Championship

Championship | Gameweek 2

Aug 12, 2023 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
1 - 2
QPR

Ugbo (78')
Adams (25'), Bowler (83')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Armstrong (34'), Paal (65')
Armstrong (27'), Adomah (90')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Cardiff 2-2 Colchester (2-0 pen.)
Wednesday, August 9 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Queens Park Rangers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Watford 4-0 QPR
Saturday, August 5 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

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 50.04%. A draw had a probability of 27.3% and a win for Queens Park Rangers had a probability of 22.62%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.39%) and 2-1 (8.78%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.52%), while for a Queens Park Rangers win it was 0-1 (8.94%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Queens Park Rangers
50.04% ( 0.01)	27.34%	22.62% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 42.97% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38.95% (

-0)

61.04% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.97% (

-0)

81.02% (

-0)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.38% (

24.62% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.87% (

59.13% (

-0)

Queens Park Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.01% (

-0.01)

42.98% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

20.72% (

-0.01)

79.28% (

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 50.03%

Queens Park Rangers 22.62%

Draw 27.33%

Cardiff City	Draw	Queens Park Rangers
1-0 @ 14.83% 2-0 @ 10.39% 2-1 @ 8.78% 3-0 @ 4.86% ( 0) 3-1 @ 4.1% 3-2 @ 1.73% 4-0 @ 1.7% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.44% Other @ 2.21% Total : 50.03%	1-1 @ 12.52% 0-0 @ 10.58% 2-2 @ 3.71% ( -0) Other @ 0.53% Total : 27.33%	0-1 @ 8.94% ( -0) 1-2 @ 5.29% ( -0) 0-2 @ 3.77% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.49% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.06% 2-3 @ 1.04% Other @ 1.04% Total : 22.62%