Championship

Championship | Gameweek 22

Dec 21, 2024 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
0 - 2
Sheff Utd

Siopis (27'), Meite (45+1'), Bagan (61')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Moore (65', 73')
Peck (50')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Last Game: Stoke 2-2 Cardiff
Saturday, December 14 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sheffield United

All competitions

Last Game: Sheff Utd 2-0 Plymouth
Saturday, December 14 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 37.94%. A win for Sheffield United had a probability of 35.38% and a draw had a probability of 26.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.26%) and 2-0 (6.62%). The likeliest Sheffield United win was 0-1 (9.75%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.68%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 6.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Sheffield United in this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Sheffield United
37.94% ( 0.03)	26.68% ( 0)	35.38% ( -0.03)

Both teams to score 51.89% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.88% (

-0.02)

53.12% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.3% (

-0.01)

74.7% (

0.01)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.79% (

0.01)

27.21% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.38% (

0.01)

62.62% (

-0.01)

Sheffield United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.28% (

-0.03)

28.72% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.45% (

-0.03)

64.55% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 37.94%

Sheffield United 35.38%

Draw 26.68%

Cardiff City	Draw	Sheffield United
1-0 @ 10.17% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 8.26% ( 0) 2-0 @ 6.62% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 3.58% ( 0) 3-0 @ 2.87% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.24% 4-1 @ 1.17% ( 0) 4-0 @ 0.94% ( 0) Other @ 2.09% Total : 37.94%	1-1 @ 12.68% 0-0 @ 7.81% ( 0) 2-2 @ 5.15% ( -0) 3-3 @ 0.93% ( -0) Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.68%	0-1 @ 9.75% ( -0) 1-2 @ 7.92% ( -0) 0-2 @ 6.08% ( -0) 1-3 @ 3.29% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.53% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.14% ( -0) 1-4 @ 1.03% ( -0) Other @ 2.64% Total : 35.38%