Port Vale FC vs Cardiff City FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

Port Vale FC

0 – 0

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Cardiff City FC

Thu 7 Aug 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Port Vale FC vs Cardiff City FC — League One .

Port Vale FC 46 games · 42 pts (2026/27)
Cardiff City FC 46 games · 91 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
3	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
4	Exeter City FC	46	49
5	Port Vale FC	46	42
6	Rotherham United FC	46	41
7	Northampton Town FC	46	35
8	Huddersfield Town AFC	1	3
9	Stockport County FC	1	3
10	Bradford City AFC	1	3
11	Luton Town FC	1	3
12	Cambridge United FC	1	3
13	Mansfield Town FC	1	3
14	Sheffield Wednesday FC	1	3
15	Bromley FC	1	3
16	Oxford United FC	1	1
17	Milton Keynes Dons FC	1	1
18	Stevenage FC	1	1
19	Wycombe Wanderers FC	1	1
20	Blackpool FC	1	1
21	Burton Albion FC	1	1
22	Leicester City FC	1	1
23	Notts County FC	1	1
24	Reading FC	1	0
25	Wigan Athletic FC	1	0
26	Doncaster Rovers FC	1	0
27	Leyton Orient FC	1	0
28	Barnsley FC	1	0
29	Plymouth Argyle FC	1	0
30	Peterborough United FC	1	0
31	AFC Wimbledon	1	0

Head-to-Head

Port Vale FC 2 games · Avg 0.5 goals Cardiff City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-07 Port Vale FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Port Vale FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Cardiff City FC	H	0–0	D
02 Aug	Rotherham United FC	A	1–2	L
02 Nov	Barnsley FC	H	1–3	L
27 Apr	Cambridge United FC	H	0–0	D
20 Apr	Bolton Wanderers FC	A	0–2	L
16 Apr	Wycombe Wanderers FC	H	1–2	L

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Port Vale FC	A	0–0	D
02 Aug	Peterborough United FC	H	2–1	W
03 May	Norwich City FC	A	2–4	L
26 Apr	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	0–0	D
21 Apr	Oxford United FC	H	1–1	D
18 Apr	Sheffield United FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Port Vale FC		Cardiff City FC
#5	Position	#2
42	Points	91
46	Played	46
10 / 12 / 24	W / D / L	27 / 10 / 9
36	Scored	90
61	Conceded	50
-25	GD	+40
0.91	PPG	1.98
22%	Win %	59%

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)

0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Port Vale FC are 5th (42 pts). Cardiff City FC are 2nd (91 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Cardiff City FC kicks off things out of here…
It finishes all square. Port Vale FC and Cardiff City FC share the spoils 0-0.

Lineups

Port Vale FC Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rubin Colwill	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.72 Port Vale FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.23 Cardiff City FC xG

I would bet for: Cardiff City FC or Draw 74% + Under 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Port Vale FC26% Draw32% Cardiff City FC42%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes38% 0% No62%

Avg goals/match: 1.95

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	83%	17%
± 1.5	58%	42%
± 2.5	31%	69%
± 3.5	14%	86%
± 4.5	6%	94%

Double Chance

Port Vale FC or Draw

58%

Draw or Cardiff City FC

74%

Port Vale FC or Cardiff City FC

68%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Port Vale FC15% Draw55% Cardiff City FC30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

16.2%

1 – 1

13.5%

0 – 2

10.3%

1 – 0

8.9%

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 1

4.4%

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

3.2%

2 – 2

2.9%

0 – 4

1.3%

Asian Handicap — Port Vale FC

Handicap	Port Vale FC covers	Push	Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	14%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	25%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	14%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Port Vale FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

49% ✗

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