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

Northern Commercials Stadium, Bradford

We’ve League One action to enjoy on Saturday lunch time, as Graham Alexander and his Bradford City side host Brian Barry-Murphy’s Cardiff City at the Northern Commercials Stadium. League One stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. There's so much to explore, with infographics and the best odds available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.

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Bradford City's next match is v Lincoln at 19:45 on Tuesday 27th January
Cardiff City's next match is v Barnsley at 19:45 on Tuesday 27th January
The last English League One meeting between Bradford and Cardiff was on Saturday 17th January 2026
English League One
January 17th 2026
Bradford 1
2 Cardiff
 
J. Metcalfe 59'14' D. Turnbull
24' C. Chambers
 
BRD
CAR
Shots On
1
5
Shots Off
6
2
Corners
2
2
Possession
53%
47%
Fouls
10
9
Yellow/red cards
3/0
2/0
 
BradfordCardiff
 
S. Walker
I. Touray (J. Wright 90')
A. Baldwin
M. Power
A. Sarcevic
T. Wright (L. Sibley 46')
J. Neufville (H. Ashby 68')
C. Tilt
J. Metcalfefootball icon
B. Pointon (J. White 68')
W. Swan (S. Humphrys 46')
J. Bagan
N. Trott
G. Osho
football iconC. Chambers
(J. Colwill 46') P. Ng
R. Wintle
football iconD. Turnbull
(I. Davies 64') O. Tanner
(C. Ashford 64') C. Willock
(W. Fish 85') Y. Salech
(C. Robinson 78') A. Robertson

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's every chance of this match serving up goalmouth entertainment, but don't count on an all-time classic. Under 3.5 goals is what we're predicting, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during the standard 90 minutes. The best odds are below, followed by relevant form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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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
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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bradford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.80.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bradford
40%
15/870/1
Draw
27%
5/210/1
Cardiff
33%
5/41/25
Draw 1-1
13%
11/211/2
Bradford 1-0
11%
9/115/2
Cardiff 1-0
10%
15/213/2
Draw 0-0
9%
10/18/1
Bradford 2-1
8%
10/110/1
Cardiff 2-1
7%
17/21/4
Bradford 2-0
7%
14/112/1
Cardiff 2-0
6%
11/121/10
Draw 2-2
5%
12/16/1
Bradford 3-1
4%
22/122/1
Bradford 3-0
3%
28/122/1
Cardiff 3-1
3%
18/16/1
Cardiff 3-0
2%
20/17/2
Bradford 3-2
2%
28/145/1
Cardiff 3-2
2%
25/133/1
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
17/201/3
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
19/2021/10
Home 1st Goal
49%
11/1023/20
Away 1st Goal
46%
5/617/20
No 1st Goal
5%
10/18/1
BTTS - Yes
50%
7/101/1
BTTS - No
50%
21/208/11
BTTS - Home Win
17%
9/240/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/36/1
BTTS - Away Win
14%
7/21/12
Home/draw
67%
8/139/1
Away/draw
60%
2/51/200
Home/away
73%
2/71/33
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
1/41/14
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
11/413/2
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
9/45/1
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
1/31/10
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/240/1
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/91/500
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
12/1100/1
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/251/200
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/201/20
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
10/18/1
Home DNB
59%
11/1023/20
Away DNB
52%
4/68/13
Bradford win to nil
23%
9/2-
Cardiff win to nil
19%
3/1-
Bradford / Bradford
17%
15/41/50
Bradford / Cardiff
4%
22/11/50
Bradford / Draw
6%
12/11/50
Draw / Bradford
11%
6/1125/1
Draw / Cardiff
14%
5/1100/1
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2100/1
Cardiff / Bradford
3%
28/122/1
Cardiff / Cardiff
22%
11/41/14
Cardiff / Draw
7%
12/18/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Bradford have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Bradford are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 2 games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 1 and won 1. Bradford have conceded 1 goal, scored 3, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Bradford have played 12 games at home, winning 9, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 1st place on 52 points in the League One league table having played 25 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored 43 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 25 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 12 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bradford
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff2717551956 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-3F
-
-
2
Lincoln2715751552 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 27
Mar 7
l
 
2-1A
3
Bolton2812106946 
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
4
Bradford261376746 
-
-
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
5
Stockport271377546 
Feb 17
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
6
Huddersfield2812610942 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
7
Luton2711610439 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 7
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
8
Stevenage261097439 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
9
Peterborough2712213038 
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
10
Exeter2611312736 
w
 
1-0F
May 2
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
11
Mansfield251069636 
Mar 17
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-0F
May 2
12
Wycombe27999336 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 6
Mar 17
d
 
1-1F
13
Reading26998236 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 28
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
14
Plymouth2711313-536 
Mar 28
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
15
Barnsley23968133 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 18
Jan 27
-
16
L Orient279513-532 
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1A
17
Blackpool279513-532 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
18
AFC Wim269512-732 
w
 
3-2A
Feb 21
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
19
Wigan267109-231 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 14
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
20
Burton268612-1030 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 21
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
21
Northampton268513-929 
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
22
Doncaster267613-1627 
Jan 31
l
 
3-1A
w
 
4-3A
Feb 28
23
Rotherham266713-1425 
-
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
24
Port Vale254615-1818 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 10
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bradford 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
3
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford1 - 0Port Vale
Bradford2 - 1Wigan
Bradford2 - 0Reading
Bradford1 - 0Exeter
Bradford1 - 2Burton
Bradford0 - 0Lincoln
Bradford2 - 2Barnsley
Bradford1 - 0Blackpool
Bradford3 - 1Huddersfield
Bradford3 - 2AFC Wim
Bradford2 - 1Luton
Bradford2 - 1Wycombe
Bradford1 - 0Fleetwood
Bradford1 - 1Notts C
Bradford2 - 0Crewe
Bradford4 - 1Colchester
Bradford0 - 1Tranmere
Bradford3 - 0Cheltenham
Bradford2 - 0MK Dons
Bradford1 - 0Accrington
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABradford2 - 1Blackpool
ABradford0 - 3Mansfield
HBradford1 - 0Port Vale
HBradford2 - 1Wigan
ABradford1 - 2L Orient
HBradford2 - 0Reading
ABradford1 - 0Plymouth
HBradford1 - 0Exeter
ABradford0 - 0Bolton
HBradford1 - 2Burton
HBradford0 - 0Lincoln
ABradford1 - 1Stevenage
HBradford2 - 2Barnsley
ABradford2 - 2Rotherham
HBradford1 - 0Blackpool
ABradford3 - 1Cardiff
HBradford3 - 1Huddersfield
ABradford1 - 3Doncaster
HBradford3 - 2AFC Wim
ABradford1 - 1Peterborough
Cardiff 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Plymouth1 - 1Cardiff
Portsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ACardiff0 - 1Bolton
HCardiff2 - 1Reading
HCardiff4 - 3L Orient
HCardiff0 - 1Burton
ACardiff2 - 0Wigan
HCardiff1 - 3Bradford
ACardiff1 - 1Stockport
HCardiff4 - 0Plymouth
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bradford since 1994
Bradford
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
4
4
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
BRD
1
CAR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
0 - 1Cardiff
2 - 3Cardiff
Bradford2 - 0
League games at Cardiff since 1993
Cardiff
Bradford
Goals: Scored
4
10
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
BRD
3
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
1 - 3Bradford
0 - 2Bradford
2 - 4Bradford
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Cardiff City's defensive record is to be admired, B. Barry-Murphy's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive League One matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.3 for Bradford City makes sense in this context.

Bradford 3rd Cardiff 1st
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1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Bradford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-4
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Bradford
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
BRD
CAR
8%
better
view stats
Games scored20
22
Failed to score4
3
Scored first15
13
Goals scored34
43
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.7
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
17
Avg. XG for1.4
1.7
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
2%
better
BRD
CAR
view stats
Games conceded16
15
Clean sheets8
10
Conceded first6
11
Goals conceded25
25
Avg. goals conceded1
1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
8
Conversion rate against13%
12%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+2%

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

Bradford League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25758
S WalkerA SarcevicM PowerM Power
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Walker GLK25
1
-
A Baldwin DEF151
3
-
C Tilt DEF11
5
-
I Touray DEF253
4
-
J Neufville MID2333
2
-
M Power MID245
8
-
J. Metcalfe MID202
3
-
T Wright MID222
3
-
A Sarcevic FWD2372
2
-
B Pointon FWD1771
5
-
W Swan FWD2252
3
-
Subs
J Hilton GLK
-
J Wright DEF173
3
-
H Ashby DEF1
-
T Leigh MID141
3
-
J White MID1
1
-
L Sibley MID2
-
S Humphrys FWD2042
-
Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241245
J BaganY SalechR WintleJ Bagan
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Trott GLK23
1
-
P Ng DEF192
2
-
C Chambers DEF162
4
-
G Osho DEF8
1
-
J Bagan DEF2513
5
-
R Wintle MID2414
2
-
A Robertson MID141
3
-
O Tanner MID93
2
-
D Turnbull MID2313
-
C Willock MID2344
3
-
Y Salech FWD26124
3
-
Subs
M. Turner GLK3
1
-
W Fish DEF231
1
-
D. Lawlor DEF1911
3
-
J Colwill MID
-
I Davies FWD2331
1
-
C. Ashford FWD2232
-
C Robinson FWD245
1
-