Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Jul 30, 2022 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
1 - 0
Norwich

Sawyers (49')
Kipre (44'), O'Dowda (54'), Ralls (69'), Ng (69'), Rinomhota (69')
Ng (73')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Hanley (68')
Hanley (85')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

Last Six:

Last Game: Swindon 2-4 Cardiff
Saturday, July 23 at 3pm in Club Friendlies 1

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
5	Bristol City	0	0	0
6	Cardiff City	0	0	0
7	Coventry City	0	0	0

Norwich City

Last Six:

Last Game: Hibernian 1-0 Norwich
Sunday, July 24 at 2pm in Club Friendlies 1

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
11	Millwall	0	0	0
12	Norwich City	0	0	0
13	Preston North End	0	0	0

We said: Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City

Backed by their home crowd, Cardiff will fancy their chances of causing one of the surprises of the opening Championship weekend. However, this feels like a strong Norwich squad for a second-tier campaign and we feel that the visitors will edge this contest by the odd goal in three. 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 Norwich City win with a probability of 50.71%. A win for Cardiff City has a probability of 24.96% and a draw has a probability of 24.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Norwich City win is 0-1 with a probability of 10.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 1-2 (9.61%) and 0-2 (8.79%). The likeliest Cardiff City win is 1-0 (6.93%), while for a drawn scoreline it is 1-1 (11.54%).

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Norwich City
24.96% ( -1.97)	24.33% ( -0.68)	50.71% ( 2.66)

Both teams to score 53.9% (

0.37)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.04% (

1.35)

47.96% (

-1.34)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.87% (

1.23)

70.13% (

-1.22)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.49% (

-0.88)

33.52% (

0.89)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.85% (

-0.98)

70.16% (

0.98)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.08% (

1.62)

18.93% (

-1.62)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

49.57% (

2.63)

50.43% (

-2.63)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 24.96%

Norwich City 50.7%

Draw 24.33%

Cardiff City	Draw	Norwich City
1-0 @ 6.93% ( -0.57) 2-1 @ 6.31% ( -0.34) 2-0 @ 3.79% ( -0.41) 3-1 @ 2.3% ( -0.19) 3-2 @ 1.91% ( -0.05) 3-0 @ 1.38% ( -0.19) Other @ 2.33% Total : 24.96%	1-1 @ 11.54% ( -0.34) 0-0 @ 6.34% ( -0.36) 2-2 @ 5.25% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.06% ( 0.03) Other @ 0.13% Total : 24.33%	0-1 @ 10.55% ( -0.05) 1-2 @ 9.61% ( 0.21) 0-2 @ 8.79% ( 0.39) 1-3 @ 5.33% ( 0.37) 0-3 @ 4.88% ( 0.45) 2-3 @ 2.91% ( 0.14) 1-4 @ 2.22% ( 0.26) 0-4 @ 2.03% ( 0.28) 2-4 @ 1.21% ( 0.11) Other @ 3.17% Total : 50.7%