Cardiff City FC vs Bristol City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Cardiff City FC vs Bristol City FC — Championship at Cardiff City Stadium.
- Cardiff City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
- Bristol City FC 46 games · 62 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Tony Harrington
- Assistant 1 Scott Ledger
- Assistant 2
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Feb Bristol City FC H 1–1 D 11 Feb Portsmouth FC A 1–2 L 08 Feb Stoke City FC A 4–2 W 01 Feb Leeds United FC A 0–7 L 25 Jan Derby County FC H 2–1 W 21 Jan Millwall FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Feb Cardiff City FC A 1–1 D 12 Feb Stoke City FC H 2–0 W 09 Feb Swansea City AFC H 0–1 L 01 Feb Oxford United FC A 1–1 D 25 Jan Blackburn Rovers FC H 2–1 W 22 Jan Sheffield Wednesday FC A 2–2 D Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)17% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Cardiff City Stadium that hosts another battle between Cardiff City FC and Bristol City FC.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Bristol City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Bristol City FC that had 387 games and scored 433 goals.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Zak Vyner suffering a number of foals already.
- 22' Bristol City FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 27' It looks surprising Bristol City FC does not make any changes. Sinclair Armstrong has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 32' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 35' The referee shows Bristol City FC player a card on 35.
- 36' Sivert Mannsverk is having his name booked by the referee on 36.
- 41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Callum Robinson, as he is very good at scoring at Cardiff City Stadium with 11 goals in the last 10 games.
- 42' Dimitrios Goutas is having his name booked by the referee on 42.
- 46' Bristol City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yu Hirakawa is hanging Scott Twine on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 57' Another substitution for Bristol City FC to replace Ross McCrorie by George Tanner on 57 minute.
- 60' Goal! Jason Knight scores his 21 goal in 385 matches.
- 62' Aaron Ramsey is replacing Andy Rinomhota for the Cardiff City FC side.
- 67' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 71' Cardiff City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yousef Salech is hanging Callum Robinson on the field on 71 minute.
- 72' The Bristol City FC manager makes a substitution. Sinclair Armstrong departs to be replaced by Nahki Wells.
- 77' The travelling Bristol City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 81' Another change for Cardiff City FC made on 81 minute. Sivert Mannsverk leaves to be changed by Cian Ashford.
- 82' The whistle greets Anis Mehmeti as he departs to be replaced by George Earthy.
- 87' Jak Alnwick needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 90' Goal! Yousef Salech scores his 11 goal in 17 matches.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Cardiff City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Andy Rinomhota ↓ Aaron Ramsey 62'
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Callum Robinson ↓ Yousef Salech 71'
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20
Anwar El Ghazi ↓ Chris Willock 71'
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- 38
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- 23
- 27
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Sivert Mannsverk ↓ Cian Ashford 81'
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Bench
- 19
- 1
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10
Aaron Ramsey ↑ 62'
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Chris Willock ↑ 71'
- 31
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Yousef Salech ↑ 71'
- 2
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45
Cian Ashford ↑ 81'
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Coach Omer RizaBristol City FC Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
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- 14
- 16
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10
Scott Twine ↓ Yu Hirakawa 46'
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Ross McCrorie ↓ George Tanner 57'
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17
Mark Sykes ↓ Sam Bell 46'
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- 24
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11
Anis Mehmeti ↓ George Earthy 82'
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Bench
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21
Nahki Wells ↑ 72'
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- 29
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George Tanner ↑ 57'
- 23
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Sam Bell ↑ 46'
- 31
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George Earthy ↑ 82'
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Yu Hirakawa ↑ 46'
Coach Liam Manning -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Andreas Weimann 4 Chris Martin 3 Perry Ng 2 Kieffer Moore 2 Daniel Bentley 1 Jason Knight 1 James Collins 1 Yousef Salech 1 Head to Head
Cardiff City FC Form
Bristol City FC Form
2025-02-15 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Bristol City FC D 2025-02-12 Bristol City FC 2–0 Stoke City FC W 2025-02-09 Bristol City FC 0–1 Swansea City AFC L 2025-02-01 Oxford United FC 1–1 Bristol City FC D 2025-01-25 Bristol City FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-01-22 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–2 Bristol City FC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.34 Cardiff City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.96 Bristol City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.3Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 40% 60% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Cardiff City FC or Draw 75%Draw or Bristol City FC 54%Cardiff City FC or Bristol City FC 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 0 12.2%0 – 0 12.2%2 – 0 8.7%0 – 1 8.4%2 – 1 8.4%1 – 2 6%0 – 2 4.5%2 – 2 4.1%3 – 0 3.8%3 – 1 3.8%1 – 3 1.9%Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC
Handicap Cardiff City FC covers Push Bristol City FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 23% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 16% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet 39% ✓Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

