Championship

Championship | Gameweek 39

Apr 2, 2021 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
0 - 1
Nott'm Forest

Pack (14'), Brown (37')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Garner (29')
Christie (26'), Grabban (55'), Cafu (87')

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The Match

Match Report

The Manchester United loanee struck his second goal of the season to steer Chris Hughton's men 10 points clear of relegation danger.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Nottingham Forest, 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 44.61%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 27.96% and a draw had a probability of 27.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.69%) and 2-0 (8.62%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 (9.53%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.87%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Nottingham Forest
44.61%	27.43%	27.96%

Both teams to score 47.07%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

41.96%

58.04%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.28%

78.72%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.1%

25.9%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.11%

60.89%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.52%

36.48%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.74%

73.26%

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 44.61%

Nottingham Forest 27.96%

Draw 27.43%

Cardiff City	Draw	Nottingham Forest
1-0 @ 12.76% 2-1 @ 8.69% 2-0 @ 8.62% 3-1 @ 3.92% 3-0 @ 3.88% 3-2 @ 1.97% 4-1 @ 1.32% 4-0 @ 1.31% Other @ 2.13% Total : 44.61%	1-1 @ 12.87% 0-0 @ 9.45% 2-2 @ 4.38% Other @ 0.72% Total : 27.43%	0-1 @ 9.53% 1-2 @ 6.49% 0-2 @ 4.8% 1-3 @ 2.18% 0-3 @ 1.62% 2-3 @ 1.47% Other @ 1.87% Total : 27.96%