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Cardiff vs Blackburn — Championship 2018

Cardiff
Cardiff
FT
0 – 1
HT: 0 – 1
Blackburn
Blackburn
1/15/2022ChampionshipChampionship · Round 27Cardiff City Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 21+ matches

Cardiff38%
×Draw28%
Blackburn34%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Cardiff
1.25
Blackburn
1.17

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 33 home / 21 away

creates per match

Cardiff
1.12
Blackburn
1.09

allows per match

Cardiff
1.25
Blackburn
1.37

finishing

Cardiff+0.09on par
Blackburn+0.05on par

Total goals

56%Under
  • Under56
  • Over44

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%No
  • No51
  • Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cardiff ↓

Blackburn →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–110%
0–26%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–011%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
70%30%2.5
44%56%3.5
23%77%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Cardiff or draw
66%
Cardiff or Blackburn
72%
Draw or Blackburn
62%

Winning margin

Cardiff wins by 2+
17%
Blackburn wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Cardiff 1+ goals
71%
Cardiff 2+ goals
36%
Cardiff 3+ goals
13%
Blackburn 1+ goals
69%
Blackburn 2+ goals
33%
Blackburn 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

Cardiff (draw refunded)
53%
Blackburn (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
36%
Both score & under 3
13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Cardiff at home — creates 1.12, concedes 1.25 · 33 matches

Blackburn away — creates 1.09, concedes 1.37 · 21 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Cardiff attack 1.12 + Blackburn defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.25

Blackburn attack 1.09 + Cardiff defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.17

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 38%?"

Cardiff scores more
38%
level
28%
Blackburn scores more
34%

Cardiff at 38% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 38% does not mean "Cardiff will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: Cardiff vs Blackburn

Blackburn beat Cardiff 1-0 in Championship on January 15, 2022.

The match was played at Cardiff City Stadium in Caerdydd.