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Norwich City v Cardiff City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd May, 12:30 BST, Carrow Road, Norwich

Metin Diyadin pays counterpart Johannes Hoff Thorup a visit on Saturday lunch time in the Championship, as their Cardiff City and Norwich City teams go head to head at the Carrow Road. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Championship matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds.

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

In alignment, our prediction and the odds from the bookies suggest that this Championship clash is going to be entertaining, with at least 3 goals to scored in the match. As we don't have an obvious winner here given their recent form, we're going with the stats and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point strongly towards a tip of over 2.5 goals.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Norwich are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Norwich 56%	8/13 6%	-
Draw 22%	10/3 8%	-
Cardiff 23%	15/4 13%	-
Draw 1-1 10%	15/2 13%	-
Norwich 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Norwich 1-0 8%	8/1 20%	-
Norwich 2-0 8%	8/1 6%	-
Norwich 3-1 6%	11/1 8%	-
Cardiff 2-1 6%	14/1 15%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	14/1	-
Norwich 3-0 5%	12/1	-
Cardiff 1-0 5%	14/1 15%	-
Draw 0-0 4%	16/1 31%	-
Norwich 3-2 4%	20/1 9%	-
Norwich 4-1 3%	20/1 19%	-
Cardiff 2-0 3%	25/1 13%	-
Norwich 4-0 3%	22/1 21%	-
Cardiff 3-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 62%	4/7 13%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 38%	11/8 19%	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	4/9 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	15/8 5%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	16/1 31%	-
BTTS - Yes 60%	8/13 6%	-
BTTS - No 40%	6/5 10%	-
BTTS - Home Win 30%	21/10 14%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	13/2	-
Home/draw 77%	2/11 3%	-
Away/draw 44%	5/4 10%	-
Home/away 78%	1/5 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	1/6 6%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	4/1 25%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 40%	6/4 17%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 60%	8/15 9%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	10/3 21%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	2/9 7%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	7/1 27%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/12 3%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1 15%	-
Home DNB 71%	2/7 3%	-
Away DNB 38%	5/2 8%	-
Norwich win to nil 26%	9/4 8%	-
Cardiff win to nil 10%	9/1 25%	-
Norwich / Norwich 33%	6/4 9%	-
Norwich / Cardiff 2%	33/1	-
Norwich / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Norwich 17%	15/4	-
Draw / Cardiff 8%	9/1 5%	-
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2 8%	-
Cardiff / Norwich 4%	18/1 10%	-
Cardiff / Cardiff 10%	7/1 7%	-
Cardiff / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Norwich have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 7 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Norwich have outscored their opponents by 67 goals to 46 goals.

Home League Performance

Norwich have played 22 games at home winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 48 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 32 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 24th position in the Championship on 44 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 42 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 22 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

45 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 19 games, drawn 17 and won 9. Cardiff have conceded 69 goals, scored 46, failed to score in 15 fixtures and have kept 8 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Norwich Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	45	28	13	4	64	97	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	l 0-2A	l 7-0A
2	Burnley	45	27	16	2	51	97	l 1-2F	l 2-1A	l 1-2A	l 5-0A
3	Sheff Utd	45	28	7	10	27	89	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	l 0-2A	l 2-0A
4	Sunderland	45	21	13	11	15	76	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F	l 0-2A	l 2-1A
5	Bristol C	45	17	16	12	4	67	l 0-2A	l 2-1A	d 1-1A	d 1-1F
6	Coventry	45	19	9	17	4	66	w 2-1A	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	d 2-2F
7	Millwall	45	18	12	15	0	66	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	d 2-2A
8	Blackburn	45	19	8	18	5	65	d 2-2A	d 1-1A	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
9	M'Boro	45	18	10	17	10	64	d 3-3F	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
10	West Brom	45	14	19	12	8	61	w 1-0F	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0
11	Swansea	45	17	9	19	-5	60	w 5-1F	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	d 1-1A
12	Sheff Wed	45	15	12	18	-9	57	l 2-3F	l 2-0A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
13	Watford	45	16	8	21	-8	56	w 4-1F	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	w 1-2F
14	Norwich Home	45	13	15	17	1	54	-	-	w 2-1A	May 3
15	QPR	45	13	14	18	-11	53	d 1-1A	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0
16	Portsmouth	45	14	11	20	-13	53	l 3-5A	d 0-00-0	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
17	Oxford Utd	45	13	13	19	-16	52	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	d 1-1F	l 3-2A
18	Stoke	45	12	14	19	-17	50	w 4-2F	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	d 2-2A
19	Derby	45	13	10	22	-8	49	d 1-1F	w 2-3F	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
20	Preston	45	10	19	16	-11	49	l 0-1A	d 2-2A	l 0-2A	d 2-2A
21	Luton	45	13	10	22	-22	49	w 4-2A	w 0-1F	l 1-2F	l 1-0A
22	Hull	45	12	12	21	-10	48	w 4-0F	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	l 4-1F
23	Plymouth	45	11	13	21	-36	46	w 6-1F	l 2-1A	w 5-0F	d 1-1F
24	Cardiff Away	45	9	17	19	-23	44	May 3	l 2-1F	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich	3 - 5	Portsmouth
Norwich	0 - 0	Sunderland
Norwich	1 - 0	West Brom
Norwich	2 - 3	Sheff Wed
Norwich	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Norwich	4 - 2	Stoke
Norwich	0 - 1	Preston
Norwich	1 - 1	Derby
Norwich	5 - 1	Swansea
Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry
Norwich	1 - 1	QPR
Norwich	2 - 1	Millwall
Norwich	1 - 2	Burnley
Norwich	4 - 2	Luton
Norwich	6 - 1	Plymouth
Norwich	0 - 2	Bristol C
Norwich	3 - 3	M'Boro
Norwich	4 - 0	Hull
Norwich	1 - 1	Leeds
Norwich	4 - 1	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Norwich	0 - 0	M'Boro
A	Norwich	1 - 3	Millwall
H	Norwich	3 - 5	Portsmouth
A	Norwich	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Norwich	0 - 0	Sunderland
A	Norwich	1 - 2	Plymouth
H	Norwich	1 - 0	West Brom
A	Norwich	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Norwich	2 - 3	Sheff Wed
H	Norwich	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Norwich	1 - 1	Blackburn
H	Norwich	4 - 2	Stoke
A	Norwich	1 - 1	Hull
H	Norwich	0 - 1	Preston
H	Norwich	1 - 1	Derby
A	Norwich	1 - 0	Watford
H	Norwich	5 - 1	Swansea
A	Norwich	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Norwich	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Cardiff
Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
QPR	0 - 0	Cardiff
Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff
Plymouth	1 - 1	Cardiff
Portsmouth	2 - 1	Cardiff
Leeds	7 - 0	Cardiff
Millwall	2 - 2	Cardiff
M'Boro	1 - 1	Cardiff
Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff
Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Cardiff
Stoke	2 - 2	Cardiff
Coventry	2 - 2	Cardiff
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Cardiff
Luton	1 - 0	Cardiff
West Brom	0 - 0	Cardiff
Bristol C	1 - 1	Cardiff
Hull	4 - 1	Cardiff
Derby	1 - 0	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cardiff	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Cardiff	0 - 1	Stoke
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Preston
A	Cardiff	0 - 0	QPR
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Blackburn
H	Cardiff	1 - 2	Luton
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Sunderland
H	Cardiff	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Hull
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Plymouth
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Portsmouth
A	Cardiff	0 - 7	Leeds
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Derby
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Millwall
H	Cardiff	3 - 0	Swansea
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Watford

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Norwich have beaten Cardiff in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Norwich

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 13

7 / 13

Clean sheets

6 / 13

2 / 13

NOR

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Norwich
Norwich	4 - 1
Norwich	2 - 0
Norwich	2 - 0
	0 - 2	Cardiff
Norwich	3 - 2
Norwich	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Norwich	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Cardiff
Norwich	1 - 0
Norwich	1 - 0
Norwich	4 - 1

Cardiff

Norwich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 14

Clean sheets

2 / 14

NOR

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff	2 - 1
	2 - 3	Norwich
Cardiff	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Norwich
Cardiff	3 - 1
	0 - 1	Norwich
	2 - 4	Norwich
Cardiff	2 - 1
Cardiff	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Norwich
Cardiff	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Norwich
Cardiff	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Norwich 14th	Cardiff 24th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 27% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 14% There is a 86% probability that Norwich will score 1 or more goals	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+26 Norwich have scored 26% more goals at home than predicted	+2 Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.3 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

19%

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CAR

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Games scored	34		30
Failed to score	11		15
Scored first	22		18
Goals scored	67		46
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		8
Conversion rate for	18		12
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+19%

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Games conceded	37		37
Clean sheets	8		8
Conceded first	20		24
Goals conceded	66		69
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		5
Conversion rate against	18%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+3%

Norwich v Cardiff Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Norwich Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
44	17	7	13
S Duffy	B Sainz	C Doyle	C Doyle

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Duffy DEF	44	3		4 -
J Stacey DEF	40	2	5	4 -
B Sainz FWD	40	17	4	8 -
C Doyle DEF	39	1	7	13 -
O Schwartau FWD	39	1		4 -
K. Fisher DEF	38		4	10 -
A. Crnac FWD	38	7	4	2 -
A Gunn GLK	34			1 -
J Córdoba DEF	33	1		4 2
E Marcondes MID	33	5	6	5 -
A Slimane MID	33	2	2	8 -
K McLean MID	33		4	6 1
M Espinoza MID	31	4	3	7 -
J Sargent FWD	31	15	4	2 -
B Chrisene DEF	26	1		2 -
J Sörensen MID	26			2 -
O Hernández FWD	22		3	2 -
A Forson MID	20	2	2	1 -
J. Wright MID	14		3	1 -
L Dobbin FWD	10	2		1 -
G Long GLK	9			-
L Mahovo DEF	8			-
L Gibbs MID	8			-
R. McConville DEF	7			-
G Forsyth MID	5			-
V Nuñez GLK	3			-
M Jurásek FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
17	48	7	29
B Sainz	B Sainz	C Doyle	E Marcondes

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Sainz FWD	17	48	4	18
J Sargent FWD	15	29	4	15
A. Crnac FWD	7	16	4	18
E Marcondes MID	5	15	6	29
M Espinoza MID	4	13	3	23
S Duffy DEF	3	8		6
A Slimane MID	2	6	2	13
J Stacey DEF	2	4	5	10
A Forson MID	2	5	2	3
L Dobbin FWD	2	4		4
J Córdoba DEF	1	4		2
O Schwartau FWD	1	5		8
C Doyle DEF	1	6	7	11
B Chrisene DEF	1	1		6
K. Fisher DEF		4	4	8
L Mahovo DEF		2		3
G Forsyth MID		1		1
L Gibbs MID		1		1
O Hernández FWD		1	3	6
J. Wright MID		1	3	1
J Sörensen MID		2		3
K McLean MID		1	4	16

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
3311	74	233
S Duffy	K McLean	B Sainz

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Duffy DEF	3311	36	198
C Doyle DEF	2954	52	143
K McLean MID	2254	74	178
J Córdoba DEF	1940	27	79
M Espinoza MID	1426	68	116
K. Fisher DEF	1419	64	155
A Gunn GLK	1174	3	19
A Slimane MID	1166	36	100
E Marcondes MID	1043	47	122
J Sörensen MID	956	36	81
B Sainz FWD	943	60	233
J Stacey DEF	784	58	112
J. Wright MID	652	26	49
B Chrisene DEF	530	33	77
O Schwartau FWD	490	16	67
A. Crnac FWD	474	50	114
J Sargent FWD	403	18	80
L Mahovo DEF	346	10	16
G Long GLK	258		1
A Forson MID	219	14	27
L Dobbin FWD	178	6	29
O Hernández FWD	128	5	30
R. McConville DEF	83	5	7
L Gibbs MID	83	3	6
G Forsyth MID	79	2	8
V Nuñez GLK	58
M Jurásek FWD	26		3

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
40	12	4	9
C O'Dowda	C Robinson	R Colwill	C Chambers

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	42	1	4	3 -
C O'Dowda MID	41	2	2	7 -
C Chambers DEF	40	2	1	9 -
P Ng DEF	35	1	1	9 -
D Goutas DEF	34	1	1	3 1
A Robertson MID	34	3	3	8 -
C Robinson FWD	34	12	1	1 2
Y Méïté FWD	34	3		2 -
C Willock MID	31	2	2	-
J Bagan DEF	30		1	4 1
A Rinomhota MID	30		1	7 -
J Alnwick GLK	29			2 -
O Tanner FWD	29	2	2	1 -
C. Ashford MID	27	2	3	-
A Ghazi FWD	25	3	1	-
J Daland DEF	20			3 -
W Fish DEF	20			4 -
J Ralls MID	20		1	6 -
Y Salech FWD	19	6	1	2 -
D Turnbull MID	18	1		2 -
E Horvath GLK	16			-
S Mannsverk MID	14		1	4 -
W Alves MID	13	1	3	-
I Davies FWD	9	2		1 -
A Ramsey MID	8			1 -
J Collins DEF	3			1 -
R. Kpakio DEF	2		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	27	4	35
C Robinson	C Robinson	R Colwill	A Robertson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	12	27	1	13
Y Salech FWD	6	18	1
A Robertson MID	3	7	3	35
Y Méïté FWD	3	14		7
A Ghazi FWD	3	14	1	6
C. Ashford MID	2	3	3	5
C O'Dowda MID	2	9	2	23
C Chambers DEF	2	9	1	10
I Davies FWD	2	3
C Willock MID	2	7	2	17
O Tanner FWD	2	12	2	7
W Alves MID	1	4	3	2
D Turnbull MID	1	11		9
R Colwill MID	1	20	4	23
D Goutas DEF	1	5	1	6
P Ng DEF	1	7	1	21
J Daland DEF				4
W Fish DEF		3
J Ralls MID		3	1	14
A Rinomhota MID		1	1	6
J Bagan DEF		2	1	5
S Mannsverk MID		1	1
A Ramsey MID		5
J Collins DEF				1
R. Kpakio DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2047	75	214
C Chambers	P Ng	C O'Dowda

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	2047	72	179
D Goutas DEF	1442	42	150
P Ng DEF	1327	75	198
C O'Dowda MID	1217	72	214
A Robertson MID	1164	61	154
R Colwill MID	931	57	162
J Alnwick GLK	806	1	16
A Rinomhota MID	719	69	152
J Bagan DEF	621	31	68
J Ralls MID	574	22	47
D Turnbull MID	567	18	24
J Daland DEF	564	12	64
W Fish DEF	506	14	76
S Mannsverk MID	490	19	59
C Willock MID	481	27	84
C Robinson FWD	474	6	55
E Horvath GLK	448		3
O Tanner FWD	385	43	94
A Ramsey MID	330	16	29
C. Ashford MID	325	22	79
A Ghazi FWD	303	8	60
Y Salech FWD	265	14	136
Y Méïté FWD	163	17	111
W Alves MID	127	16	39
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
I Davies FWD	53	10	23
R. Kpakio DEF	34	3	5

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Norwich have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

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Home League Performance

Cardiff are in 24th position in the Championship on 44 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

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Performance against teams above them in the league

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