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

Sat 8th Nov, 15:00 BST, Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

the Bloomfield Road masses welcome Cardiff City's fans on Saturday afternoon, as Ian Evatt's Blackpool clash with Brian Barry-Murphy's team in the League One. All the odds are provided straight from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from statistics over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to League One match data, including head to head (H2H) records. Click the tabs below to explore it all.


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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It's not the news we want to be reporting, but it's all-but impossible to predict a goal-fest here. The statistics suggest Blackpool and Cardiff both struggle to score on a consistent basis, and the odds point towards a tie with fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think they're probably right and, without an obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals feels like the right bet on this match.

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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 44% chance of Cardiff coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Blackpool
26%
13/5
9%
1/2
Draw
28%
12/55/2
Cardiff
46%
1/1
5%
13/2
Cardiff 1-0
14%
13/218/5
Draw 1-1
13%
11/229/10
Draw 0-0
10%
9/1
5%
14/5
Blackpool 1-0
10%
10/1
16%
15/8
Cardiff 2-0
9%
17/2
5%
8/1
Cardiff 2-1
9%
8/117/2
Blackpool 2-1
6%
12/1
8%
13/2
Blackpool 2-0
5%
18/1
12%
17/4
Cardiff 3-0
4%
16/120/1
Draw 2-2
4%
14/116/1
Cardiff 3-1
4%
16/1
11%
25/1
Blackpool 3-1
2%
28/120/1
Cardiff 3-2
2%
25/1
10%
40/1
Blackpool 3-0
1%
40/1
21%
16/1
Cardiff 4-0
1%
40/145/1
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
19/20
5%
9/5
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
17/20
6%
2/5
Home 1st Goal
42%
11/8
2%
17/10
Away 1st Goal
51%
8/11
4%
21/20
No 1st Goal
7%
9/1
5%
14/5
BTTS - Yes
45%
4/517/20
BTTS - No
55%
19/2017/20
BTTS - Home Win
10%
6/119/4
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/212/5
BTTS - Away Win
17%
10/3
9%
6/1
Home/draw
54%
4/5
4%
1/14
Away/draw
74%
2/7
3%
6/4
Home/away
72%
3/102/7
Over 1.5 Goals
66%
2/7
3%
4/11
Under 1.5 Goals
34%
5/2
8%
15/8
Over 3.5 Goals
19%
9/4
9%
6/1
Under 3.5 Goals
81%
1/3
4%
1/12
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
11/2
13%
18/1
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
1/9
2%
1/500
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
14/1
12%
40/1
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/331/200
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/202/9
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
10/1
5%
14/5
Home DNB
46%
13/8
11%
6/4
Away DNB
65%
4/9
6%
4/9
Blackpool win to nil
16%
11/2
18%
-
Cardiff win to nil
29%
5/2-
Blackpool / Blackpool
13%
5/1
9%
14/1
Blackpool / Cardiff
4%
22/1
12%
33/1
Blackpool / Draw
6%
14/125/1
Draw / Blackpool
10%
7/1
7%
3/1
Draw / Cardiff
16%
4/1
9%
9/5
Draw / Draw
16%
9/2
10%
17/10
Cardiff / Blackpool
3%
33/140/1
Cardiff / Cardiff
26%
11/5
7%
10/1
Cardiff / Draw
6%
12/125/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Blackpool have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Blackpool have conceded 21 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Blackpool have played 7 games at home, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 3rd place on 26 points in the League One league table having played 13 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 7 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackpool
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Stockport14842828 
Jan 27
l
 
1-0A
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
2
Bradford14761727 
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
3
Cardiff138231026 
Nov 8
Mar 21
-
-
4
Stevenage13823726 
l
 
2-3F
Apr 6
Dec 29
Dec 9
5
Lincoln14743725 
Dec 13
Feb 28
Mar 7
Dec 20
6
AFC Wim14815425 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 10
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
7
Bolton14653423 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
8
Mansfield15645522 
Feb 17
l
 
2-0A
Nov 29
May 2
9
Northampton15627-220 
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
Apr 25
Nov 22
10
Wycombe15546519 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
Mar 17
Jan 1
11
Huddersfield13616019 
w
 
3-2A
Feb 7
Nov 15
Mar 28
12
Luton13616019 
d
 
2-2F
Jan 31
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
13
Barnsley12534118 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 17
Jan 27
-
14
Reading15465-318 
Nov 29
May 2
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
15
Rotherham14536-318 
Dec 29
Dec 9
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
16
Doncaster14536-618 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Dec 13
Feb 28
17
Wigan14455-117 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
18
L Orient15528-517 
Apr 25
Nov 22
w
 
4-3F
Jan 10
19
Exeter14518016 
Apr 3
l
 
4-1A
Dec 26
Mar 14
20
Burton14446-516 
Mar 28
Nov 15
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
21
Port Vale14347-413 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
22
Plymouth14419-813 
Feb 14
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
23
Blackpool14338-912 
-
-
Mar 21
Nov 8
24
Peterborough13319-1210 
Apr 11
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Blackpool 23RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackpool1 - 1Wycombe
Blackpool0 - 2AFC Wim
Blackpool2 - 2Luton
Blackpool1 - 0Barnsley
Blackpool1 - 1Bolton
Blackpool3 - 2Huddersfield
Blackpool2 - 3Stevenage
Blackpool4 - 1Bristol R
Blackpool0 - 2Birmingham
Blackpool1 - 2Wrexham
Blackpool3 - 0Reading
Blackpool2 - 1Bolton
Blackpool1 - 2L Orient
Blackpool2 - 1Cambridge
Blackpool0 - 0Peterborough
Blackpool3 - 1Crawley
Blackpool3 - 3Mansfield
Blackpool0 - 0Rotherham
Blackpool2 - 2Charlton
Blackpool2 - 2Huddersfield
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackpool2 - 1Peterborough
HBlackpool1 - 1Wycombe
ABlackpool0 - 1Stockport
HBlackpool0 - 2AFC Wim
HBlackpool2 - 2Luton
ABlackpool0 - 1Bradford
HBlackpool1 - 0Barnsley
ABlackpool0 - 1Northampton
HBlackpool1 - 1Bolton
ABlackpool0 - 1Plymouth
ABlackpool0 - 2Mansfield
HBlackpool3 - 2Huddersfield
ABlackpool1 - 4Exeter
HBlackpool2 - 3Stevenage
HBlackpool4 - 1Bristol R
HBlackpool0 - 2Birmingham
ABlackpool1 - 1Wigan
HBlackpool1 - 2Wrexham
ABlackpool3 - 1Stevenage
ABlackpool1 - 2Rotherham
Cardiff 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bolton1 - 0Cardiff
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
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACardiff0 - 1Bolton
HCardiff2 - 1Reading
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Cardiff have not lost to Blackpool in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Blackpool since 2007
Blackpool
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
9
13
Games: Scored
7 / 9
8 / 9
Clean sheets
1 / 9
2 / 9
BLP
2
D
3
CAR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
1 - 3Cardiff
0 - 2Cardiff
Blackpool1 - 0
1 - 2Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackpool3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Cardiff
League games at Cardiff since 2008
Cardiff
Blackpool
Goals: Scored
15
9
Games: Scored
8 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
0 / 8
BLP
1
D
3
CAR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff3 - 2
Cardiff3 - 0
1 - 3Blackpool
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff2 - 0
Cardiff3 - 1
Goal Statistics
Blackpool 23rd Cardiff 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Blackpool scoring 1 goal or less
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
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
+9
Blackpool’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+6
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Blackpool
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
0.9
1.3
Attack rating
BLP
CAR
22%
better
view stats
Games scored8
10
Failed to score6
3
Scored first6
6
Goals scored13
21
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.6
Avg. shots per game5
9
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
17
Avg. XG for0.7
1.6
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
BLP
CAR
43%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
7
Clean sheets1
6
Conceded first8
6
Goals conceded22
11
Avg. goals conceded1.6
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
11
Conversion rate against16%
9%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.3
KickOff rating
+43%

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

Blackpool League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14234
O CaseyC HamiltonJ BrownJ Brown
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Peacock-Farrell GLK13
-
F Horsfall DEF4
-
M Ihiekwe DEF13
1
-
O Casey DEF141
1
-
H Coulson DEF12
1
-
J Bowler MID71
2
-
J Brown MID1413
4
-
G Honeyman MID811
-
C Hamilton MID132
1
-
T Bloxham FWD111
-
A Fletcher FWD1221
2
-
Subs
F Ravizzoli GLK
-
A Lyons DEF8
-
Z Ashworth DEF6
1
-
T. Upton MID1
-
S Banks FWD41
-
E Hansson FWD13
-
T. Bondo FWD1
-
Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13533
R ColwillY SalechR. KpakioR. Kpakio
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Trott GLK12
1
-
R. Kpakio DEF1213
3
-
C Chambers DEF7
1
-
D. Lawlor DEF111
2
-
J Bagan DEF13
3
-
J Colwill MID
-
A Robertson MID1
-
O Kellyman MID51
-
R Colwill MID1333
2
-
C. Ashford MID1211
-
Y Salech FWD1351
2
-
Subs
M. Turner GLK1
-
W Fish DEF12
-
G Osho DEF4
1
-
R Wintle MID1212
1
-
D Turnbull MID113
-
I Davies FWD122
-
C Robinson FWD133
-