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

Sat 3rd May, 12:30 BST, Carrow Road, Norwich

Metin Diyadin leads his Cardiff City troops to the Carrow Road in the Championship on Saturday lunch time, with Johannes Hoff Thorup's Norwich City their challengers. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Championship matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Norwich
54%
--
Draw
22%
--
Cardiff
24%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Norwich 2-1
10%
--
Norwich 1-0
8%
--
Norwich 2-0
8%
--
Norwich 3-1
6%
--
Cardiff 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Norwich 3-0
5%
--
Cardiff 1-0
5%
--
Norwich 3-2
4%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
Norwich 4-1
3%
--
Cardiff 2-0
3%
--
Cardiff 3-1
3%
--
Norwich 4-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
30%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
76%
--
Away/draw
46%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
--
Home DNB
69%
--
Away DNB
39%
--
Norwich win to nil
25%
--
Cardiff win to nil
10%
--
Win / draw / win Championship table

Norwich have played 44 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 7 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Norwich have outscored their opponents by 67 goals to 46 goals.

Home League Performance

Norwich have played 22 games at home winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 48 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 32 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 23rd position in the Championship on 43 points having played 44 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 42 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 22 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

42 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 19 games, drawn 15 and won 8. Cardiff have conceded 68 goals, scored 40, failed to score in 14 fixtures and have kept 6 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Norwich
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds44271346094 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
7-0A
2
Burnley44261624694 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
5-0A
3
Sheff Utd44277102586 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
4
Sunderland442113101776 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
5
Bristol C44171611867 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
6
Coventry4419916566 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
7
M'Boro44189171063 
d
 
3-3F
Apr 26
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
8
Millwall44171215-163 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
9
Blackburn4418818462 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
10
West Brom44141812860 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
11
Swansea4417918-460 
w
 
5-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1A
12
Watford4416820-756 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
13
Sheff Wed44151118-956 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
14
Norwich Home44131417153 
-
-
w
 
2-1A
May 3
15
QPR44131417-653 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
16
Portsmouth44141020-1352 
l
 
3-5A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
17
Stoke44121418-1550 
w
 
4-2F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
18
Preston44101915-1049 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2A
19
Oxford Utd44121319-1849 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2A
20
Hull44121220-948 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-1F
21
Derby44121022-946 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-3F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
22
Luton44121022-2346 
w
 
4-2A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
23
Cardiff Away4491619-2343 
May 3
l
 
2-1F
-
-
24
Plymouth44101321-3743 
w
 
6-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
5-0F
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Norwich 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
Cardiff 23RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
2
Draw
10
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Norwich have beaten Cardiff in 3 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Norwich since 2003
Norwich
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
24
11
Games: Scored
11 / 13
7 / 13
Clean sheets
6 / 13
2 / 13
NOR
9
D
2
CAR
2
League games at Cardiff since 2004
Cardiff
Norwich
Goals: Scored
22
20
Games: Scored
12 / 14
12 / 14
Clean sheets
2 / 14
2 / 14
NOR
6
D
1
CAR
7
Goal Statistics
Norwich 14th Cardiff 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Norwich will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+26
Norwich have scored 26% more goals at home than predicted
+2
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Norwich
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
2
1.3
Attack rating
21%
better
NOR
CAR
view stats
Games scored34
30
Failed to score10
14
Scored first22
18
Goals scored67
46
Avg. goals scored1.5
1
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal5
8
Conversion rate for18
12
Avg. XG for1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
3%
better
NOR
CAR
view stats
Games conceded37
37
Clean sheets7
7
Conceded first20
24
Goals conceded66
69
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
5
Conversion rate against19%
19%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+3%

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

Norwich Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4317713
S DuffyB SainzC DoyleC Doyle
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Duffy DEF433
4
-
J Stacey DEF3925
3
-
B Sainz FWD39174
7
-
K. Fisher DEF384
10
-
C Doyle DEF3817
13
-
O Schwartau FWD381
4
-
A. Crnac FWD3874
2
-
A Gunn GLK33
1
-
E Marcondes MID3356
5
-
J Córdoba DEF321
4
2
A Slimane MID3222
8
-
K McLean MID324
6
1
M Espinoza MID3043
7
-
J Sargent FWD30155
2
-
B Chrisene DEF261
2
-
J Sörensen MID25
2
-
O Hernández FWD223
2
-
A Forson MID1922
1
-
J. Wright MID133
1
-
L Dobbin FWD102
1
-
G Long GLK9
-
L Mahovo DEF8
-
L Gibbs MID8
-
R. McConville DEF6
-
G Forsyth MID5
-
V Nuñez GLK3
-
M Jurásek FWD2
-
Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
391249
C O'DowdaC RobinsonR ColwillC Chambers
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Colwill MID4114
3
-
C O'Dowda MID4022
7
-
C Chambers DEF3921
9
-
P Ng DEF3411
9
-
D Goutas DEF3411
3
1
Y Méïté FWD343
2
-
C Robinson FWD34121
1
2
A Robertson MID3333
8
-
J Bagan DEF301
4
1
C Willock MID3022
-
J Alnwick GLK29
2
-
A Rinomhota MID291
7
-
O Tanner FWD2822
1
-
C. Ashford MID2623
-
A Ghazi FWD2531
-
J Daland DEF19
3
-
W Fish DEF19
4
-
J Ralls MID191
6
-
Y Salech FWD1861
1
-
D Turnbull MID171
2
-
E Horvath GLK15
-
S Mannsverk MID141
4
-
W Alves MID1213
-
I Davies FWD92
1
-
A Ramsey MID8
1
-
J Collins DEF3
1
-
R. Kpakio DEF21
-