Championship | Gameweek 1
Aug 10, 2024 at 12.30pm UK
Cardiff City Stadium
We said: Cardiff City 2-1 Sunderland
In front of an energetic home crowd and with a host of new attacking faces, Cardiff will be confident of commencing their campaign with maximum points this weekend.
There are still questions marks over Sunderland's striking situation ahead of Saturday's curtain raiser, and we feel that could impact their chances of earning a result in South Wales.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats, suggests the most likely outcome of this match is a Cardiff City win with a probability of 39.42%. A win for Sunderland has a probability of 34.47% and a draw has a probability of 26.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win is 1-0 with a probability of 9.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 2-1 (8.52%) and 2-0 (6.73%). The likeliest Sunderland win is 0-1 (9.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it is 1-1 (12.41%).
Result |
Cardiff City | Draw | Sunderland |
39.42% ( -0.34) | 26.11% ( 0.23) | 34.47% ( 0.11) |
Both teams to score 53.64% ( -0.73) |
49.17% ( -0.94) | 50.83% ( 0.95) |
27.28% ( -0.84) | 72.72% ( 0.84) |
74.68% ( -0.61) | 25.32% ( 0.61) |