Preston 2–2 Cardiff – England Championship, 8 Apr 2025

Match facts

Preston Cardiff

14 Shots 14

4 Shots on target 6

4 Corners 6

13 Fouls 12

0 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (480 league matches this season so far).

Result Preston to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score No fair 1.93

Expected goals 1.54 – 0.95

Home / Draw / Away

51% 26% 23%

PrestonDrawCardiff

Under / Over 2.5 goals

55% 45%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

52% 48%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

21% 1

26% 2

21% 3

13% 4

11% 5+

Most likely scores

1–0 12.8% 1–1 12.1% 2–0 9.9%

Statistics 2024/2025, before this match

Preston before this match, all matches

1.20points / match

1.00scored / match

1.18conceded / match

10 18 12

WonDrawnLost 40 played · 40:47

Cardiff before this match, all matches

1.03points / match

1.08scored / match

1.58conceded / match

9 14 17

WonDrawnLost 40 played · 43:63

Preston all matches all matches Cardiff

Per match

1.00 Goals scored 1.08

1.18 Goals conceded 1.58

2.18 Total goals 2.65

10.43 Shots 11.83

3.38 Shots on target 4.18

11.68 Shots faced 11.85

4.00 Corners 4.75

5.30 Corners against 4.93

13.15 Fouls 11.75

2.43 Yellow cards 1.78

0.40 1st-half goals scored 0.50

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.65

How often Full Time

25% Wins 23%

45% Draws 35%

30% Losses 43%

83% Over 0.5 goals 95%

70% Over 1.5 goals 85%

40% Over 2.5 goals 45%

20% Over 3.5 goals 23%

3% Over 4.5 goals 13%

3% Over 5.5 goals 3%

57% Both teams scored 57%

33% Clean sheets 18%

28% Failed to score 30%

How often Half Time

28% Wins 18%

45% Draws 50%

28% Losses 33%

63% Over 0.5 goals 65%

23% Over 1.5 goals 38%

5% Over 2.5 goals 13%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Preston all matches

1

W

D

1

D

1

2

L

D

1

L

1

D

2

1

W

2

L

1

D

Cardiff all matches

1

2

L

1

D

1

D

1

W

1

2

L

1

2

L

1

2

L

2

1

W

1

D

Preston before this match, at home

1.60points / match

1.10scored / match

0.80conceded / match

7 11 2

WonDrawnLost 20 played · 22:16

Cardiff before this match, away

0.80points / match

1.00scored / match

1.90conceded / match

2 10 8

WonDrawnLost 20 played · 20:38

Preston at home away Cardiff

Per match

1.10 Goals scored 1.00

0.80 Goals conceded 1.90

1.90 Total goals 2.90

11.75 Shots 10.15

3.55 Shots on target 3.20

10.60 Shots faced 13.50

4.55 Corners 3.40

4.90 Corners against 5.40

12.50 Fouls 12.20

2.40 Yellow cards 2.00

0.40 1st-half goals scored 0.60

0.35 1st-half goals conceded 1.00

How often Full Time

35% Wins 10%

55% Draws 50%

10% Losses 40%

80% Over 0.5 goals 90%

65% Over 1.5 goals 80%

30% Over 2.5 goals 55%

15% Over 3.5 goals 35%

0% Over 4.5 goals 20%

0% Over 5.5 goals 5%

55% Both teams scored 70%

40% Clean sheets 10%

25% Failed to score 30%

How often Half Time

30% Wins 10%

45% Draws 50%

25% Losses 40%

60% Over 0.5 goals 80%

10% Over 1.5 goals 60%

5% Over 2.5 goals 20%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Preston at home

1

D

1

W

3

1

W

1

D

2

1

W

D

1

D

2

1

W

1

D

Cardiff away

2

3

L

2

1

W

1

D

2

D

7

L

1

2

L

1

D

1

2

L

2

1

W

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.25	Preston – Stoke	1–1 (1–0)	2.35	3.25	3.00	2.30	1.62
02.04.25	Derby – Preston	2–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.00	3.60	2.75	1.44
15.03.25	Preston – Portsmouth	2–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.10	3.60	2.20	1.67
11.03.25	Sunderland – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	1.65	3.70	5.50	2.32	1.53
08.03.25	Sheffield United – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	1.62	4.10	5.00	2.10	1.73
04.03.25	Preston – Swansea	0–0 (0–0)	2.38	3.20	3.10	2.30	1.62
22.02.25	Coventry – Preston	2–1 (2–0)	1.75	3.60	4.75	2.10	1.73
18.02.25	Preston – Millwall	1–1 (0–1)	2.40	2.88	3.30	3.20	1.36
15.02.25	Preston – Burnley	0–0 (0–0)	3.75	3.25	2.05	2.75	1.44
11.02.25	Norwich – Preston	0–1 (0–1)	1.75	3.50	4.75	2.10	1.73

Cardiff all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.25	QPR – Cardiff	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.25	3.30	2.20	1.67
29.03.25	Cardiff – Sheffield Weds	1–1 (1–0)	2.90	3.25	2.45	2.10	1.73
15.03.25	Blackburn – Cardiff	1–2 (1–1)	2.00	3.30	3.80	2.20	1.67
11.03.25	Cardiff – Luton	1–2 (0–0)	2.30	3.25	3.10	2.25	1.57
08.03.25	Sunderland – Cardiff	2–1 (1–1)	1.50	4.33	5.75	1.90	1.95
04.03.25	Cardiff – Burnley	1–2 (1–2)	4.20	3.40	1.90	2.57	1.46
25.02.25	Cardiff – Hull	1–0 (0–0)	2.70	3.10	2.70	2.10	1.73
22.02.25	Plymouth – Cardiff	1–1 (0–1)	2.63	3.50	2.50	2.00	1.85
15.02.25	Cardiff – Bristol City	1–1 (0–0)	2.80	3.25	2.55	2.10	1.73
11.02.25	Portsmouth – Cardiff	2–1 (2–1)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.20	1.67

Preston at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.25	Preston – Stoke	1–1 (1–0)	2.35	3.25	3.00	2.30	1.62
15.03.25	Preston – Portsmouth	2–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.10	3.60	2.20	1.67
04.03.25	Preston – Swansea	0–0 (0–0)	2.38	3.20	3.10	2.30	1.62
18.02.25	Preston – Millwall	1–1 (0–1)	2.40	2.88	3.30	3.20	1.36
15.02.25	Preston – Burnley	0–0 (0–0)	3.75	3.25	2.05	2.75	1.44
25.01.25	Preston – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–0)	3.25	3.25	2.25	2.10	1.73
04.01.25	Preston – Oxford	1–1 (0–1)	1.85	3.40	4.33	2.20	1.67
29.12.24	Preston – Sheffield Weds	3–1 (1–0)	2.45	2.90	3.10	2.30	1.62
26.12.24	Preston – Hull	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.10	1.73
14.12.24	Preston – Leeds	1–1 (1–0)	4.75	4.00	1.67	2.10	1.73

Cardiff away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.25	QPR – Cardiff	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.25	3.30	2.20	1.67
15.03.25	Blackburn – Cardiff	1–2 (1–1)	2.00	3.30	3.80	2.20	1.67
08.03.25	Sunderland – Cardiff	2–1 (1–1)	1.50	4.33	5.75	1.90	1.95
22.02.25	Plymouth – Cardiff	1–1 (0–1)	2.63	3.50	2.50	2.00	1.85
11.02.25	Portsmouth – Cardiff	2–1 (2–1)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.20	1.67
01.02.25	Leeds – Cardiff	7–0 (2–0)	1.29	5.50	9.00	1.73	2.10
21.01.25	Millwall – Cardiff	2–2 (2–1)	2.15	2.90	3.90	3.00	1.40
04.01.25	Middlesbrough – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	1.57	4.20	5.25	1.73	2.10
29.12.24	Watford – Cardiff	1–2 (1–2)	1.95	3.40	3.90	1.88	1.98
26.12.24	Oxford – Cardiff	3–2 (1–0)	2.88	3.20	2.50	2.10	1.73

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

3 2 2

Preston winsDrawsCardiff wins

7matches

1.71goals / match

29%over 2.5

29%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
11.12.24E1	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–0)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.67
10.02.24E1	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–2)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.35	1.57
25.11.23E1	Preston – Cardiff	1–2 (0–0)	2.40	3.20	3.00	2.35	1.57
11.03.23E1	Preston – Cardiff	2–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.30	3.00	2.50	1.53
27.08.22E1	Cardiff – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.75	3.00	2.87	2.50	1.53
12.03.22E1	Cardiff – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.20	3.00	2.62	1.50
20.11.21E1	Preston – Cardiff	1–2 (1–0)	2.15	3.25	3.60	2.10	1.72

England Championship table 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	40	26	7	7	56	30	+26	85
2	Burnley	40	23	15	2	55	12	+43	84
3	Leeds	40	23	13	4	79	28	+51	82
4	Sunderland	40	21	12	7	57	37	+20	75
5	Middlesbrough	40	17	9	14	61	49	+12	60
6	Bristol City	40	15	15	10	51	43	+8	60
7	Coventry	40	17	8	15	57	53	+4	59
8	West Brom	40	13	18	9	48	36	+12	57
9	Millwall	40	14	12	14	39	41	-2	54
10	Watford	40	15	8	17	48	53	-5	53
11	Norwich	40	13	13	14	62	56	+6	52
12	Blackburn	40	15	7	18	42	43	-1	52
13	Sheffield Weds	40	14	10	16	54	61	-7	52
14	Preston	40	10	18	12	40	47	-7	48
15	Swansea	40	13	9	18	41	51	-10	48
16	QPR	40	11	13	16	45	53	-8	46
17	Portsmouth	40	12	9	19	48	63	-15	45
18	Oxford	40	11	12	17	41	57	-16	45
19	Hull	40	11	11	18	40	48	-8	44
20	Stoke	40	10	13	17	41	53	-12	43
21	Derby	40	11	8	21	42	52	-10	41
22	Cardiff	40	9	14	17	43	63	-20	41
23	Luton	40	10	9	21	36	61	-25	39
24	Plymouth	40	8	13	19	42	78	-36	37

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	20	15	4	1	49	11	+38	49
2	Sheffield United	20	14	3	3	30	15	+15	45
3	Sunderland	20	12	7	1	32	15	+17	43
4	Burnley	20	11	9	0	28	5	+23	42
5	Bristol City	20	11	6	3	30	16	+14	39
6	Coventry	20	11	3	6	35	24	+11	36
7	Watford	20	11	3	6	24	19	+5	36
8	West Brom	20	9	8	3	25	13	+12	35
9	Portsmouth	20	10	5	5	29	18	+11	35
10	Middlesbrough	20	10	5	5	29	21	+8	35
11	Oxford	20	10	5	5	28	25	+3	35
12	Norwich	20	9	7	4	45	27	+18	34
13	Blackburn	20	10	3	7	26	19	+7	33
14	Preston	20	7	11	2	22	16	+6	32
15	Millwall	20	9	4	7	22	18	+4	31
16	Derby	20	9	3	8	25	17	+8	30
17	Swansea	20	8	5	7	26	21	+5	29
18	Stoke	20	7	8	5	26	22	+4	29
19	QPR	20	7	7	6	29	26	+3	28
20	Luton	20	7	7	6	21	20	+1	28
21	Plymouth	20	7	7	6	34	35	-1	28
22	Cardiff	20	7	4	9	23	25	-2	25
23	Sheffield Weds	20	5	7	8	27	29	-2	22
24	Hull	20	4	7	9	21	25	-4	19

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	20	12	6	2	27	7	+20	42
2	Sheffield United	20	12	4	4	26	15	+11	40
3	Leeds	20	8	9	3	30	17	+13	33
4	Sunderland	20	9	5	6	25	22	+3	32
5	Sheffield Weds	20	9	3	8	27	32	-5	30
6	Middlesbrough	20	7	4	9	32	28	+4	25
7	Hull	20	7	4	9	19	23	-4	25
8	Millwall	20	5	8	7	17	23	-6	23
9	Coventry	20	6	5	9	22	29	-7	23
10	West Brom	20	4	10	6	23	23	0	22
11	Bristol City	20	4	9	7	21	27	-6	21
12	Blackburn	20	5	4	11	16	24	-8	19
13	Swansea	20	5	4	11	15	30	-15	19
14	QPR	20	4	6	10	16	27	-11	18
15	Norwich	20	4	6	10	17	29	-12	18
16	Watford	20	4	5	11	24	34	-10	17
17	Preston	20	3	7	10	18	31	-13	16
18	Cardiff	20	2	10	8	20	38	-18	16
19	Stoke	20	3	5	12	15	31	-16	14
20	Derby	20	2	5	13	17	35	-18	11
21	Luton	20	3	2	15	15	41	-26	11
22	Oxford	20	1	7	12	13	32	-19	10
23	Portsmouth	20	2	4	14	19	45	-26	10
24	Plymouth	20	1	6	13	8	43	-35	9

Preston Cardiff

Under / Over goals 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	17	Portsmouth	40	14	26	1.2	1.6	12	9	19	48	63	45
2	7	Coventry	40	17	23	1.4	1.3	17	8	15	57	53	59
3	10	Watford	40	17	23	1.2	1.3	15	8	17	48	53	53
4	13	Sheffield Weds	40	18	22	1.4	1.5	14	10	16	54	61	52
5	24	Plymouth	40	18	22	1.1	1.9	8	13	19	42	78	37
6	11	Norwich	40	20	20	1.6	1.4	13	13	14	62	56	52
7	16	QPR	40	20	20	1.1	1.3	11	13	16	45	53	46
8	4	Sunderland	40	21	19	1.4	0.9	21	12	7	57	37	75
9	5	Middlesbrough	40	21	19	1.5	1.2	17	9	14	61	49	60
10	15	Swansea	40	22	18	1.0	1.3	13	9	18	41	51	48
11	22	Cardiff	40	22	18	1.1	1.6	9	14	17	43	63	41
12	23	Luton	40	22	18	0.9	1.5	10	9	21	36	61	39
13	3	Leeds	40	23	17	2.0	0.7	23	13	4	79	28	82
14	6	Bristol City	40	24	16	1.3	1.1	15	15	10	51	43	60
15	14	Preston	40	24	16	1.0	1.2	10	18	12	40	47	48
16	20	Stoke	40	24	16	1.0	1.3	10	13	17	41	53	43
17	21	Derby	40	24	16	1.1	1.3	11	8	21	42	52	41
18	12	Blackburn	40	25	15	1.1	1.1	15	7	18	42	43	52
19	18	Oxford	40	25	15	1.0	1.4	11	12	17	41	57	45
20	1	Sheffield United	40	26	14	1.4	0.8	26	7	7	56	30	85
21	8	West Brom	40	27	13	1.2	0.9	13	18	9	48	36	57
22	19	Hull	40	27	13	1.0	1.2	11	11	18	40	48	44
23	9	Millwall	40	29	11	1.0	1.0	14	12	14	39	41	54
24	2	Burnley	40	30	10	1.4	0.3	23	15	2	55	12	84

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	Coventry	20	5	15	1.8	1.2	11	3	6	35	24	36
2	24	Plymouth	20	6	14	1.7	1.8	7	7	6	34	35	28
3	11	Norwich	20	8	12	2.2	1.4	9	7	4	45	27	34
4	16	QPR	20	8	12	1.4	1.3	7	7	6	29	26	28
5	17	Portsmouth	20	8	12	1.4	0.9	10	5	5	29	18	35
6	3	Leeds	20	9	11	2.5	0.6	15	4	1	49	11	49
7	10	Watford	20	9	11	1.2	0.9	11	3	6	24	19	36
8	4	Sunderland	20	11	9	1.6	0.8	12	7	1	32	15	43
9	6	Bristol City	20	11	9	1.5	0.8	11	6	3	30	16	39
10	20	Stoke	20	11	9	1.3	1.1	7	8	5	26	22	29
11	5	Middlesbrough	20	12	8	1.4	1.1	10	5	5	29	21	35
12	13	Sheffield Weds	20	12	8	1.4	1.4	5	7	8	27	29	22
13	15	Swansea	20	12	8	1.3	1.1	8	5	7	26	21	29
14	23	Luton	20	12	8	1.1	1.0	7	7	6	21	20	28
15	1	Sheffield United	20	13	7	1.5	0.8	14	3	3	30	15	45
16	12	Blackburn	20	13	7	1.3	0.9	10	3	7	26	19	33
17	18	Oxford	20	13	7	1.4	1.2	10	5	5	28	25	35
18	19	Hull	20	13	7	1.1	1.2	4	7	9	21	25	19
19	21	Derby	20	13	7	1.2	0.8	9	3	8	25	17	30
20	22	Cardiff	20	13	7	1.1	1.2	7	4	9	23	25	25
21	9	Millwall	20	14	6	1.1	0.9	9	4	7	22	18	31
22	14	Preston	20	14	6	1.1	0.8	7	11	2	22	16	32
23	2	Burnley	20	15	5	1.4	0.2	11	9	0	28	5	42
24	8	West Brom	20	15	5	1.2	0.7	9	8	3	25	13	35

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	13	Sheffield Weds	20	6	14	1.4	1.6	9	3	8	27	32	30
2	17	Portsmouth	20	6	14	0.9	2.2	2	4	14	19	45	10
3	10	Watford	20	8	12	1.2	1.7	4	5	11	24	34	17
4	5	Middlesbrough	20	9	11	1.6	1.4	7	4	9	32	28	25
5	22	Cardiff	20	9	11	1.0	1.9	2	10	8	20	38	16
6	4	Sunderland	20	10	10	1.2	1.1	9	5	6	25	22	32
7	14	Preston	20	10	10	0.9	1.6	3	7	10	18	31	16
8	15	Swansea	20	10	10	0.8	1.5	5	4	11	15	30	19
9	23	Luton	20	10	10	0.8	2.0	3	2	15	15	41	11
10	21	Derby	20	11	9	0.8	1.8	2	5	13	17	35	11
11	7	Coventry	20	12	8	1.1	1.4	6	5	9	22	29	23
12	8	West Brom	20	12	8	1.1	1.1	4	10	6	23	23	22
13	11	Norwich	20	12	8	0.8	1.4	4	6	10	17	29	18
14	12	Blackburn	20	12	8	0.8	1.2	5	4	11	16	24	19
15	16	QPR	20	12	8	0.8	1.4	4	6	10	16	27	18
16	18	Oxford	20	12	8	0.7	1.6	1	7	12	13	32	10
17	24	Plymouth	20	12	8	0.4	2.1	1	6	13	8	43	9
18	1	Sheffield United	20	13	7	1.3	0.8	12	4	4	26	15	40
19	6	Bristol City	20	13	7	1.1	1.4	4	9	7	21	27	21
20	20	Stoke	20	13	7	0.8	1.6	3	5	12	15	31	14
21	3	Leeds	20	14	6	1.5	0.8	8	9	3	30	17	33
22	19	Hull	20	14	6	0.9	1.1	7	4	9	19	23	25
23	2	Burnley	20	15	5	1.4	0.3	12	6	2	27	7	42
24	9	Millwall	20	15	5	0.8	1.1	5	8	7	17	23	23

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.