Cardiff City FC vs Bristol City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2024-25

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Bristol City FC

Sat 15 Feb 2025 · 12:30 UTC Cardiff City Stadium 22,433 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 60' Jason Knight

Yousef Salech 90' 1–1

Y 22' Scott Twine

Y 35' Ross McCrorie

Sivert Mannsverk 36' Y

Dimitrios Goutas 42' Y

Overview

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Cardiff City FC vs Bristol City FC — Championship at Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City FC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/27)
Bristol City FC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tony Harrington
Assistant 1 Scott Ledger
Assistant 2

7 games this season 🟨 4.4/game ⚽ 12.9 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Cardiff City FC 12 games · Avg 2.0 goals Bristol City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-15 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Bristol City FC 2024-10-06 Bristol City FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC 2024-03-02 Bristol City FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC 2023-10-28 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Bristol City FC 2023-03-04 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Bristol City FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC

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

Bristol City FC

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

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC		Bristol City FC
#14	Position	#17
18	Points	18
15	Played	15
4 / 6 / 5	W / D / L	5 / 3 / 7
27	Scored	16
27	Conceded	24
+0	GD	-8
1.20	PPG	1.20
27%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

17% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season

Cardiff City FC are 14th (18 pts). Bristol City FC are 17th (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cardiff City FC

0-15

4/6

16-30

3/5

31-45

9/3

46-60

1/7

61-75

5/2

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Bristol City FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

1/2

31-45

4/3

46-60

1/7

61-75

1/2

76+

7/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cardiff City FC

Jack Moylan	10 G	3 A
Yousef Salech	5 G	1 A
Cian Ashford	2 G	2 A
Rubin Colwill	1 G	1 A

Bristol City FC

Scott Twine	5 G
Dominic Ballard	4 G
Lorent Tolaj	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Cardiff City FC kicks off things out of here…
5' Cardiff City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' Bristol City FC have won 446 goals from 399 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Cardiff City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
20' It’s high time Omer Riza made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
22' A meaty challenge results in booking for Scott Twine on 22.
27' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Cardiff City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
32' Anis Mehmeti needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
35' That looks like a foul for a card for Ross McCrorie.
36' That looks like a foul for a card for Sivert Mannsverk.
41' Dimitrios Goutas has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 13 cards already picked up this season.
42' Cardiff City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 42.
46' The crowd applauds Scott Twine as he leaves the pitch. Yu Hirakawa steps in for Bristol City FC.
51' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Omer Riza will be considering his options from the bench.
56' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
57' George Tanner is replacing Ross McCrorie for the Bristol City FC side.
60' Jason Knight puts Bristol City FC on the lead.
62' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Andy Rinomhota is replaced by Aaron Ramsey on 62 minute.
67' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Cardiff City FC and Bristol City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
71' Time for substitution for Cardiff City FC. Callum Robinson is replaced by Yousef Salech.
72' A tactical swap from Bristol City FC — Nahki Wells on, Sinclair Armstrong off on 72 minutes.
77' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
81' Cian Ashford is ready to make an impact after coming on for Sivert Mannsverk at the 81 minute mark.
82' Bristol City FC make a change. Anis Mehmeti trudges off to be replaced by George Earthy on 82 minutes.
87' Cardiff City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Bristol City FC backline.
90' Yousef Salech does the damage! The net is bulging and Cardiff City FC surge ahead!
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

19
Yakou Meite
1
Ethan Horvath
10
Aaron Ramsey ↑ 62'
16
Chris Willock ↑ 71'
31
Roko Simic
22
Yousef Salech ↑ 71'
2
Will Fish
45
Cian Ashford ↑ 81'
49
Luey Giles

Coach Omer Riza

Bristol City FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

21
Nahki Wells ↑ 72'
27
Harry Cornick
29
Marcus McGuane
19
George Tanner ↑ 57'
23
Stefan Bajic
20
Sam Bell ↑ 46'
31
Elijah Morrison
40
George Earthy ↑ 82'
7
Yu Hirakawa ↑ 46'

Coach Liam Manning

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Andreas Weimann	4
Chris Martin	3
Perry Ng	2
Kieffer Moore	2
Jason Knight	1
James Collins	1
Yousef Salech	1
Max Watters	1

Head to Head

Cardiff City FC Form

2025-02-15 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Bristol City FC D 2025-02-11 Portsmouth FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC L 2025-02-08 Stoke City FC 2–4 Cardiff City FC W 2025-02-01 Leeds United FC 7–0 Cardiff City FC L 2025-01-25 Cardiff City FC 2–1 Derby County FC W 2025-01-21 Millwall FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC D

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 accuracy

2 / 4

1.82 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.06 Bristol City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Cardiff City FC53% Draw25% Bristol City FC22%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Bristol City FC

47%

Cardiff City FC or Bristol City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC38% Draw44% Bristol City FC18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

9.5%

2 – 0

9.1%

0 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

5.7%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 0

5.4%

0 – 1

5.1%

2 – 2

0 – 2

3.1%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Bristol City FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	23%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.