Championship

Championship | Gameweek 4

Aug 26, 2023 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
2 - 1
Sheff Weds

Ugbo (48'), Wintle (90+8' pen.)

FT(HT: 0-0)

Bannan (76')
Bannan (42'), Bernard (66'), Delgado (80'), Paterson (90'), Windass (90+12')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Leicester 2-1 Cardiff
Saturday, August 19 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sheffield Wednesday

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Sheff Weds 0-1 Preston
Saturday, August 19 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Cardiff City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Cardiff City have arguably been better than their results so far this season suggest, while the visiting Owls are yet to find their form on their return to the Championship, and we envisage a first league win of the season for Bulut's side as a result. 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 40.29%. A win for Sheffield Wednesday had a probability of 31.1% and a draw had a probability of 28.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.86%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.05%) and 2-0 (7.81%). The likeliest Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 (10.91%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.25%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Cardiff City would win this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
40.29% ( 0.01)	28.62% ( -0)	31.1% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 45.24% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38.95% (

0.02)

61.05% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.97% (

0.02)

81.03% (

-0.01)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.33% (

0.02)

29.67% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.28% (

0.02)

65.72% (

-0.02)

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.32% (

0.01)

35.68% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.55% (

72.45% (

-0)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 40.28%

Sheffield Wednesday 31.1%

Draw 28.6%

Cardiff City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 12.86% 2-1 @ 8.05% ( 0) 2-0 @ 7.81% ( 0) 3-1 @ 3.26% ( 0) 3-0 @ 3.17% ( 0) 3-2 @ 1.68% ( 0) 4-1 @ 0.99% ( 0) 4-0 @ 0.96% ( 0) Other @ 1.5% Total : 40.28%	1-1 @ 13.25% 0-0 @ 10.58% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 4.15% ( 0) Other @ 0.62% Total : 28.6%	0-1 @ 10.91% 1-2 @ 6.83% 0-2 @ 5.62% ( -0) 1-3 @ 2.35% ( 0) 0-3 @ 1.93% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.43% ( 0) Other @ 2.03% Total : 31.1%