Championship

Championship | Gameweek 9

Sep 30, 2023 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
2 - 0
Rotherham

Etete (56'), Ng (90')
Siopis (35'), Goutas (46')

FT(HT: 0-0)

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 5-2 Cardiff
Wednesday, September 27 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Rotherham United

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Rotherham 1-1 Preston
Saturday, September 23 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

We said: Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United

Cardiff City will be full of confidence on the back of three consecutive league wins, with the mood and quality around the Bluebirds camp dramatically improved under Bulut this season, while Rotherham are devoid of any real form heading into Saturday's tough trip, and we do not fancy the Millers to spring any surprises in South Wales this weekend. 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 60.74%. A draw had a probability of 23.2% and a win for Rotherham United had a probability of 16.09%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.13%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.34%) and 2-1 (9.48%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.85%), while for a Rotherham United win it was 0-1 (6.21%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 12.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Cardiff City in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Cardiff City.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Rotherham United
60.74% ( 0.01)	23.17% ( -0.01)	16.09% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 44.24% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.97% (

0.01)

54.02% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.54% (

0.01)

75.46% (

-0.01)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.56% (

0.01)

17.44% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

52.1% (

0.02)

47.9% (

-0.02)

Rotherham United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

53.59%

46.41% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

17.96% (

-0)

82.03% (

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 60.73%

Rotherham United 16.09%

Draw 23.17%

Cardiff City	Draw	Rotherham United
1-0 @ 14.13% 2-0 @ 12.34% 2-1 @ 9.48% ( 0) 3-0 @ 7.18% ( 0) 3-1 @ 5.52% ( 0) 4-0 @ 3.14% ( 0) 4-1 @ 2.41% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.12% ( 0) 5-0 @ 1.1% ( 0) 4-2 @ 0.92% Other @ 2.4% Total : 60.73%	1-1 @ 10.85% 0-0 @ 8.09% ( -0) 2-2 @ 3.64% Other @ 0.59% Total : 23.17%	0-1 @ 6.21% ( -0) 1-2 @ 4.17% 0-2 @ 2.39% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.07% 2-3 @ 0.93% Other @ 1.33% Total : 16.09%