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

Sat 13th Dec, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Doncaster Rovers are on the road on Saturday afternoon, as manager Grant McCann takes his team to visit Cardiff City and Brian Barry-Murphy at the Cardiff City Stadium in the League One. Analysing both teams' last 20 League One matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.


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Best Tip: Cardiff to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this match, and it's Cardiff. Their recent form statistics show their ability on home turf, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they've got a track record against Doncaster too. The odds point towards Brian Barry-Murphy's side coming out on top in the win / draw / win market, and that's our strong prediction for Saturday afternoon too.

In-Play
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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cardiff are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 60% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.73.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cardiff
60%
8/11-
Draw
22%
13/5-
Doncaster
18%
16/5-
Cardiff 1-0
11%
7/1-
Cardiff 2-0
10%
8/1-
Draw 1-1
10%
6/1-
Cardiff 2-1
10%
15/2-
Cardiff 3-0
7%
14/1-
Cardiff 3-1
6%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1-
Doncaster 1-0
5%
14/1-
Doncaster 2-1
5%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1-
Cardiff 4-0
3%
28/1-
Cardiff 4-1
3%
25/1-
Cardiff 3-2
3%
22/1-
Doncaster 2-0
3%
22/1-
Doncaster 3-1
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
8/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
43/40-
Home 1st Goal
56%
4/7-
Away 1st Goal
40%
6/4-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
53%
7/10-
BTTS - No
47%
21/20-
BTTS - Home Win
28%
5/2-
BTTS - Draw
16%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
9%
7/1-
Home/draw
82%
2/9-
Away/draw
40%
21/20-
Home/away
78%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1-
Home DNB
75%
1/3-
Away DNB
33%
9/4-
Cardiff win to nil
33%
9/4-
Doncaster win to nil
9%
7/1-
Cardiff / Cardiff
30%
7/4-
Cardiff / Doncaster
2%
33/1-
Cardiff / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Cardiff
17%
15/4-
Draw / Doncaster
9%
17/2-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Doncaster / Cardiff
4%
20/1-
Doncaster / Doncaster
12%
6/1-
Doncaster / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League One table

Cardiff have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Cardiff have outscored their opponents by 31 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Cardiff have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 22 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Doncaster are in 18th position in the League One on 22 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Doncaster have conceded 22 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cardiff
Doncaster
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff1711241435 
-
-
Feb 28
Dec 13
2
Bradford18972834 
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
w
 
3-1F
Jan 31
3
Stevenage16943831 
Dec 29
Dec 9
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
4
Lincoln18945531 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Mar 28
l
 
2-1A
5
Stockport17854229 
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
Dec 9
Dec 29
6
Bolton17773828 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Jan 1
Mar 17
7
Luton18837-127 
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
8
Huddersfield18828226 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
Feb 17
l
 
2-0A
9
AFC Wim17827-226 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2F
Jan 17
10
Barnsley15744725 
Jan 27
-
l
 
1-2A
Mar 21
11
Wigan18675125 
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
Jan 24
l
 
3-0A
12
Wycombe18666624 
Mar 17
Jan 1
d
 
1-1F
Feb 7
13
L Orient18738024 
w
 
4-3F
Jan 10
Jan 27
l
 
4-0A
14
Rotherham18666024 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
15
Northampton17728-123 
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2F
Apr 18
16
Mansfield17647022 
w
 
3-0F
May 2
Apr 3
w
 
1-2A
17
Reading17575022 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
18
Doncaster18648-722 
Dec 13
Feb 28
-
-
19
Burton18648-822 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
Jan 10
20
Exeter175210-217 
Dec 26
Mar 14
w
 
1-0F
Apr 6
21
Peterborough175111-616 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
w
 
2-1F
May 2
22
Blackpool184410-1116 
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
Mar 14
Dec 26
23
Plymouth185112-1316 
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
Dec 20
Mar 7
24
Port Vale183510-1014 
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
6
Doncaster have not won in 6 consecutive away league games
Cardiff 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Cardiff0 - 1Stoke
Cardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
Cardiff1 - 2Luton
Cardiff1 - 2Burnley
Cardiff1 - 0Hull
Cardiff1 - 1Bristol C
Cardiff2 - 1Derby
Cardiff3 - 0Swansea
Cardiff1 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ACardiff1 - 0Luton
ACardiff1 - 0AFC Wim
HCardiff3 - 0Rotherham
ACardiff0 - 0Port Vale
HCardiff2 - 1Peterborough
ACardiff2 - 4Norwich
HCardiff0 - 0West Brom
HCardiff1 - 1Oxford Utd
Doncaster 18TH
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stevenage0 - 0Doncaster
Lincoln2 - 1Doncaster
Reading1 - 1Doncaster
L Orient4 - 0Doncaster
Luton1 - 0Doncaster
Wigan3 - 0Doncaster
Port Vale0 - 1Doncaster
Huddersfield2 - 0Doncaster
Mansfield1 - 2Doncaster
Notts C1 - 2Doncaster
Tranmere0 - 3Doncaster
Salford1 - 1Doncaster
Cheltenham0 - 2Doncaster
Crewe1 - 1Doncaster
Bromley1 - 0Doncaster
Accrington1 - 2Doncaster
Morecambe0 - 1Doncaster
Chesterfield5 - 2Doncaster
Barrow1 - 3Doncaster
Gillingham0 - 1Doncaster
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDoncaster2 - 1Peterborough
ADoncaster0 - 0Stevenage
ADoncaster1 - 2Lincoln
HDoncaster1 - 2Barnsley
ADoncaster1 - 1Reading
HDoncaster1 - 2Northampton
ADoncaster0 - 4L Orient
HDoncaster1 - 1Burton
ADoncaster0 - 1Luton
HDoncaster1 - 2AFC Wim
ADoncaster0 - 3Wigan
HDoncaster3 - 1Bradford
HDoncaster1 - 0Rotherham
ADoncaster1 - 0Port Vale
ADoncaster0 - 2Huddersfield
HDoncaster1 - 1Wycombe
ADoncaster2 - 1Mansfield
HDoncaster1 - 0Exeter
ADoncaster2 - 1Notts C
HDoncaster2 - 1Bradford
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Cardiff have beaten Doncaster in 4 consecutive home league meetings
5
Cardiff have not lost to Doncaster in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Cardiff since 2009
Cardiff
Doncaster
Goals: Scored
11
1
Games: Scored
4 / 4
1 / 4
Clean sheets
3 / 4
0 / 4
CAR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff2 - 0
Cardiff4 - 0
Cardiff2 - 1
Cardiff3 - 0
League games at Doncaster since 2008
Doncaster
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
4
4
Games: Scored
3 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
1 / 4
CAR
1
D
2
DON
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Doncaster
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 3Cardiff
Doncaster2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Cardiff 1st Doncaster 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
13%
There is a 86% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Doncaster scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Cardiff’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-6
Doncaster’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Cardiff
PG (predicted goals)
Doncaster
2
1
Attack rating
20%
better
CAR
DON
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Games scored13
13
Failed to score3
5
Scored first8
10
Goals scored28
17
Avg. goals scored1.6
0.9
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.7
1.5
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
27%
better
CAR
DON
view stats
Games conceded9
14
Clean sheets7
4
Conceded first7
7
Goals conceded15
24
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
6
Conversion rate against10%
18%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.1
KickOff rating
+27%

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

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16964
J BaganY SalechR. KpakioJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF172
4
-
Y Salech FWD1792
2
-
N Trott GLK16
1
-
R. Kpakio DEF1616
3
-
J Colwill MID161
3
-
C Robinson FWD163
1
-
I Davies FWD163
-
W Fish DEF151
1
-
D Turnbull MID153
-
C. Ashford MID1522
-
R Colwill MID1533
3
-
R Wintle MID1512
1
-
D. Lawlor DEF141
2
-
C Willock FWD1433
2
-
P Ng DEF101
2
-
C Chambers DEF9
2
-
O Kellyman MID91
-
G Osho DEF5
1
-
A Robertson MID5
1
-
O Tanner FWD41
1
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD3
-
M. Turner GLK1
1
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
E King MID1
-
Doncaster League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18544
O BaileyO BaileyL MolyneuxG Broadbent
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Bailey MID1851
1
-
J Gibson MID1832
-
G Middleton FWD181
3
-
P McCarthy FWD1831
2
-
C O'Riordan DEF17
3
-
G Broadbent MID171
4
-
L Molyneux FWD1734
3
-
T Lo-Tutala GLK15
1
-
J Maxwell DEF142
2
-
M Pearson DEF121
-
R Gotts MID12
-
B Hanlan FWD121
2
-
J Senior DEF11
2
-
J McGrath DEF11
3
-
H Clifton MID11
1
-
S Grehan DEF8
-
T Nixon DEF8
1
-
B Close MID81
-
T Olusanya FWD7
-
J Sterry DEF6
-
C. Crew MID5
1
-
I Lawlor GLK3
-
J Sbarra MID3
1
-