Championship

Championship | Gameweek 23

Dec 17, 2022 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
1 - 1
Blackpool

Etete (36')
Robinson (15'), O'Dowda (41'), Whyte (47')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Madine (67')
Madine (51'), Patino (62'), Williams (88')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Blackpool, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Stoke 2-2 Cardiff
Saturday, December 10 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackpool

All competitions

Last Game: Blackpool 0-0 Birmingham
Saturday, December 10 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Cardiff City 1-1 Blackpool

Both teams are in desperate need of maximum points in South Wales on Saturday with the losers of this match likely to be sitting in the relegation zone on Christmas Day, a position that would fail to put either set of supporters in a festive mood. Cardiff showed their attacking capabilities on the road at Stoke last time out but a leaky defence may cost them three points against a Blackpool side who simply need to start picking up results. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Cardiff City win with a probability of 43.89%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 28.08% and a draw had a probability of 28%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.27%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.64%) and 2-1 (8.48%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 0-1 (10%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.02%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 13% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-1 draw for this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Blackpool
43.89% ( 1.96)	28.02% ( 0.16)	28.08% ( -2.12)

Both teams to score 45.5% (

-1.47)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

39.94% (

-1.35)

60.06% (

1.35)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.72% (

-1.04)

80.28% (

1.04)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.79% (

0.41)

27.21% (

-0.41)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.38% (

0.53)

62.62% (

-0.53)

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.51% (

-2.39)

37.49% (

2.39)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.73% (

-2.42)

74.27% (

2.42)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 43.89%

Blackpool 28.07%

Draw 28.02%

Cardiff City	Draw	Blackpool
1-0 @ 13.27% ( 0.8) 2-0 @ 8.64% ( 0.62) 2-1 @ 8.48% ( 0.08) 3-0 @ 3.75% ( 0.31) 3-1 @ 3.68% ( 0.07) 3-2 @ 1.81% ( -0.08) 4-0 @ 1.22% ( 0.11) 4-1 @ 1.2% ( 0.04) Other @ 1.85% Total : 43.89%	1-1 @ 13.02% ( -0.03) 0-0 @ 10.2% ( 0.51) 2-2 @ 4.16% ( -0.24) Other @ 0.64% Total : 28.02%	0-1 @ 10% ( -0.14) 1-2 @ 6.39% ( -0.45) 0-2 @ 4.91% ( -0.4) 1-3 @ 2.09% ( -0.3) 0-3 @ 1.61% ( -0.25) 2-3 @ 1.36% ( -0.18) Other @ 1.72% Total : 28.07%