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Barnsley v Cardiff City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 10th Mar, 19:45 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

Cardiff City pay League One competitors Barnsley a visit on Tuesday evening, as Brian Barry-Murphy guides his team into an away clash with Conor Hourihane & co. at the Oakwell. For every League One match preview, KickOff delves into the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then brought forward alongside the best odds.


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Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Barnsley
39%
--
Draw
23%
--
Cardiff
39%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Barnsley 2-1
8%
--
Cardiff 2-1
8%
--
Draw 2-2
7%
--
Barnsley 1-0
6%
--
Cardiff 1-0
6%
--
Barnsley 2-0
5%
--
Cardiff 2-0
5%
--
Barnsley 3-1
5%
--
Cardiff 3-1
5%
--
Barnsley 3-2
4%
--
Cardiff 3-2
4%
--
Draw 0-0
3%
--
Barnsley 3-0
3%
--
Cardiff 3-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
33%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
67%
--
BTTS - No
33%
--
BTTS - Home Win
24%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
24%
--
Home/draw
61%
--
Away/draw
61%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
86%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
14%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
55%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
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Home DNB
55%
--
Away DNB
54%
--
Barnsley win to nil
15%
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Cardiff win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 31 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 5 and won 7. Barnsley have conceded 28 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Barnsley have played 15 games at home, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 32 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 1st place on 72 points in the League One league table having played 34 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 34 games against teams below them in the table, winning 22, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored 68 goals and kept 13 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 36 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 17 away games, winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Barnsley
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff3422663272 
Mar 10
l
 
4-0A
-
-
2
Lincoln3421853271 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
Mar 7
l
 
2-1A
3
Bolton35161361661 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2A
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
4
Bradford3417710558 
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
5
Stockport3416810456 
May 2
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
6
Huddersfield3515713952 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
7
Reading3413129651 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
8
Stevenage3314910251 
w
 
3-1F
-
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
9
Wycombe341311101350 
Mar 3
d
 
2-2F
Mar 17
d
 
1-1F
10
Luton3413813247 
w
 
5-0F
Apr 25
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
11
Peterborough3514417146 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
12
Plymouth3414416-146 
Apr 6
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-0F
l
 
5-2A
13
Barnsley3112811044 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
Mar 10
14
AFC Wim3312714-743 
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
15
Exeter3311814-141 
Mar 7
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
16
Mansfield32101012240 
l
 
2-3F
Mar 14
w
 
3-0F
May 2
17
Burton3410915-1139 
w
 
3-2A
Apr 3
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
18
Doncaster3311616-1939 
Mar 21
w
 
1-2F
w
 
4-3A
w
 
0-4F
19
Wigan3391014-1137 
Mar 17
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
20
Blackpool3410717-1437 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
21
L Orient3310617-1236 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1A
22
Northampton359818-1635 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 28
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
23
Rotherham339717-1434 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 11
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
24
Port Vale326917-1827 
l
 
0-2A
-
Apr 3
d
 
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Win / draw / win form
Barnsley 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley2 - 1Peterborough
Barnsley3 - 3AFC Wim
Barnsley2 - 2Northampton
Barnsley3 - 1Stevenage
Barnsley2 - 1Blackpool
Barnsley0 - 2Lincoln
Barnsley2 - 3Mansfield
Barnsley3 - 2L Orient
Barnsley5 - 0Luton
Barnsley0 - 1Rotherham
Barnsley0 - 2Port Vale
Barnsley3 - 2Reading
Barnsley3 - 1Huddersfield
Barnsley1 - 1Bolton
Barnsley3 - 2Burton
Barnsley1 - 2Shrewsbury
Barnsley1 - 1Peterborough
Barnsley4 - 1Bolton
Barnsley1 - 2Exeter
Barnsley1 - 1Cambridge
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarnsley1 - 2Huddersfield
HBarnsley2 - 1Peterborough
HBarnsley3 - 3AFC Wim
ABarnsley2 - 3Bolton
HBarnsley2 - 2Northampton
HBarnsley3 - 1Stevenage
ABarnsley0 - 4Cardiff
ABarnsley2 - 2Reading
HBarnsley2 - 1Blackpool
ABarnsley1 - 1Wigan
HBarnsley0 - 2Lincoln
HBarnsley2 - 3Mansfield
ABarnsley0 - 3Exeter
HBarnsley3 - 2L Orient
ABarnsley1 - 3Lincoln
ABarnsley1 - 1Stockport
HBarnsley5 - 0Luton
ABarnsley2 - 1Doncaster
HBarnsley0 - 1Rotherham
ABarnsley2 - 2Bradford
Cardiff 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth5 - 2Cardiff
Rotherham0 - 3Cardiff
Burton2 - 2Cardiff
Bradford1 - 2Cardiff
L Orient1 - 1Cardiff
Wycombe1 - 1Cardiff
Lincoln2 - 1Cardiff
Stevenage0 - 1Cardiff
Northampton1 - 3Cardiff
Blackpool3 - 1Cardiff
Bolton1 - 0Cardiff
Wigan0 - 2Cardiff
Stockport1 - 1Cardiff
Luton0 - 1Cardiff
AFC Wim0 - 1Cardiff
Port Vale0 - 0Cardiff
Norwich4 - 2Cardiff
Sheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
Preston2 - 2Cardiff
QPR0 - 0Cardiff
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACardiff2 - 5Plymouth
HCardiff4 - 1AFC Wim
HCardiff3 - 1Luton
ACardiff3 - 0Rotherham
ACardiff2 - 2Burton
HCardiff4 - 0Barnsley
HCardiff1 - 1Stockport
ACardiff2 - 1Bradford
ACardiff1 - 1L Orient
HCardiff1 - 0Wigan
ACardiff1 - 1Wycombe
HCardiff2 - 1Stevenage
HCardiff1 - 0Exeter
ACardiff1 - 2Lincoln
HCardiff4 - 3Doncaster
ACardiff1 - 0Stevenage
HCardiff3 - 2Huddersfield
HCardiff3 - 0Mansfield
ACardiff3 - 1Northampton
ACardiff1 - 3Blackpool
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Cardiff have not lost to Barnsley in 9 consecutive league meetings
League games at Barnsley since 2006
Barnsley
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
7
15
Games: Scored
6 / 12
10 / 12
Clean sheets
2 / 12
6 / 12
BAR
1
D
3
CAR
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
0 - 1Cardiff
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Cardiff
0 - 1Cardiff
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Cardiff
0 - 1Cardiff
1 - 2Cardiff
Barnsley1 - 0
0 - 1Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Cardiff
League games at Cardiff since 2007
Cardiff
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
28
17
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
BAR
2
D
3
CAR
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff3 - 0
Cardiff3 - 2
Cardiff2 - 1
3 - 4Barnsley
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff5 - 3
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Barnsley
Cardiff3 - 1
Cardiff3 - 0
Cardiff2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Barnsley have been steady in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.7 against Cardiff City on Tuesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Barnsley 13th Cardiff 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Barnsley will score 1 or more goals
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 82% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+23
Barnsley have scored 23% more goals at home than predicted
+8
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.0
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Barnsley
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.7
1.7
Attack rating
BAR
CAR
9%
better
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Games scored7
9
Failed to score3
2
Scored first6
6
Goals scored16
19
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.7
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for19
17
Avg. XG for1.2
1.7
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
BAR
CAR
36%
better
view stats
Games conceded9
5
Clean sheets1
6
Conceded first4
4
Goals conceded14
9
Avg. goals conceded1.4
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
10
Conversion rate against16%
10%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.2
KickOff rating
+36%

Barnsley v Cardiff League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2913109
J ShepherdD Keillor-DunnR ClearyJ. Bland
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Shepherd DEF29
6
1
J. Bland MID291
9
-
T Watson DEF271
2
-
A Phillips MID2763
2
-
P Kelly MID2723
5
-
L Connell MID2643
8
1
R Cleary FWD26610
2
-
D McGoldrick FWD2692
2
-
D Keillor-Dunn MID24131
3
-
V. Yoganathan MID222
2
1
M. Cooper GLK21
4
-
N Ogbeta DEF191
1
-
M Gevigney DEF161
-
J Earl DEF151
4
-
C. Vickers MID1522
-
J Russell MID121
1
-
N Farrugia MID12
1
-
M Roberts DEF11
2
-
F Jaló FWD3
-
G. Gent DEF2
1
-
J Rooney DEF1
-
Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301297
J BaganY SalechO TannerJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF3213
7
-
N Trott GLK30
2
-
C Robinson FWD3051
1
-
C Willock FWD3075
3
-
D Turnbull MID2924
2
-
C. Ashford MID2932
-
R Wintle MID2914
3
1
J Colwill MID2841
5
-
W Fish DEF271
2
-
R. Kpakio DEF2716
4
-
Y Salech FWD27124
3
-
I Davies FWD2741
1
-
P Ng DEF2653
3
-
O Kellyman MID2471
3
-
C Chambers DEF232
4
-
A Robertson MID2132
5
-
D. Lawlor DEF2011
3
-
R Colwill MID1833
3
-
O Tanner FWD1619
3
-
G Osho DEF12
2
-
M. Turner GLK3
1
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD3
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
E King MID1
-