Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Sep 12, 2020 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
0 - 2
Sheff Weds

FT(HT: 0-2)

Windass (4'), Rhodes (44')
Luongo (74')

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The Match

Match Report

The Owls already cut their 12-point deduction.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday, 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 Sheffield Wednesday win with a probability of 37.25%. A win for Cardiff City had a probability of 36.23% and a draw had a probability of 26.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.2%) and 0-2 (6.42%). The likeliest Cardiff City win was 1-0 (9.71%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.61%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sheffield Wednesday would win this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
36.23%	26.53%	37.25%

Both teams to score 52.46%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.58%

52.42%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.9%

74.1%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.13%

27.87%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.53%

63.47%

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.73%

27.27%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.29%

62.7%

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 36.23%

Sheffield Wednesday 37.25%

Draw 26.52%

Cardiff City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 9.71% 2-1 @ 8.06% 2-0 @ 6.2% 3-1 @ 3.43% 3-0 @ 2.64% 3-2 @ 2.23% 4-1 @ 1.1% Other @ 2.85% Total : 36.23%	1-1 @ 12.61% 0-0 @ 7.6% 2-2 @ 5.24% 3-3 @ 0.97% Other @ 0.11% Total : 26.52%	0-1 @ 9.87% 1-2 @ 8.2% 0-2 @ 6.42% 1-3 @ 3.55% 0-3 @ 2.78% 2-3 @ 2.27% 1-4 @ 1.15% 0-4 @ 0.9% Other @ 2.11% Total : 37.25%