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

Sat 14th Dec, 15:00 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Steven Schumacher and Erol Bulut take on one another in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, as Stoke City face Cardiff City at the bet365 Stadium. Analysing both teams' last 20 Championship matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Stoke 52%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Cardiff 24%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Stoke 1-0 11%	-	-
Stoke 2-1 10%	-	-
Stoke 2-0 9%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 6%	-	-
Stoke 3-1 5%	-	-
Stoke 3-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 4%	-	-
Stoke 3-2 3%	-	-
Stoke 4-1 2%	-	-
Stoke 4-0 2%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 53%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	-
No 1st Goal 4%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 23%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	-
Home/draw 76%	-	-
Away/draw 48%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	-	-
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 69%	-	-
Away DNB 41%	-	-
Stoke win to nil 29%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 12%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 18 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 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Stoke have outscored their opponents by 19 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Stoke have played 10 games at home winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 20th position in the Championship on 17 points having played 18 matches so far this season. Cardiff are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 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 fixtures and have kept 2 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	Stoke Cardiff
Results by League Table

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

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Win / draw / win form

Cardiff have not won in 11 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	0 - 2	Burnley
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Stoke	1 - 1	Millwall
Stoke	2 - 1	Derby
Stoke	2 - 2	Bristol C
Stoke	1 - 1	Norwich
Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
Stoke	1 - 3	Hull
Stoke	1 - 2	West Brom
Stoke	1 - 0	Coventry
Stoke	4 - 0	Bristol C
Stoke	3 - 0	Plymouth
Stoke	2 - 2	West Brom
Stoke	1 - 1	Huddersfield
Stoke	0 - 3	Norwich
Stoke	2 - 0	M'Boro
Stoke	0 - 1	Coventry
Stoke	1 - 0	QPR
Stoke	0 - 5	Leicester
Stoke	1 - 2	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Stoke	0 - 2	Burnley
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
A	Stoke	1 - 1	QPR
H	Stoke	1 - 1	Millwall
A	Stoke	2 - 0	Blackburn
H	Stoke	2 - 1	Derby
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Stoke	2 - 2	Bristol C
H	Stoke	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Stoke	0 - 0	Swansea
H	Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Stoke	0 - 2	M'Boro
H	Stoke	1 - 3	Hull
A	Stoke	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Stoke	1 - 0	Plymouth
H	Stoke	1 - 2	West Brom
A	Stoke	0 - 3	Watford
H	Stoke	1 - 0	Coventry
H	Stoke	4 - 0	Bristol C
A	Stoke	1 - 0	Southampton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry	2 - 2	Cardiff
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Cardiff
Luton	1 - 0	Cardiff
West Brom	0 - 0	Cardiff
Bristol C	1 - 1	Cardiff
Hull	4 - 1	Cardiff
Derby	1 - 0	Cardiff
Swansea	1 - 1	Cardiff
Burnley	5 - 0	Cardiff
Rotherham	5 - 2	Cardiff
Millwall	3 - 1	Cardiff
Birmingham	0 - 1	Cardiff
Coventry	1 - 2	Cardiff
Swansea	2 - 0	Cardiff
Bristol C	0 - 1	Cardiff
Norwich	4 - 1	Cardiff
West Brom	2 - 0	Cardiff
Watford	0 - 1	Cardiff
Plymouth	3 - 1	Cardiff
QPR	1 - 2	Cardiff

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Stoke have drawn with Cardiff in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Cardiff have not lost to Stoke in 8 consecutive league meetings

Stoke

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

7 / 11

Clean sheets

4 / 11

3 / 11

STK

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
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

Cardiff

Stoke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

Clean sheets

3 / 11

STK

CAR

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

Goal Statistics

Stoke City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Cardiff City have conceded in each of their last 6 Championship games. A PG of 1.6 for Steven Schumacher's side suggests that run should continue.

	Stoke 14th	Cardiff 20th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 81% probability that Stoke will score 1 or more goals	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+4 Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-15 Cardiff have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

13%

better

STK

CAR

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Games scored	11		10
Failed to score	7		8
Scored first	8		7
Goals scored	19		17
Avg. goals scored	1.1		0.9
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		10
Conversion rate for	13		10
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+13%

17%

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STK

CAR

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Games conceded	13		14
Clean sheets	5		4
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	22		28
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		6
Conversion rate against	11%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.4
KickOff rating		+17%

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Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	7	5	6
V Johansson	T Cannon	J. Bae	W Burger

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	18			1 -
B Gibson DEF	18	2		4 -
J. Bae MID	17		5	3 -
L. Koumas FWD	17	2	1	2 -
M Manhoef FWD	17	3	2	1 -
J Tchamadeu DEF	16			3 -
E Bocat DEF	16		1	1 -
B Wilmot DEF	16	1		4 -
W Burger MID	16			6 -
A Moran MID	15	2	1	4 -
T Cannon FWD	14	7	1	1 -
J Thompson MID	12			4 -
M Rose DEF	9			1 -
T Seko MID	9			-
A Vidigal FWD	9			-
E Stevens DEF	8		2	1 -
E Tezgel FWD	7			1 -
N Ennis FWD	7			-
S. Sidibe MID	6		1	-
L Gooch FWD	5			-
S Gallagher FWD	3	1	1	1 -
R Mmaee FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	20	5	23
T Cannon	T Cannon	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Cannon FWD	7	20	1	6
M Manhoef FWD	3	14	2	19
L. Koumas FWD	2	5	1	5
A Moran MID	2	5	1	10
B Gibson DEF	2	3
S Gallagher FWD	1	1	1	2
B Wilmot DEF	1	3		3
E Stevens DEF		1	2	6
L Gooch FWD		1		1
S. Sidibe MID			1	1
N Ennis FWD		1
E Tezgel FWD		2		1
J Thompson MID				1
A Vidigal FWD		1
T Seko MID				2
M Rose DEF				1
W Burger MID		1		2
E Bocat DEF		2	1	5
J Tchamadeu DEF				4
J. Bae MID		6	5	23

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1195	28	83
B Gibson	B Wilmot	J. Bae

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Gibson DEF	1195	12	67
B Wilmot DEF	773	28	61
V Johansson GLK	583		13
W Burger MID	496	21	44
J. Bae MID	474	26	83
E Bocat DEF	451	25	59
J Tchamadeu DEF	381	13	30
A Moran MID	381	28	55
J Thompson MID	336	8	24
M Manhoef FWD	321	15	59
T Seko MID	286	14	27
M Rose DEF	278	4	15
E Stevens DEF	239	10	23
T Cannon FWD	166	10	56
S. Sidibe MID	117	2	9
L. Koumas FWD	108	19	43
L Gooch FWD	70	6	9
E Tezgel FWD	43	1	6
S Gallagher FWD	27	3	11
A Vidigal FWD	26	2	6
R Mmaee FWD	19		6
N Ennis FWD	16		3

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 -
A Robertson MID	13	2	1	3 -
M Siopis MID	13			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			-
W Fish DEF	3			2 -
J Collins DEF	3			1 -
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
M Siopis MID		1		2
D Goutas DEF		3	1	3

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

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

Stoke have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Cardiff are in 20th position in the Championship on 17 points having played 18 matches so far this season. Cardiff are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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