Championship

Championship | Gameweek 42

Jul 7, 2020 at 7.45pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
2 - 3
Blackburn

Vaulks (14'), Glatzel (41')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Graham (22'), Samuel (46'), Armstrong (70')
Travis (88')

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Blackburn Rovers boss Tony Mowbray on June 20, 2020

Tony Mowbray unsurprised by Adam Armstrong wonder goal in win at Cardiff

The forward's first-time shot from 45 yards in the 70th minute won it for Rovers after they twice came from behind to equalise.

Jul 7, 22:28

The Match

Match Report

The Bluebirds sit four points clear of seventh-placed Derby but have played a game more.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers, including team news and predicted lineups

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 41.58%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 32.7% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.77%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.81%) and 2-0 (7.05%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 (8.47%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.21%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 2.3% likelihood.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
41.58%	25.72%	32.7%

Both teams to score 54.48%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.44%

49.56%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.41%

71.58%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.36%

23.64%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.27%

57.73%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.34%

28.66%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.52%

64.47%

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 41.58%

Blackburn Rovers 32.7%

Draw 25.72%

Cardiff City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 9.77% 2-1 @ 8.81% 2-0 @ 7.05% 3-1 @ 4.23% 3-0 @ 3.39% 3-2 @ 2.65% 4-1 @ 1.53% 4-0 @ 1.22% 4-2 @ 0.95% Other @ 1.98% Total : 41.58%	1-1 @ 12.21% 0-0 @ 6.77% 2-2 @ 5.5% 3-3 @ 1.1% Other @ 0.13% Total : 25.72%	0-1 @ 8.47% 1-2 @ 7.63% 0-2 @ 5.29% 1-3 @ 3.18% 2-3 @ 2.29% 0-3 @ 2.2% 1-4 @ 0.99% Other @ 2.64% Total : 32.7%