
M Grimes MID	26	2	1	3 -
Ronald FWD	26	1	6	2 -
B Cabango DEF	25	1	1	4 -
J Tymon DEF	25		3	4 -
Z Vipotnik FWD	24	4		1 -
M Peart-Harris MID	23	2	3	5 -
L Cullen FWD	23	8	1	4 -
G Franco MID	21	2	1	4 -
F Bianchini FWD	20	2		1 -
J Eom FWD	18		1	1 -
A Abdulai DEF	15	1		1 -
J Allen MID	15	1		1 -
J Fulton MID	14	1		2 -
K Naughton DEF	13			1 -
O Cooper MID	12	1	1	-
N Tjoe-A-On DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	18	6	27
L Cullen	L Cullen	Ronald	J Tymon

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Cullen FWD	8	18	1	15
Z Vipotnik FWD	4	11		1
H Darling DEF	2	11	3	9
M Grimes MID	2	5	1	22
M Peart-Harris MID	2	6	3	12
G Franco MID	2	10	1	13
F Bianchini FWD	2	7		5
J Allen MID	1	3		2
Ronald FWD	1	11	6	21
B Cabango DEF	1	1	1	8
O Cooper MID	1	2	1	8
J Fulton MID	1	1		3
A Abdulai DEF	1	1		2
K Naughton DEF				2
J Eom FWD		5	1	15
J Key DEF		6	1	16
J Tymon DEF		4	3	27

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2291	63	146
M Grimes	G Franco	Ronald

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Grimes MID	2291	45	99
B Cabango DEF	1946	57	128
H Darling DEF	1750	19	125
L Vigouroux GLK	1155	2	10
J Key DEF	1134	35	107
J Tymon DEF	1126	29	71
G Franco MID	728	63	109
Ronald FWD	636	41	146
L Cullen FWD	463	19	67
M Peart-Harris MID	372	17	67
K Naughton DEF	371	21	39
J Eom FWD	358	23	77
J Fulton MID	215	5	14
O Cooper MID	212	15	44
J Allen MID	201	8	15
F Bianchini FWD	135	16	43
Z Vipotnik FWD	118	4	29
A Abdulai DEF	117	9	31
N Tjoe-A-On DEF	4

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

Cardiff have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Swansea lay in 12th place on 34 points in the Championship league table having played 26 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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