📊 Form Guide

Cardiff City

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Cardiff City go into this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Championship draw against Preston North End.

In that game, Cardiff City managed 51% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Cardiff City, the goalscorers were Will Alves (52') and Yakou Meïté (94'). For their opponents, Preston North End got 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Milutin Osmajić (19') and Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (72') scored for Preston North End.

Cardiff City have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, but they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Cardiff City have seen their goal breached in 5 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Their past results show that Cardiff City:

• have not lost a league tie with Stoke City in their previous 9 matches. A long run without a loss.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 league games.

Stoke City

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In the game prior to this, Stoke City drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Luton Town.

In that game, Stoke City managed 47% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Stoke City was Lewis Baker (74'). On the other side, Luton Town got 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Millenic Alli (91') was the scorer for Luton Town.

The stats tell the story, and Stoke City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in total. In defence, Stoke City have seen their frailties exposed. That trend might not be carried forward into this match, however.

Analysis of their past results shows that Stoke City:

• have not registered a win against Cardiff City when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

There have been a high number of draws between the two sides. In their head to head meetings beginning from 10/12/2022, fans have seen 5 of them. That’s an unusually high 83% of games being drawn.

An aggregate of 19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 10 from The Bluebirds and 9 coming from The Potters. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

📋 Team News: Cardiff City

Aaron Ramsey (Hamstring injury) and Callum O'Dowda (unknown injury) won’t be playing for Cardiff City manager Omer Riza.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Stoke City will have to play well to breach the defence of this Cardiff City lineup who we think will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We therefore fancy a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning margin for Cardiff City at full-time.

Let’s see what happens.

Andre Moura, 13:03 12/04/2025