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

Sat 21st Mar, 12:30 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

the Cardiff City Stadium is the stage on Saturday lunch time, as Brian Barry-Murphy's Cardiff City welcome Ian Ross Evatt's Blackpool in the League One. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every stats you could possibly need to make a well-informed wager is published below. Switch between 17 markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds for every one.


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Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Cardiff
58%
--
Draw
21%
--
Blackpool
21%
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Draw 1-1
10%
--
Cardiff 2-1
10%
--
Cardiff 1-0
9%
--
Cardiff 2-0
9%
--
Cardiff 3-1
7%
--
Cardiff 3-0
6%
--
Blackpool 2-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Blackpool 1-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
Cardiff 3-2
4%
--
Cardiff 4-1
3%
--
Cardiff 4-0
3%
--
Blackpool 2-0
3%
--
Blackpool 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Home 1st Goal
55%
--
Away 1st Goal
42%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
29%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
12%
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Home/draw
79%
--
Away/draw
42%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
--
Home DNB
73%
--
Away DNB
36%
--
Cardiff win to nil
29%
--
Blackpool win to nil
9%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Cardiff have played 35 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below in the table, having won 22, drawn 6 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 13 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Cardiff have outscored their opponents by 68 goals to 41 goals.

Home League Performance

Cardiff have played 18 games at home winning 14, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 42 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 20 goals at home.

Blackpool are in 20th position in the League One on 38 points having played 35 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 7 and won 7. Blackpool have conceded 48 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cardiff
Blackpool
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lincoln3522853474 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-0A
2
Cardiff3522673072 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
Mar 21
3
Bolton36171361764 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
4
Bradford3518710661 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
5
Stockport3416810456 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
6
Huddersfield36167131055 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
w
 
3-2A
d
 
2-2F
7
Reading3514129754 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
l
 
0-3A
May 2
8
Stevenage3415910354 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
2-3F
Apr 6
9
Wycombe361411111353 
Mar 17
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
10
Plymouth3515416049 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
5-2A
l
 
0-4A
l
 
1-0A
11
Luton3513814147 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
12
Barnsley3313812047 
w
 
4-0F
Mar 10
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
13
Peterborough3514417146 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Apr 11
w
 
1-2F
14
AFC Wim3312714-743 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
Mar 11
15
Exeter3511915-242 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
Apr 3
l
 
4-1A
16
Mansfield33101112241 
w
 
3-0F
May 2
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
17
Burton36101016-1240 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
18
Doncaster3411617-2039 
w
 
4-3A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
19
Wigan3491114-1138 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
20
Blackpool3510817-1438 
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
-
-
21
L Orient3410618-1336 
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
d
 
1-1A
22
Rotherham359818-1535 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-3F
23
Northampton359818-1635 
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
24
Port Vale326917-1827 
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 17
l
 
5-1F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Cardiff 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
3
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff0 - 2Lincoln
Cardiff4 - 1AFC Wim
Cardiff3 - 1Luton
Cardiff4 - 0Barnsley
Cardiff1 - 1Stockport
Cardiff1 - 0Wigan
Cardiff2 - 1Stevenage
Cardiff1 - 0Exeter
Cardiff4 - 3Doncaster
Cardiff3 - 2Huddersfield
Cardiff3 - 0Mansfield
Cardiff2 - 1Reading
Cardiff4 - 3L Orient
Cardiff0 - 1Burton
Cardiff1 - 3Bradford
Cardiff4 - 0Plymouth
Cardiff3 - 0Rotherham
Cardiff2 - 1Peterborough
Cardiff0 - 0West Brom
Cardiff1 - 1Oxford Utd
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
Blackpool 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln4 - 0Blackpool
Bolton2 - 2Blackpool
Huddersfield2 - 2Blackpool
Luton1 - 0Blackpool
Barnsley2 - 1Blackpool
Port Vale5 - 1Blackpool
Wigan0 - 2Blackpool
Rotherham0 - 3Blackpool
L Orient1 - 1Blackpool
Burton1 - 0Blackpool
Peterborough1 - 2Blackpool
Stockport1 - 0Blackpool
Bradford1 - 0Blackpool
Northampton1 - 0Blackpool
Plymouth1 - 0Blackpool
Mansfield2 - 0Blackpool
Exeter4 - 1Blackpool
Wigan1 - 1Blackpool
Stevenage1 - 3Blackpool
Rotherham2 - 1Blackpool
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBlackpool1 - 1Wigan
ABlackpool0 - 4Lincoln
ABlackpool2 - 2Bolton
HBlackpool1 - 0Mansfield
HBlackpool0 - 4Plymouth
ABlackpool2 - 2Huddersfield
ABlackpool0 - 1Luton
HBlackpool1 - 2Stockport
HBlackpool2 - 0Northampton
ABlackpool1 - 2Barnsley
HBlackpool1 - 2Bradford
ABlackpool1 - 5Port Vale
HBlackpool4 - 0Rotherham
HBlackpool1 - 0Doncaster
ABlackpool2 - 0Wigan
HBlackpool2 - 2Lincoln
ABlackpool3 - 0Rotherham
HBlackpool0 - 3Reading
ABlackpool1 - 1L Orient
ABlackpool0 - 1Burton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cardiff since 2008
Cardiff
Blackpool
Goals: Scored
15
9
Games: Scored
8 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
0 / 8
CAR
4
D
3
BLP
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff3 - 2
Cardiff3 - 0
1 - 3Blackpool
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff2 - 0
Cardiff3 - 1
League games at Blackpool since 2007
Blackpool
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
12
14
Games: Scored
8 / 10
9 / 10
Clean sheets
1 / 10
2 / 10
CAR
4
D
3
BLP
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
Blackpool3 - 1
1 - 3Cardiff
0 - 2Cardiff
Blackpool1 - 0
1 - 2Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackpool3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Cardiff
Goal Statistics

Cardiff City's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 7 consecutive League One matches. A PG of 2.0 suggests that run should continue on Saturday lunch time.

Cardiff 2nd Blackpool 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Blackpool will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
Cardiff have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
-9
Blackpool’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.2
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Cardiff
PG (predicted goals)
Blackpool
2
1.1
Attack rating
31%
better
CAR
BLP
view stats
Games scored31
23
Failed to score3
11
Scored first19
15
Goals scored68
40
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.1
Avg. shots per game10
7
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for19
17
Avg. XG for1.7
1
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
25%
better
CAR
BLP
view stats
Games conceded21
27
Clean sheets13
7
Conceded first14
19
Goals conceded36
54
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+25%

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

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
321297
J BaganY SalechO TannerJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF3413
7
-
N Trott GLK32
2
-
C Robinson FWD3261
1
-
C Willock FWD3275
3
-
R Wintle MID3114
3
1
C. Ashford MID3142
-
J Colwill MID3041
5
-
D Turnbull MID3024
2
-
W Fish DEF291
2
-
R. Kpakio DEF2916
4
-
P Ng DEF2754
3
-
Y Salech FWD27124
3
-
I Davies FWD2741
1
-
O Kellyman MID2571
3
-
C Chambers DEF232
4
-
A Robertson MID2342
5
-
D. Lawlor DEF2222
3
-
R Colwill MID2034
3
-
O Tanner FWD1819
3
-
G Osho DEF14
2
-
M. Turner GLK3
1
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD3
-
E King MID1
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
Blackpool League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
331348
B Peacock-FarrellA FletcherJ BrownJ Brown
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Brown MID3414
8
-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK33
3
-
O Casey DEF3311
5
-
A Fletcher FWD33134
5
-
C Hamilton FWD3223
1
-
T Bloxham FWD3253
2
-
G Honeyman MID2522
4
-
M Ihiekwe DEF24
4
-
Z Ashworth DEF241
5
-
L Evans MID2421
6
-
H Coulson DEF231
1
-
J Bowler MID2323
4
-
A Lyons DEF191
1
-
F Horsfall DEF18
6
-
A Morgan MID181
3
-
E Hansson FWD171
-
N Ennis FWD164
1
S Banks FWD141
-
D. Imray DEF1322
2
-
D Taylor FWD1212
1
-
J Husband DEF10
2
2
F Ravizzoli GLK2
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
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Sun 8th Mar, 12:00
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Tue 10th Mar, 19:45
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Tue 10th Mar, 19:45
Stevenage v L Orient
Tue 10th Mar, 19:45
Exeter v Lincoln
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Mansfield v Reading
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Wigan v Plymouth
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AFC Wim v Blackpool
Wed 11th Mar, 19:45
Port Vale v Bradford
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Rotherham v Bolton
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Reading v Plymouth
Sat 14th Mar, 15:00
Northampton v Burton
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Mansfield v Barnsley
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L Orient v Peterborough
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Burton v Reading
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Luton v Exeter
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Plymouth v Stevenage
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Bradford v Mansfield
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Mansfield v Northampton
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AFC Wim v Peterborough
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