Championship

Championship | Gameweek 4

Aug 21, 2021 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
3 - 1
Millwall

Flint (66', 70'), Morrison (83')
Flint (51'), Nelson (86')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Afobe (76')
Cooper (65')

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The Match

Match Report

Aden Flint also netted twice against Peterborough in midweek.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Millwall, including predictions, team news and possible 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 39.79%. A win for Millwall had a probability of 31.83% and a draw had a probability of 28.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.46%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.08%) and 2-0 (7.61%). The likeliest Millwall win was 0-1 (10.82%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.22%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Cardiff City would win this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Millwall
39.79%	28.38%	31.83%

Both teams to score 46.12%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

39.94%

60.06%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.71%

80.28%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.53%

29.47%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.52%

65.48%

Millwall Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.39%

34.61%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.67%

71.33%

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 39.78%

Millwall 31.83%

Draw 28.38%

Cardiff City	Draw	Millwall
1-0 @ 12.46% 2-1 @ 8.08% 2-0 @ 7.61% 3-1 @ 3.29% 3-0 @ 3.1% 3-2 @ 1.75% 4-1 @ 1.01% 4-0 @ 0.95% Other @ 1.55% Total : 39.78%	1-1 @ 13.22% 0-0 @ 10.2% 2-2 @ 4.29% Other @ 0.67% Total : 28.38%	0-1 @ 10.82% 1-2 @ 7.02% 0-2 @ 5.74% 1-3 @ 2.48% 0-3 @ 2.03% 2-3 @ 1.52% Other @ 2.23% Total : 31.83%

How you voted: Cardiff vs Millwall

Cardiff City

58.7%

Draw

31.7%

Millwall

9.5%