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Wolves vs Cardiff — Championship 2025

Wolves
Wolves
Preview
15:00
Cardiff
Cardiff
10/31/2026ChampionshipChampionship · Round 13Molineux Stadium
55%
Wolves
model favours
55%25%20%

Wolves score first in only 15% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–0
likely score
55%
under 2.5 goals
46%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 8+ matches

Wolves55%
×Draw25%
Cardiff20%
✓ 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.

Wolves
1.61
Cardiff
0.85

Wolves creates 89% more chances

Season form · 8 home / 10 away

creates per match

Wolves
1.13
Cardiff
0.70

allows per match

Wolves
1.00
Cardiff
2.10

finishing

Wolves+0.00on par
Cardiff+0.00on par

Total goals

55%Under
  • Under55
  • Over45

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Wolves ↓

Cardiff →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–17%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–112%
1–25%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–011%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
70%30%2.5
45%55%3.5
23%77%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Wolves or draw
80%
Wolves or Cardiff
75%
Draw or Cardiff
45%

Winning margin

Wolves wins by 2+
30%
Cardiff wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Wolves 1+ goals
80%
Wolves 2+ goals
48%
Wolves 3+ goals
22%
Cardiff 1+ goals
57%
Cardiff 2+ goals
21%
Cardiff 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Wolves (draw refunded)
74%
Cardiff (draw refunded)
26%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
34%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Wolves at home — creates 1.13, concedes 1.00 · 8 matches

Cardiff away — creates 0.70, concedes 2.10 · 10 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Wolves attack 1.13 + Cardiff defence 2.10 → ÷2 → 1.61

Cardiff attack 0.70 + Wolves defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 0.85

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 55%?"

Wolves scores more
55%
level
25%
Cardiff scores more
20%

Wolves at 55% 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 55% does not mean "Wolves 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

  • 38% of Wolves’s goals come after the 75th minute

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Wolves
DDLDL
Cardiff
WLLWW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preview: Wolves host Cardiff

October 31, 2026: Wolves take on Cardiff in Championship. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.

Wolves host Cardiff at Molineux Stadium.

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