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

Sat 11th Oct, 15:00 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

It's an away match for Brian Priske's Cardiff City side on Saturday afternoon, as they head to the Oakwell for a League One clash with Conor Hourihane's Barnsley. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you explore. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall performance can be found, while there's also head to head (H2H) history a little further down the page.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Barnsley
35%
--
Draw
26%
--
Cardiff
39%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Cardiff 1-0
10%
--
Barnsley 1-0
9%
--
Cardiff 2-1
8%
--
Barnsley 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Cardiff 2-0
7%
--
Barnsley 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Cardiff 3-1
4%
--
Barnsley 3-1
3%
--
Cardiff 3-0
3%
--
Barnsley 3-0
2%
--
Cardiff 3-2
2%
--
Barnsley 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
53%
--
BTTS - No
47%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
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Home/draw
61%
--
Away/draw
65%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
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Home DNB
53%
--
Away DNB
57%
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Barnsley win to nil
19%
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Cardiff win to nil
21%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 10 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn zero and won 1. Barnsley have conceded 3 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Barnsley have played 5 games at home, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 3rd place on 23 points in the League One league table having played 11 matches. Cardiff are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 4 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 18 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 6 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 5 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.2 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
Stevenage10811925 
Jan 31
-
Dec 29
Dec 9
2
Bradford11731724 
Apr 18
Oct 18
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
3
Cardiff117221023 
Oct 11
Jan 27
-
-
4
Lincoln11632721 
Dec 29
Dec 9
Mar 7
Dec 20
5
AFC Wim11704421 
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
6
Huddersfield11614419 
w
 
3-1F
Feb 21
Nov 15
Mar 28
7
Stockport11542319 
May 2
Nov 29
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
8
Barnsley10523217 
-
-
Jan 27
Oct 11
9
Bolton11452517 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 7
Apr 11
Oct 25
10
Doncaster11524-117 
Mar 21
Nov 8
Dec 13
Feb 28
11
Luton11515116 
Nov 22
Apr 25
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
12
Mansfield11434215 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Nov 29
May 2
13
Northampton10424-114 
Nov 15
Mar 28
Apr 25
Nov 22
14
Wigan11344-113 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
15
Plymouth11416-313 
Apr 6
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
16
Port Vale11335012 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 4
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
17
Exeter11407-112 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Dec 26
Mar 14
18
L Orient11326-611 
Dec 13
Feb 28
w
 
4-3F
Jan 10
19
Reading10244-410 
w
 
3-2F
Jan 24
Oct 18
Apr 18
20
Burton10235-89 
w
 
3-2A
Apr 3
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
21
Wycombe11236-29 
Jan 10
d
 
2-2F
Mar 17
Jan 1
22
Rotherham10226-68 
Oct 25
Apr 11
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
23
Blackpool11227-98 
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
Mar 21
Nov 8
24
Peterborough11218-127 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Cardiff have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games
Barnsley 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley0 - 2Port Vale
Barnsley3 - 2Reading
Barnsley3 - 1Huddersfield
Barnsley1 - 1Bolton
Barnsley3 - 2Burton
Barnsley1 - 2Shrewsbury
Barnsley1 - 1Peterborough
Barnsley4 - 1Bolton
Barnsley1 - 2Exeter
Barnsley1 - 1Cambridge
Barnsley0 - 3Blackpool
Barnsley4 - 3Lincoln
Barnsley1 - 2Huddersfield
Barnsley0 - 0Burton
Barnsley0 - 1Stevenage
Barnsley3 - 0Crawley
Barnsley2 - 1Wrexham
Barnsley0 - 4L Orient
Barnsley1 - 2Birmingham
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarnsley2 - 2Wycombe
HBarnsley0 - 2Port Vale
ABarnsley0 - 1Blackpool
HBarnsley3 - 2Reading
HBarnsley3 - 1Huddersfield
ABarnsley0 - 2AFC Wim
ABarnsley1 - 0Peterborough
HBarnsley1 - 1Bolton
HBarnsley3 - 2Burton
ABarnsley3 - 1Plymouth
ABarnsley4 - 2Reading
HBarnsley1 - 2Shrewsbury
HBarnsley1 - 1Peterborough
ABarnsley3 - 4L Orient
HBarnsley4 - 1Bolton
ABarnsley2 - 6Birmingham
HBarnsley1 - 2Exeter
ABarnsley1 - 1Wigan
HBarnsley1 - 1Cambridge
ABarnsley1 - 2Mansfield
Cardiff 3RD
20 league games
Away
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan0 - 2Cardiff
Stockport1 - 1Cardiff
Luton0 - 1Cardiff
AFC Wim0 - 1Cardiff
Port Vale0 - 0Cardiff
Norwich4 - 2Cardiff
Sheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
Preston2 - 2Cardiff
QPR0 - 0Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Plymouth1 - 1Cardiff
Portsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
Leeds7 - 0Cardiff
Millwall2 - 2Cardiff
M'Boro1 - 1Cardiff
Watford1 - 2Cardiff
Oxford Utd3 - 2Cardiff
Stoke2 - 2Cardiff
Coventry2 - 2Cardiff
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCardiff4 - 3L Orient
HCardiff0 - 1Burton
ACardiff2 - 0Wigan
HCardiff1 - 3Bradford
ACardiff1 - 1Stockport
HCardiff4 - 0Plymouth
ACardiff1 - 0Luton
ACardiff1 - 0AFC Wim
HCardiff3 - 0Rotherham
ACardiff0 - 0Port Vale
HCardiff2 - 1Peterborough
ACardiff2 - 4Norwich
HCardiff0 - 0West Brom
HCardiff1 - 1Oxford Utd
ACardiff0 - 2Sheff Utd
HCardiff0 - 1Stoke
ACardiff2 - 2Preston
ACardiff0 - 0QPR
HCardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
ACardiff2 - 1Blackburn
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 8th Cardiff 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Barnsley’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+15
Cardiff have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Barnsley
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.3
1.4
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
10634
M. CooperD Keillor-DunnA PhillipsJ. Bland
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M. Cooper GLK10
3
-
J Earl DEF101
3
-
C. Vickers MID1021
-
J. Bland MID10
4
-
D Keillor-Dunn MID106
1
-
A Phillips MID1023
-
L Connell MID1011
2
-
N Ogbeta DEF91
-
J Shepherd DEF9
1
1
D McGoldrick FWD92
2
-
T Watson DEF81
1
-
J Russell MID8
1
-
P Kelly MID7
1
-
N Farrugia MID7
1
-
V. Yoganathan MID6
1
1
R Cleary FWD61
1
-
M Gevigney DEF3
-
M Roberts DEF1
-
Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11433
R ColwillY SalechR ColwillJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF11
3
-
J Colwill MID11
2
-
R Colwill MID1133
2
-
R Wintle MID1112
1
-
Y Salech FWD1141
2
-
C Robinson FWD113
-
N Trott GLK10
-
W Fish DEF10
-
D. Lawlor DEF101
2
-
R. Kpakio DEF1011
3
-
C. Ashford MID1011
-
I Davies FWD102
-
C Willock FWD1023
2
-
D Turnbull MID93
-
C Chambers DEF6
1
-
P Ng DEF51
1
-
O Tanner FWD41
1
-
G Osho DEF3
1
-
O Kellyman MID3
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD2
-
M. Turner GLK1
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
E King MID1
-