Cardiff 4–0 Barnsley – England League One, 27 Jan 2026

Match facts

Cardiff Barnsley

15 Shots 7

6 Shots on target 4

6 Corners 3

7 Fouls 10

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (316 league matches this season so far).

Result Cardiff to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.68

Expected goals 1.98 – 1.17

Home / Draw / Away

56% 22% 22%

CardiffDrawBarnsley

Under / Over 2.5 goals

39% 61%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

41% 60%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

4% 0

14% 1

21% 2

22% 3

18% 4

21% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 9.9% 2–1 9.8% 1–0 8.5%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Cardiff before this match, all matches

2.07points / match

1.70scored / match

1.00conceded / match

17 5 5

WonDrawnLost 27 played · 46:27

Barnsley before this match, all matches

1.43points / match

1.61scored / match

1.57conceded / match

9 6 8

WonDrawnLost 23 played · 37:36

Cardiff all matches all matches Barnsley

Per match

1.70 Goals scored 1.61

1.00 Goals conceded 1.57

2.70 Total goals 3.17

14.37 Shots 11.35

5.07 Shots on target 3.74

12.56 Shots faced 12.00

5.15 Corners 5.43

4.56 Corners against 5.26

10.33 Fouls 11.09

1.78 Yellow cards 1.91

0.59 1st-half goals scored 0.78

0.44 1st-half goals conceded 0.65

How often Full Time

63% Wins 39%

19% Draws 26%

19% Losses 35%

96% Over 0.5 goals 100%

70% Over 1.5 goals 87%

52% Over 2.5 goals 61%

26% Over 3.5 goals 48%

11% Over 4.5 goals 22%

7% Over 5.5 goals 0%

56% Both teams scored 65%

37% Clean sheets 9%

11% Failed to score 26%

How often Half Time

30% Wins 35%

52% Draws 30%

19% Losses 35%

67% Over 0.5 goals 83%

30% Over 1.5 goals 43%

4% Over 2.5 goals 17%

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

Cardiff all matches

1

W

4

3

W

1

2

L

1

W

2

1

W

1

D

1

W

1

D

2

1

W

1

D

Barnsley all matches

5

W

1

D

1

3

L

3

2

W

3

L

2

3

L

2

L

1

D

2

1

W

2

D

Cardiff before this match, at home

2.43points / match

2.21scored / match

1.14conceded / match

11 1 2

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 31:16

Barnsley before this match, away

1.17points / match

1.25scored / match

1.58conceded / match

3 5 4

WonDrawnLost 12 played · 15:19

Cardiff at home away Barnsley

Per match

2.21 Goals scored 1.25

1.14 Goals conceded 1.58

3.36 Total goals 2.83

16.14 Shots 10.50

6.36 Shots on target 3.58

11.00 Shots faced 14.00

6.43 Corners 5.67

4.29 Corners against 6.83

10.64 Fouls 10.25

2.07 Yellow cards 1.75

0.71 1st-half goals scored 0.67

0.57 1st-half goals conceded 0.67

How often Full Time

79% Wins 25%

7% Draws 42%

14% Losses 33%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

79% Over 1.5 goals 83%

71% Over 2.5 goals 58%

36% Over 3.5 goals 42%

21% Over 4.5 goals 0%

14% Over 5.5 goals 0%

57% Both teams scored 67%

36% Clean sheets 8%

7% Failed to score 25%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 33%

43% Draws 25%

21% Losses 42%

79% Over 0.5 goals 92%

36% Over 1.5 goals 33%

7% Over 2.5 goals 8%

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

Cardiff at home

1

L

4

3

W

2

1

W

3

W

3

2

W

4

3

W

1

W

2

1

W

1

W

1

D

Barnsley away

2

L

1

L

2

D

2

D

2

1

W

1

D

1

3

L

3

L

1

D

2

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Cardiff all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Cardiff – Stockport	1–1 (1–1)	1.79	3.80	3.80	1.70	2.10
17.01.26	Bradford – Cardiff	1–2 (0–2)	2.75	3.60	2.20	1.75	2.05
10.01.26	Leyton Orient – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	3.80	3.80	1.79	1.65	2.20
04.01.26	Cardiff – Wigan	1–0 (1–0)	1.62	3.70	5.00	1.98	1.88
01.01.26	Wycombe – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	2.65	3.25	2.50	1.80	2.00
29.12.25	Cardiff – Stevenage	2–1 (0–0)	1.71	3.30	5.00	2.08	1.73
26.12.25	Cardiff – Exeter	1–0 (0–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.73	2.08
20.12.25	Lincoln – Cardiff	2–1 (1–0)	2.50	3.25	2.65	2.00	1.85
13.12.25	Cardiff – Doncaster	4–3 (2–2)	1.76	3.80	3.90	1.67	2.15
09.12.25	Stevenage – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	2.75	3.20	2.40	2.10	1.70

Barnsley all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Reading – Barnsley	2–2 (1–1)	2.25	3.60	2.82	1.73	2.08
17.01.26	Barnsley – Blackpool	2–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.20	1.73	2.08
01.01.26	Wigan – Barnsley	1–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.08	1.73
29.12.25	Barnsley – Lincoln	0–2 (0–1)	2.65	3.25	2.50	1.80	2.00
26.12.25	Barnsley – Mansfield	2–3 (2–1)	1.86	3.50	3.75	1.75	2.05
20.12.25	Exeter – Barnsley	3–0 (1–0)	3.20	3.50	2.10	1.83	2.03
13.12.25	Barnsley – Leyton Orient	3–2 (1–2)	2.10	3.60	2.95	1.67	2.15
09.12.25	Lincoln – Barnsley	3–1 (1–0)	1.86	3.50	3.90	1.93	1.93
29.11.25	Stockport – Barnsley	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.50	3.60	1.70	2.10
22.11.25	Barnsley – Luton	5–0 (3–0)	3.05	3.40	2.15	1.75	2.05

Cardiff at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Cardiff – Stockport	1–1 (1–1)	1.79	3.80	3.80	1.70	2.10
04.01.26	Cardiff – Wigan	1–0 (1–0)	1.62	3.70	5.00	1.98	1.88
29.12.25	Cardiff – Stevenage	2–1 (0–0)	1.71	3.30	5.00	2.08	1.73
26.12.25	Cardiff – Exeter	1–0 (0–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.73	2.08
13.12.25	Cardiff – Doncaster	4–3 (2–2)	1.76	3.80	3.90	1.67	2.15
06.12.25	Cardiff – Huddersfield	3–2 (1–0)	2.05	3.60	3.20	1.67	2.15
29.11.25	Cardiff – Mansfield	3–0 (1–0)	1.79	3.60	4.10	1.70	2.10
18.10.25	Cardiff – Reading	2–1 (0–1)	1.53	4.00	5.25	1.70	2.10
04.10.25	Cardiff – Leyton Orient	4–3 (1–1)	1.62	3.90	4.75	1.70	2.10
30.09.25	Cardiff – Burton	0–1 (0–0)	1.37	4.33	7.00	1.70	2.10

Barnsley away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Reading – Barnsley	2–2 (1–1)	2.25	3.60	2.82	1.73	2.08
01.01.26	Wigan – Barnsley	1–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.08	1.73
20.12.25	Exeter – Barnsley	3–0 (1–0)	3.20	3.50	2.10	1.83	2.03
09.12.25	Lincoln – Barnsley	3–1 (1–0)	1.86	3.50	3.90	1.93	1.93
29.11.25	Stockport – Barnsley	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.50	3.60	1.70	2.10
08.11.25	Doncaster – Barnsley	1–2 (1–1)	2.15	3.50	2.95	1.73	2.08
18.10.25	Bradford – Barnsley	2–2 (2–1)	2.01	3.60	3.20	1.62	2.25
04.10.25	Wycombe – Barnsley	2–2 (0–1)	1.91	3.60	3.50	1.70	2.10
20.09.25	Blackpool – Barnsley	1–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.50	2.55	1.73	2.08
23.08.25	AFC Wimbledon – Barnsley	2–0 (1–0)	2.90	3.40	2.30	2.05	1.75

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

1 1

Cardiff winsDrawsBarnsley wins

2matches

1.50goals / match

0%over 2.5

50%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.02.22E1	Barnsley – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	2.90	3.10	2.55	2.20	1.66
07.08.21E1	Cardiff – Barnsley	1–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.40	3.20	2.30	1.61

England League One table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	27	17	5	5	46	27	+19	56
2	Lincoln	27	15	7	5	44	29	+15	52
3	Bolton	28	12	10	6	35	26	+9	46
4	Bradford	26	13	7	6	35	28	+7	46
5	Stockport	27	13	7	7	38	33	+5	46
6	Huddersfield	28	12	6	10	47	38	+9	42
7	Luton	27	11	6	10	37	33	+4	39
8	Stevenage	26	10	9	7	28	24	+4	39
9	Peterboro	27	12	2	13	35	35	0	38
10	Exeter	26	11	3	12	31	24	+7	36
11	Mansfield	25	10	6	9	35	29	+6	36
12	Wycombe	27	9	9	9	34	31	+3	36
13	Reading	26	9	9	8	35	33	+2	36
14	Plymouth	27	11	3	13	34	39	-5	36
15	Barnsley	23	9	6	8	37	36	+1	33
16	Leyton Orient	27	9	5	13	40	45	-5	32
17	Blackpool	27	9	5	13	34	39	-5	32
18	AFC Wimbledon	26	9	5	12	28	35	-7	32
19	Wigan	26	7	10	9	29	31	-2	31
20	Burton	26	8	6	12	27	37	-10	30
21	Northampton	26	8	5	13	23	32	-9	29
22	Doncaster	26	7	6	13	28	44	-16	27
23	Rotherham	26	6	7	13	25	39	-14	25
24	Port Vale	25	4	6	15	19	37	-18	18

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	14	11	1	2	31	16	+15	34
2	Lincoln	14	10	3	1	28	14	+14	33
3	Bolton	14	9	4	1	24	8	+16	31
4	Bradford	13	9	2	2	21	12	+9	29
5	Huddersfield	14	8	4	2	28	13	+15	28
6	Luton	14	7	4	3	21	13	+8	25
7	Reading	14	7	4	3	18	14	+4	25
8	Wycombe	14	7	3	4	24	15	+9	24
9	Stockport	14	7	3	4	20	18	+2	24
10	Exeter	12	7	2	3	20	8	+12	23
11	Leyton Orient	14	6	5	3	23	16	+7	23
12	Blackpool	14	6	4	4	23	19	+4	22
13	Stevenage	12	5	6	1	13	7	+6	21
14	Mansfield	12	6	2	4	21	12	+9	20
15	Peterboro	14	6	2	6	19	15	+4	20
16	Barnsley	11	6	1	4	22	17	+5	19
17	Wigan	12	5	3	4	12	9	+3	18
18	Northampton	13	5	3	5	14	12	+2	18
19	Rotherham	13	4	5	4	16	18	-2	17
20	Plymouth	14	5	2	7	15	19	-4	17
21	Burton	13	5	2	6	14	18	-4	17
22	Doncaster	13	4	4	5	17	21	-4	16
23	AFC Wimbledon	12	4	3	5	10	9	+1	15
24	Port Vale	12	2	3	7	11	16	-5	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	13	6	4	3	15	11	+4	22
2	Stockport	13	6	4	3	18	15	+3	22
3	Lincoln	13	5	4	4	16	15	+1	19
4	Plymouth	13	6	1	6	19	20	-1	19
5	Stevenage	14	5	3	6	15	17	-2	18
6	Peterboro	13	6	0	7	16	20	-4	18
7	Bradford	13	4	5	4	14	16	-2	17
8	AFC Wimbledon	14	5	2	7	18	26	-8	17
9	Mansfield	13	4	4	5	14	17	-3	16
10	Bolton	14	3	6	5	11	18	-7	15
11	Luton	13	4	2	7	16	20	-4	14
12	Barnsley	12	3	5	4	15	19	-4	14
13	Huddersfield	14	4	2	8	19	25	-6	14
14	Wigan	14	2	7	5	17	22	-5	13
15	Exeter	14	4	1	9	11	16	-5	13
16	Burton	13	3	4	6	13	19	-6	13
17	Wycombe	13	2	6	5	10	16	-6	12
18	Reading	12	2	5	5	17	19	-2	11
19	Northampton	13	3	2	8	9	20	-11	11
20	Doncaster	13	3	2	8	11	23	-12	11
21	Blackpool	13	3	1	9	11	20	-9	10
22	Leyton Orient	13	3	0	10	17	29	-12	9
23	Port Vale	13	2	3	8	8	21	-13	9
24	Rotherham	13	2	2	9	9	21	-12	8

Cardiff Barnsley

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Huddersfield	28	11	17	1.7	1.4	12	6	10	47	38	42
2	16	Leyton Orient	27	10	17	1.5	1.7	9	5	13	40	45	32
3	4	Bradford	26	11	15	1.3	1.1	13	7	6	35	28	46
4	1	Cardiff	27	13	14	1.7	1.0	17	5	5	46	27	56
5	2	Lincoln	27	13	14	1.6	1.1	15	7	5	44	29	52
6	5	Stockport	27	13	14	1.4	1.2	13	7	7	38	33	46
7	7	Luton	27	13	14	1.4	1.2	11	6	10	37	33	39
8	9	Peterboro	27	13	14	1.3	1.3	12	2	13	35	35	38
9	15	Barnsley	23	9	14	1.6	1.6	9	6	8	37	36	33
10	20	Burton	26	12	14	1.0	1.4	8	6	12	27	37	30
11	23	Rotherham	26	12	14	1.0	1.5	6	7	13	25	39	25
12	11	Mansfield	25	12	13	1.4	1.2	10	6	9	35	29	36
13	17	Blackpool	27	14	13	1.3	1.4	9	5	13	34	39	32
14	22	Doncaster	26	13	13	1.1	1.7	7	6	13	28	44	27
15	12	Wycombe	27	15	12	1.3	1.1	9	9	9	34	31	36
16	14	Plymouth	27	15	12	1.3	1.4	11	3	13	34	39	36
17	18	AFC Wimbledon	26	14	12	1.1	1.3	9	5	12	28	35	32
18	3	Bolton	28	17	11	1.2	0.9	12	10	6	35	26	46
19	13	Reading	26	15	11	1.3	1.3	9	9	8	35	33	36
20	24	Port Vale	25	14	11	0.8	1.5	4	6	15	19	37	18
21	10	Exeter	26	16	10	1.2	0.9	11	3	12	31	24	36
22	21	Northampton	26	16	10	0.9	1.2	8	5	13	23	32	29
23	8	Stevenage	26	17	9	1.1	0.9	10	9	7	28	24	39
24	19	Wigan	26	18	8	1.1	1.2	7	10	9	29	31	31

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Cardiff	14	4	10	2.2	1.1	11	1	2	31	16	34
2	2	Lincoln	14	6	8	2.0	1.0	10	3	1	28	14	33
3	4	Bradford	13	5	8	1.6	0.9	9	2	2	21	12	29
4	6	Huddersfield	14	6	8	2.0	0.9	8	4	2	28	13	28
5	17	Blackpool	14	6	8	1.6	1.4	6	4	4	23	19	22
6	3	Bolton	14	7	7	1.7	0.6	9	4	1	24	8	31
7	5	Stockport	14	7	7	1.4	1.3	7	3	4	20	18	24
8	7	Luton	14	7	7	1.5	0.9	7	4	3	21	13	25
9	9	Peterboro	14	7	7	1.4	1.1	6	2	6	19	15	20
10	11	Mansfield	12	5	7	1.8	1.0	6	2	4	21	12	20
11	12	Wycombe	14	7	7	1.7	1.1	7	3	4	24	15	24
12	15	Barnsley	11	4	7	2.0	1.5	6	1	4	22	17	19
13	16	Leyton Orient	14	7	7	1.6	1.1	6	5	3	23	16	23
14	20	Burton	13	6	7	1.1	1.4	5	2	6	14	18	17
15	22	Doncaster	13	6	7	1.3	1.6	4	4	5	17	21	16
16	23	Rotherham	13	6	7	1.2	1.4	4	5	4	16	18	17
17	14	Plymouth	14	8	6	1.1	1.4	5	2	7	15	19	17
18	24	Port Vale	12	6	6	0.9	1.3	2	3	7	11	16	9
19	10	Exeter	12	7	5	1.7	0.7	7	2	3	20	8	23
20	13	Reading	14	9	5	1.3	1.0	7	4	3	18	14	25
21	21	Northampton	13	8	5	1.1	0.9	5	3	5	14	12	18
22	18	AFC Wimbledon	12	9	3	0.8	0.8	4	3	5	10	9	15
23	8	Stevenage	12	10	2	1.1	0.6	5	6	1	13	7	21
24	19	Wigan	12	10	2	1.0	0.8	5	3	4	12	9	18

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	16	Leyton Orient	13	3	10	1.3	2.2	3	0	10	17	29	9
2	6	Huddersfield	14	5	9	1.4	1.8	4	2	8	19	25	14
3	18	AFC Wimbledon	14	5	9	1.3	1.9	5	2	7	18	26	17
4	4	Bradford	13	6	7	1.1	1.2	4	5	4	14	16	17
5	5	Stockport	13	6	7	1.4	1.2	6	4	3	18	15	22
6	7	Luton	13	6	7	1.2	1.5	4	2	7	16	20	14
7	8	Stevenage	14	7	7	1.1	1.2	5	3	6	15	17	18
8	9	Peterboro	13	6	7	1.2	1.5	6	0	7	16	20	18
9	15	Barnsley	12	5	7	1.2	1.6	3	5	4	15	19	14
10	20	Burton	13	6	7	1.0	1.5	3	4	6	13	19	13
11	23	Rotherham	13	6	7	0.7	1.6	2	2	9	9	21	8
12	2	Lincoln	13	7	6	1.2	1.2	5	4	4	16	15	19
13	11	Mansfield	13	7	6	1.1	1.3	4	4	5	14	17	16
14	13	Reading	12	6	6	1.4	1.6	2	5	5	17	19	11
15	14	Plymouth	13	7	6	1.5	1.5	6	1	6	19	20	19
16	19	Wigan	14	8	6	1.2	1.6	2	7	5	17	22	13
17	22	Doncaster	13	7	6	0.8	1.8	3	2	8	11	23	11
18	10	Exeter	14	9	5	0.8	1.1	4	1	9	11	16	13
19	12	Wycombe	13	8	5	0.8	1.2	2	6	5	10	16	12
20	17	Blackpool	13	8	5	0.8	1.5	3	1	9	11	20	10
21	21	Northampton	13	8	5	0.7	1.5	3	2	8	9	20	11
22	24	Port Vale	13	8	5	0.6	1.6	2	3	8	8	21	9
23	1	Cardiff	13	9	4	1.2	0.8	6	4	3	15	11	22
24	3	Bolton	14	10	4	0.8	1.3	3	6	5	11	18	15

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.