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

Fri 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Gary Caldwell is aiming for a precious away win in the League One on Friday afternoon, as he takes his Exeter City side to the Cardiff City Stadium to visit Cardiff City and Brian Barry-Murphy. This preview has odds for seventeen different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go between markets. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall records can be explored, while you'll also find head-to-head history a little further down the page.


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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

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Cardiff
58%
--
Draw
23%
--
Exeter
19%
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Cardiff 1-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Cardiff 2-0
11%
--
Cardiff 2-1
10%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Cardiff 3-0
6%
--
Exeter 1-0
6%
--
Cardiff 3-1
6%
--
Exeter 2-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Cardiff 4-0
3%
--
Exeter 2-0
3%
--
Cardiff 3-2
3%
--
Cardiff 4-1
3%
--
Exeter 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Home 1st Goal
56%
--
Away 1st Goal
40%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
25%
--
BTTS - Draw
16%
--
BTTS - Away Win
9%
--
Home/draw
81%
--
Away/draw
42%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
74%
--
Away DNB
35%
--
Cardiff win to nil
33%
--
Exeter win to nil
10%
--
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Win / draw / win League One table

Cardiff have played 18 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 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Cardiff have outscored their opponents by 32 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.

Exeter are in 20th position in the League One on 20 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 4 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 9 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Exeter have conceded 15 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cardiff
Exeter
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff1812241538 
-
-
Mar 14
Dec 26
2
Bradford18972834 
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
May 2
l
 
1-0A
3
Lincoln191045734 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Jan 10
w
 
0-1F
4
Stockport18954432 
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
5
Bolton18873931 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Feb 28
l
 
2-1F
6
Stevenage17944731 
Dec 29
w
 
0-1F
Jan 17
l
 
2-1A
7
Huddersfield20848228 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
l
 
0-1A
Jan 4
8
Luton19847-128 
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
Jan 1
Mar 17
9
AFC Wim19838-327 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
Dec 29
10
Wigan19685126 
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
11
Barnsley16745525 
Jan 27
-
Dec 20
Mar 7
12
L Orient19748025 
w
 
4-3F
Jan 10
Mar 28
l
 
2-1F
13
Wycombe19667524 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
14
Northampton18738-124 
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
15
Rotherham19667-324 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
Jan 31
l
 
1-0A
16
Mansfield19658-123 
w
 
3-0F
May 2
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
17
Reading18576-122 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
Jan 27
18
Burton18648-822 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
-
Apr 25
19
Doncaster19649-922 
w
 
4-3A
Feb 28
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
20
Exeter186210-120 
Dec 26
Mar 14
-
-
21
Peterborough186111-519 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
22
Blackpool195410-819 
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
w
 
4-1F
Apr 3
23
Plymouth196112-1219 
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
24
Port Vale183510-1014 
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
Jan 24
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
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
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ACardiff1 - 0Luton
ACardiff1 - 0AFC Wim
HCardiff3 - 0Rotherham
ACardiff0 - 0Port Vale
HCardiff2 - 1Peterborough
ACardiff2 - 4Norwich
HCardiff0 - 0West Brom
Exeter 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford1 - 0Exeter
L Orient2 - 1Exeter
Stockport1 - 0Exeter
Lincoln0 - 1Exeter
Stevenage2 - 1Exeter
Rotherham1 - 0Exeter
Northampton2 - 0Exeter
Wycombe0 - 1Exeter
Doncaster1 - 0Exeter
Mansfield3 - 0Exeter
Crawley3 - 1Exeter
Bristol R1 - 2Exeter
Barnsley1 - 2Exeter
Lincoln0 - 0Exeter
Rotherham1 - 1Exeter
Reading0 - 0Exeter
Charlton3 - 0Exeter
Cambridge0 - 1Exeter
Stevenage4 - 1Exeter
Peterborough1 - 1Exeter
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HExeter1 - 0AFC Wim
AExeter0 - 1Bradford
AExeter1 - 2L Orient
HExeter1 - 1Wigan
HExeter2 - 0Plymouth
AExeter0 - 1Stockport
HExeter1 - 1Reading
AExeter1 - 0Lincoln
HExeter0 - 1Huddersfield
AExeter1 - 2Stevenage
HExeter0 - 2Port Vale
AExeter0 - 1Rotherham
HExeter3 - 0Peterborough
AExeter0 - 2Northampton
AExeter1 - 0Wycombe
HExeter1 - 2Mansfield
HExeter4 - 1Blackpool
AExeter0 - 1Doncaster
AExeter0 - 3Mansfield
HExeter3 - 1Huddersfield
Goal Statistics

Cardiff City have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.8 against Exeter City on Friday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Cardiff 1st Exeter 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Exeter 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
-40
Exeter have scored 40% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Cardiff
PG (predicted goals)
Exeter
1.8
0.9
Attack rating
35%
better
CAR
EXE
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Games scored15
11
Failed to score3
7
Scored first10
7
Goals scored32
17
Avg. goals scored1.8
0.9
Avg. shots per game10
7
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for18
13
Avg. XG for1.7
1.1
KickOff rating
+35%
Defence rating
16%
better
CAR
EXE
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Games conceded10
13
Clean sheets8
5
Conceded first7
11
Goals conceded17
18
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
8
Conversion rate against11%
12%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+16%

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

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17964
J BaganY SalechR. KpakioJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF182
4
-
Y Salech FWD1892
2
-
N Trott GLK17
1
-
J Colwill MID171
3
-
C Robinson FWD174
1
-
I Davies FWD173
-
W Fish DEF161
1
-
R. Kpakio DEF1616
3
-
D Turnbull MID163
-
C. Ashford MID1622
-
R Wintle MID1612
1
-
R Colwill MID1533
3
-
C Willock FWD1533
2
-
D. Lawlor DEF141
2
-
P Ng DEF111
2
-
C Chambers DEF10
3
-
O Kellyman MID101
-
A Robertson MID6
1
-
G Osho DEF5
1
-
O Tanner FWD41
1
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD3
-
M. Turner GLK1
1
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
E King MID1
-
Exeter League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18545
J WhitworthJ WarehamI NiskanenJ Fitzwater
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Whitworth GLK18
1
-
J McMillan DEF181
2
-
J Fitzwater DEF1811
5
-
I Niskanen MID184
2
-
E Brierley MID181
2
-
J Wareham FWD1851
4
-
E Turns DEF16
1
-
J Aitchison MID16
1
-
J Magennis FWD154
1
-
P Sweeney DEF12
3
-
R Cole MID1222
2
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID111
3
-
D Andrew DEF10
1
-
A. Higgins FWD101
-
S Cox FWD101
1
-
K McDonald MID81
-
E Francis MID8
-
J Yfeko DEF7
1
-
L Woodhouse DEF5
-
T. Dean MID5
1
-
R Rydel DEF41
-
S Swinkels DEF4
1
-
L. Oakes MID2
-
C Mendes FWD1
-