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Cardiff vs Norwich — Championship 2025

Cardiff
Cardiff
Preview
15:00
Norwich
Norwich
2/6/2027ChampionshipChampionship · Round 30Cardiff City Stadium
Big match
42%
Norwich
model favours
31%27%42%

Norwich have won 4 of the last 5 meetings

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
54%
under 2.5 goals
51%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 8+ matches

Cardiff31%
×Draw27%
Norwich42%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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
1.14
Norwich
1.36

Norwich creates 19% more chances

Season form · 18 home / 8 away

creates per match

Cardiff
1.01
Norwich
1.46

allows per match

Cardiff
1.26
Norwich
1.26

finishing

Cardiff-0.45scores less
Norwich+0.17scores more

Total goals

54%Under
  • Under54
  • Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cardiff ↓

Norwich →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–111%
0–28%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–113%
1–29%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–05%
2–17%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–02%
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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
71%29%2.5
46%54%3.5
24%76%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Cardiff or draw
58%
Cardiff or Norwich
73%
Draw or Norwich
69%

Winning margin

Cardiff wins by 2+
13%
Norwich wins by 2+
19%

Team goals

Cardiff 1+ goals
68%
Cardiff 2+ goals
32%
Cardiff 3+ goals
11%
Norwich 1+ goals
74%
Norwich 2+ goals
39%
Norwich 3+ goals
16%

Draw no bet

Cardiff (draw refunded)
43%
Norwich (draw refunded)
57%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
38%
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 1.01, concedes 1.26 · 18 matches

Norwich away — creates 1.46, concedes 1.26 · 8 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 1.01 + Norwich defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.14

Norwich attack 1.46 + Cardiff defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.36

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 42%?"

Cardiff scores more
31%
level
27%
Norwich scores more
42%

Norwich at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Norwich 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.

Match Insights

  • Both teams scored in 4 of the last 5 meetings
  • Their last 5 meetings averaged 4.2 goals

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Similar styles
Cardiff
Balanced
Norwich
Balanced
46%Possession55%
72%Pass accuracy80%
11.9Shots12.3
0.83xGBiggest gap1.36
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
CardiffNorwich

Head-to-head

5 previous meetings

1
Cardiff
0
Draws
4
Norwich
Avg goals: 4.2BTTS: 80%
2–42–11–42–30–2

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
Cardiff
WLLWW
Norwich
DWLDW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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