Championship

Championship | Gameweek 24

Dec 26, 2023 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
2 - 2
Plymouth

Butcher (31' og.), Grant (47')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Whittaker (17', 66')
Gibson (44')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Plymouth Argyle, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Last Game: Sheff Weds 1-2 Cardiff
Saturday, December 23 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Plymouth Argyle

All competitions

Last Game: Plymouth 3-3 Birmingham
Saturday, December 23 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Cardiff City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle

Possessing an encouraging unbeaten run, Plymouth will fancy their chances of causing the upset at the Cardiff City Stadium. However, the Welsh giants have enough about them to stay in the playoff race if they win games such as this one, and we feel a late goal could prove decisive. 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 52.84%. A draw had a probability of 24.1% and a win for Plymouth Argyle had a probability of 23.02%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.69%) and 2-0 (9.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.47%), while for a Plymouth Argyle win it was 0-1 (6.79%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5% likelihood.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Plymouth Argyle
52.84% ( -0.03)	24.13% ( -0.01)	23.02% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 52.36% (

0.07)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.05% (

0.07)

48.95% (

-0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.96% (

0.06)

71.04% (

-0.06)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.52% (

0.01)

18.48% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.32% (

0.02)

49.68% (

-0.02)

Plymouth Argyle Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.23% (

0.07)

35.77% (

-0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.46% (

0.07)

72.54% (

-0.08)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 52.84%

Plymouth Argyle 23.02%

Draw 24.13%

Cardiff City	Draw	Plymouth Argyle
1-0 @ 11.16% ( -0.02) 2-1 @ 9.69% ( 0) 2-0 @ 9.42% ( -0.02) 3-1 @ 5.45% ( 0) 3-0 @ 5.3% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.8% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 2.3% ( 0) 4-0 @ 2.24% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.18% ( 0) Other @ 3.29% Total : 52.84%	1-1 @ 11.47% 0-0 @ 6.61% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 4.98% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 0.96% ( 0) Other @ 0.11% Total : 24.13%	0-1 @ 6.79% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 5.9% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 3.49% ( 0) 1-3 @ 2.02% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 1.71% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 1.2% ( 0) Other @ 1.91% Total : 23.02%