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

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the Oakwell plays host on Tuesday evening, as Conor Hourihane's Barnsley welcome Brian Barry-Murphy's Cardiff City in the League One. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with weighting given to top teams. All the stats and graphics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head-to-head statistics for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.

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Barnsley's next match is v Wigan at 20:00 on Tuesday 17th March
Cardiff City's next match is v Wycombe at 19:45 on Tuesday 17th March
The last English League One meeting between Barnsley and Cardiff was on Tuesday 10th March 2026
English League One
March 10th 2026
Barnsley 1
1 Cardiff
 
S. Banks 22'11' R. Colwill
 
BAR
CAR
Shots On
2
4
Shots Off
8
5
Corners
4
13
Possession
27%
73%
Fouls
9
7
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
BarnsleyCardiff
 
O. Goodman
J. Shepherd
M. Durand de Gevigney
C. O'Keeffe
E. O'Connell
J. Bland (T. Watson 89')
V. Yoganathan
T. Bradshaw (R. Cleary 65')
D. McGoldrick
S. Banksfootball icon (A. Phillips 65')
L. Connell
N. Trott
C. Chambers
(J. Bagan 56') C. Scanlon
P. Ng
R. Wintle
(C. Robinson 69') O. Kellyman
football iconR. Colwill
(D. Turnbull 69') A. Robertson
O. Tanner
(W. Fish 80') D. Lawlor
(C. Ashford 56') C. Willock

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This League One clash, with Barnsley and Cardiff going head-to-head, offers real intrigue in the popular under 2.5 goals market, with a total of 3+ goals being scored seeming highly probable. Forwards at both clubs will look to take advantage of an open match and, having reviewed the relevant statistics and odds, we have come to the conclusion that a bet on over 2.5 goals is the best option.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 48% chance of Cardiff coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Barnsley
30%
31/10
5%
20/1
3%
Draw
22%
31/10
1%
1/16
1%
Cardiff
48%
8/1111/1
Draw 1-1
9%
7/12/7
7%
Cardiff 2-1
9%
15/217/4
6%
Barnsley 2-1
7%
14/19/1
10%
Draw 2-2
7%
12/128/1
10%
Cardiff 1-0
6%
9/1
9%
9/1
Cardiff 2-0
6%
9/1
8%
6/1
5%
Cardiff 3-1
6%
11/128/1
Barnsley 1-0
5%
16/111/1
Cardiff 3-2
4%
18/190/1
12%
Cardiff 3-0
4%
14/17/1
Barnsley 2-0
4%
25/118/1
13%
Barnsley 3-1
4%
28/160/1
Barnsley 3-2
3%
28/1150/1
Draw 0-0
3%
18/1
12%
11/1
Cardiff 4-1
3%
22/1100/1
Over 2.5 Goals
66%
8/15
2%
15/2
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
34%
7/5
2%
1/18
2%
Home 1st Goal
47%
11/8
5%
8/5
2%
Away 1st Goal
52%
4/74/7
No 1st Goal
2%
18/1
12%
10/1
BTTS - Yes
66%
8/15
2%
10/21
1%
BTTS - No
34%
11/8
5%
8/5
3%
BTTS - Home Win
19%
11/217/2
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4
4%
1/4
3%
BTTS - Away Win
28%
2/119/5
3%
Home/draw
52%
21/201/40
Away/draw
70%
2/9
2%
1/1000
Home/away
78%
2/9
3%
15/2
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/71/25
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
9/210/1
2%
Over 3.5 Goals
44%
5/4
5%
55/1
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
56%
4/7
2%
1/1000
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
26%
3/1
8%
55/1
Under 4.5 Goals
74%
2/9
2%
1/300
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
7/1
13%
1/50
7%
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
1/12
1%
1/50
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/501/50
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
18/1
12%
11/1
Home DNB
46%
9/4
5%
19/10
2%
Away DNB
63%
1/3
4%
4/11
Barnsley win to nil
11%
8/1-
Cardiff win to nil
19%
5/2-
Barnsley / Barnsley
13%
6/112/1
5%
Barnsley / Cardiff
5%
18/122/1
Barnsley / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
18/1
Draw / Barnsley
9%
17/29/2
Draw / Cardiff
16%
4/16/4
5%
Draw / Draw
12%
6/113/5
4%
Cardiff / Barnsley
3%
28/133/1
Cardiff / Cardiff
30%
13/8
3%
19/4
3%
Cardiff / Draw
6%
12/118/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Barnsley have conceded 28 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Barnsley have played 17 games at home, winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 34 goals, conceded 26 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 2nd place on 72 points in the League One league table having played 35 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below them in the table, winning 22, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored 67 goals and kept 13 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 34 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
Lincoln3724853780 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
2
Cardiff3723773476 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-0A
-
-
3
Bolton37171461765 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2A
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
4
Bradford3719711664 
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
5
Stevenage3616911357 
w
 
3-1F
-
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
6
Huddersfield37168131056 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-2F
Apr 14
7
Stockport3516811256 
May 2
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
8
Reading37141310655 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
9
Wycombe371411121253 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2F
Mar 17
d
 
1-1F
10
Plymouth3716516353 
Apr 6
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-0F
l
 
5-2A
11
Luton3714914251 
w
 
5-0F
Apr 25
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
12
Barnsley35131012049 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1F
13
AFC Wim3614715-449 
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
14
Peterborough3614418046 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
15
Mansfield35111212345 
l
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-0F
May 2
16
Burton37111016-1043 
w
 
3-2A
Apr 3
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
17
Doncaster3612717-1943 
Mar 21
w
 
1-2F
w
 
4-3A
w
 
0-4F
18
Exeter3711917-742 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
19
L Orient3612618-1142 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1A
20
Wigan36101115-1241 
Mar 17
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
21
Blackpool3710819-1838 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
22
Rotherham369918-1536 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 11
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
23
Northampton379820-1935 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 28
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
24
Port Vale3461018-2028 
l
 
0-2A
-
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Barnsley 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley2 - 1Exeter
Barnsley0 - 1Wycombe
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
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarnsley2 - 1Exeter
HBarnsley0 - 1Wycombe
ABarnsley3 - 1L Orient
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
Cardiff 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Doncaster0 - 4Cardiff
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
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCardiff0 - 2Lincoln
ACardiff4 - 0Doncaster
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
10
Cardiff have not lost to Barnsley in 10 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
32
17
Games: Scored
12 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
1 / 13
BAR
2
D
3
CAR
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff4 - 0
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

Cardiff City's fans will be hoping for goals on Tuesday evening, not least because Barnsley have conceded in each of their last 19 League One games. A PG of 1.9 for B. Barry-Murphy's side suggests that run should continue.

Barnsley 12th Cardiff 2nd
Kickoff prediction
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1.5
goals
1.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Barnsley will score 1 or more goals
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+20
Barnsley have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted
+22
Cardiff have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Barnsley
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.5
1.9
Attack rating
BAR
CAR
16%
better
view stats
Games scored25
31
Failed to score8
4
Scored first17
19
Goals scored55
68
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.9
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for21
19
Avg. XG for1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
BAR
CAR
30%
better
view stats
Games conceded31
22
Clean sheets2
13
Conceded first16
15
Goals conceded55
38
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against18%
14%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.3
KickOff rating
+30%

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
32141210
J ShepherdD McGoldrickR ClearyL Connell
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Goodman GLK14
1
-
C O'Keeffe DEF142
5
-
M Gevigney DEF211
1
-
J Shepherd DEF33
7
1
E O'Connell DEF14
2
-
L Connell MID3143
9
1
J. Bland MID341
9
-
S Banks MID1134
-
D McGoldrick MID31143
2
-
V. Yoganathan MID273
3
1
T Bradshaw FWD912
-
Subs
K Flavell GLK
-
N Ogbeta DEF211
1
-
G. Gent DEF2
1
-
T Watson DEF321
2
-
A Phillips MID3264
3
-
C. Lennon FWD
-
R Cleary FWD31612
2
-
Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
347117
N TrottC WillockO TannerJ Bagan
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Trott GLK34
2
-
P Ng DEF2954
3
-
C Chambers DEF242
4
-
D. Lawlor DEF2422
4
-
C. Scanlon DEF5
-
R Wintle MID3315
3
1
A Robertson MID2552
5
-
O Tanner MID20111
3
-
R Colwill MID2264
3
-
C Willock MID3475
3
-
O Kellyman FWD2771
3
-
Subs
W Fish DEF301
2
-
J Bagan DEF3613
7
-
R. Kpakio DEF2916
4
-
D Turnbull MID3224
2
-
J Colwill MID
-
C. Ashford FWD3343
-
C Robinson FWD3471
1
-