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

Sat 2nd May, 15:00 BST, One Call Stadium, Mansfield

Saturday afternoon at the One Call Stadium, and it’s a League One showdown between Mansfield Town and Cardiff City. Nigel Clough and Brian Barry-Murphy going all-out to claim victory. For each and every League One match, KickOff delves into the statistics for multiple markets. Meaningful stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then given alongside the best odds.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Mansfield 33%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Cardiff 41%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 10%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 9%	-	-
Mansfield 1-0 9%	-	-
Mansfield 2-1 8%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Mansfield 2-0 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 4%	-	-
Cardiff 3-0 3%	-	-
Mansfield 3-1 3%	-	-
Cardiff 3-2 3%	-	-
Mansfield 3-2 2%	-	-
Mansfield 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	-	-
No 1st Goal 4%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	-	-
BTTS - No 45%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	-	-
Home/draw 59%	-	-
Away/draw 67%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 51%	-	-
Away DNB 59%	-	-
Mansfield win to nil 17%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 22%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Mansfield have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 9 and won 6. Mansfield have conceded 26 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Mansfield have played 21 games at home, winning 8, drawing 7 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 31 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 2nd place on 82 points in the League One league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 40 games against teams below them in the table, winning 24, drawing 10 and losing 6 games. They have scored 76 goals and kept 16 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 39 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 21 away games, winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Mansfield Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	42	28	9	5	43	93	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	l 0-2A	l 2-1A
2	Cardiff	42	24	10	8	34	82	May 2	l 3-0A	-	-
3	Bolton	43	19	16	8	19	73	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
4	Bradford	42	21	8	13	6	71	w 3-0F	d 1-1F	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
5	Stockport	41	20	10	11	11	70	l 1-2F	Apr 21	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
6	Stevenage	42	19	10	13	1	67	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
7	Luton	42	18	10	14	8	64	Apr 18	w 0-2F	w 3-1F	w 0-1F
8	Huddersfield	43	17	12	14	9	63	l 1-3A	Apr 25	w 3-2F	d 1-1A
9	Plymouth	42	19	6	17	8	63	w 2-0F	d 1-1A	w 4-0F	l 5-2A
10	Reading	43	16	14	13	7	62	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	w 2-1A	Apr 18
11	Wycombe	43	16	12	15	12	60	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
12	Barnsley	41	14	13	14	-2	55	d 2-2A	w 2-3A	w 4-0F	d 1-1F
13	Wigan	43	14	13	16	-7	55	d 1-1F	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
14	Mansfield	41	13	15	13	7	54	-	-	w 3-0F	May 2
15	Doncaster	42	15	8	19	-21	53	l 1-2F	w 0-2F	w 4-3A	w 0-4F
16	Peterborough	42	15	6	21	0	51	l 1-2A	Apr 28	w 2-1A	d 1-1F
17	L Orient	43	14	9	20	-9	51	w 4-1F	d 0-00-0	w 4-3F	d 1-1A
18	Burton	43	13	12	18	-10	51	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	l 0-1A	d 2-2A
19	Blackpool	43	14	9	20	-14	51	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	l 3-1A
20	AFC Wim	43	14	8	21	-16	50	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 4-1F	w 0-1F
21	Exeter	43	12	11	20	-8	47	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	w 0-4F
22	Port Vale	41	9	11	21	-22	38	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	Apr 22	d 0-00-0
23	Rotherham	42	9	10	23	-29	37	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	w 3-0F	w 0-3F
24	Northampton	42	9	8	25	-27	35	w 4-1F	l 2-1F	Apr 25	w 1-3F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mansfield	0 - 0	Burton
Mansfield	4 - 1	Northampton
Mansfield	2 - 2	Barnsley
Mansfield	1 - 0	Reading
Mansfield	2 - 2	AFC Wim
Mansfield	0 - 2	Lincoln
Mansfield	1 - 2	Peterborough
Mansfield	0 - 0	Exeter
Mansfield	0 - 0	Wycombe
Mansfield	3 - 0	Port Vale
Mansfield	3 - 0	Bradford
Mansfield	1 - 2	Stockport
Mansfield	0 - 1	Bolton
Mansfield	1 - 3	Huddersfield
Mansfield	2 - 0	Plymouth
Mansfield	1 - 1	Wigan
Mansfield	2 - 1	Rotherham
Mansfield	1 - 1	Stevenage
Mansfield	4 - 1	L Orient
Mansfield	2 - 0	Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Mansfield	0 - 0	L Orient
A	Mansfield	1 - 2	Wigan
H	Mansfield	0 - 0	Burton
A	Mansfield	2 - 0	Doncaster
H	Mansfield	4 - 1	Northampton
A	Mansfield	1 - 1	Bradford
H	Mansfield	2 - 2	Barnsley
H	Mansfield	1 - 0	Reading
A	Mansfield	0 - 0	Rotherham
H	Mansfield	2 - 2	AFC Wim
H	Mansfield	0 - 2	Lincoln
A	Mansfield	0 - 1	Blackpool
H	Mansfield	1 - 2	Peterborough
H	Mansfield	0 - 0	Exeter
H	Mansfield	0 - 0	Wycombe
A	Mansfield	1 - 1	Plymouth
A	Mansfield	1 - 1	Stevenage
H	Mansfield	3 - 0	Port Vale
H	Mansfield	3 - 0	Bradford
A	Mansfield	1 - 0	Bolton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Huddersfield	1 - 1	Cardiff
Peterborough	1 - 1	Cardiff
Exeter	0 - 4	Cardiff
Barnsley	1 - 1	Cardiff
Doncaster	0 - 4	Cardiff
Plymouth	5 - 2	Cardiff
Rotherham	0 - 3	Cardiff
Burton	2 - 2	Cardiff
Bradford	1 - 2	Cardiff
L Orient	1 - 1	Cardiff
Wycombe	1 - 1	Cardiff
Lincoln	2 - 1	Cardiff
Stevenage	0 - 1	Cardiff
Northampton	1 - 3	Cardiff
Blackpool	3 - 1	Cardiff
Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff
Wigan	0 - 2	Cardiff
Stockport	1 - 1	Cardiff
Luton	0 - 1	Cardiff
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Huddersfield
H	Cardiff	2 - 0	Bolton
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Peterborough
H	Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackpool
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Wycombe
A	Cardiff	4 - 0	Exeter
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Barnsley
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Lincoln
A	Cardiff	4 - 0	Doncaster
A	Cardiff	2 - 5	Plymouth
H	Cardiff	4 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Cardiff	3 - 1	Luton
A	Cardiff	3 - 0	Rotherham
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Burton
H	Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Stockport
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Bradford
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	L Orient
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Wigan
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Wycombe

Goal Statistics

	Mansfield 14th	Cardiff 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Mansfield will score no more than 1 goal	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Mansfield’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+22 Cardiff have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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MAN

CAR

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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MAN

CAR

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Mansfield League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	8	3	7
L Roberts	W Evans	S McLaughlin	S McLaughlin

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
W Evans FWD	40	8	2	2 -
L Roberts GLK	37		1	-
F Blake-Tracy DEF	37	1	1	4 -
S McLaughlin DEF	36	3	3	7 -
N Moriah-Welsh MID	36	1	3	4 -
A Lewis MID	35	1	2	2 -
A Oshilaja DEF	32		1	7 -
R Oates FWD	31	7	1	1
L Reed MID	29	2	1	3 1
K Knoyle DEF	27		1	3 -
R Sweeney DEF	26	1	2	4 1
R Hendry MID	26	2	3	2 -
E Hewitt DEF	24		1	5 -
L Akins FWD	22	6	1	1 -
B Cargill DEF	20	1	1	5 -
L Bolton DEF	16	1		-
J Bowery DEF	16	1		2 -
J Russell MID	16	3		2 -
T Roberts FWD	15	3	1	1 -
V Adeboyejo FWD	14	1	1	-
O. Irow FWD	14	2		-
D Dwyer FWD	14	1		1 -
J. Gardner FWD	12	1		-
G Maris MID	10		1	1 -
G Abbott MID	10	1	1	1 -
H Lewis GLK	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	27	3	8
W Evans	R Oates	S McLaughlin	N Moriah-Welsh

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Evans FWD	8	24	2	6
R Oates FWD	7	27	1	8
L Akins FWD	6	13	1	1
S McLaughlin DEF	3	6	3	5
J Russell MID	3	6
T Roberts FWD	3	6	1	2
L Reed MID	2	5	1	4
R Hendry MID	2	7	3	1
O. Irow FWD	2	5		1
F Blake-Tracy DEF	1	5	1	1
N Moriah-Welsh MID	1	3	3	8
A Lewis MID	1	7	2	3
R Sweeney DEF	1	5	2	2
B Cargill DEF	1	2	1
L Bolton DEF	1	5
J Bowery DEF	1	1		1
V Adeboyejo FWD	1	5	1	2
D Dwyer FWD	1	1
J. Gardner FWD	1	1		1
G Abbott MID	1	2	1	1
L Roberts GLK			1
A Oshilaja DEF		2	1	2
K Knoyle DEF		1	1	2
E Hewitt DEF			1	1
G Maris MID		2	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1446	69	229
A Oshilaja	L Reed	F Blake-Tracy

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Oshilaja DEF	1446	43	162
L Reed MID	1431	69	111
F Blake-Tracy DEF	1302	38	229
L Roberts GLK	1147		12
S McLaughlin DEF	936	54	139
K Knoyle DEF	781	22	108
A Lewis MID	696	38	72
B Cargill DEF	696	28	110
R Sweeney DEF	622	29	153
W Evans FWD	599	39	154
L Akins FWD	566	19	77
N Moriah-Welsh MID	526	38	75
R Hendry MID	475	17	48
E Hewitt DEF	452	23	79
J Bowery DEF	424	19	47
J Russell MID	353	22	46
R Oates FWD	296	19	120
T Roberts FWD	229	5	44
G Maris MID	205	3	19
G Abbott MID	197	10	35
L Bolton DEF	168	11	32
H Lewis GLK	104
V Adeboyejo FWD	99	4	32
O. Irow FWD	91	8	20
J. Gardner FWD	84	10	21
D Dwyer FWD	34	1	24

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	13	11	8
N Trott	Y Salech	O Tanner	J Bagan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bagan DEF	41	1	4	8 -
N Trott GLK	39			2 -
R Wintle MID	38	1	5	4 1
C Willock FWD	38	8	5	3 -
D Turnbull MID	37	2	4	3 -
C Robinson FWD	37	7	2	1 -
C. Ashford FWD	36	4	3	-
J Colwill MID	35	4	2	7 -
P Ng DEF	34	5	4	4 -
W Fish DEF	34	1		3 -
O Kellyman MID	32	8	1	3 -
R. Kpakio DEF	30	1	6	5 -
A Robertson MID	30	6	3	7 -
Y Salech FWD	30	13	4	3 -
D. Lawlor DEF	28	2	2	5 -
R Colwill MID	27	6	4	3 -
I Davies FWD	27	4	1	1 -
C Chambers DEF	25	2		4 -
O Tanner FWD	25	1	11	3 -
G Osho DEF	17			2 1
C. Scanlon DEF	7			-
M. Turner GLK	3			1 -
E King MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	29	11	11
Y Salech	Y Salech	O Tanner	O Tanner

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Salech FWD	13	29	4	7
C Willock FWD	8	14	5	10
O Kellyman MID	8	21	1	2
C Robinson FWD	7	21	2	4
A Robertson MID	6	14	3	5
R Colwill MID	6	24	4	8
P Ng DEF	5	12	4	3
C. Ashford FWD	4	16	3	6
J Colwill MID	4	8	2	2
I Davies FWD	4	5	1	2
D Turnbull MID	2	10	4	3
D. Lawlor DEF	2	3	2	3
C Chambers DEF	2	8		1
J Bagan DEF	1	4	4	9
R Wintle MID	1	12	5	8
W Fish DEF	1	1		4
R. Kpakio DEF	1	4	6	4
O Tanner FWD	1	11	11	11
G Osho DEF		1
C. Scanlon DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2260	68	171
R Wintle	J Bagan	P Ng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Wintle MID	2260	40	112
J Bagan DEF	2259	68	169
W Fish DEF	1739	25	127
P Ng DEF	1682	60	171
D. Lawlor DEF	1618	22	83
C Chambers DEF	1369	23	93
N Trott GLK	1337		15
A Robertson MID	1215	38	133
D Turnbull MID	1170	32	57
R Colwill MID	944	30	107
R. Kpakio DEF	877	36	87
C Willock FWD	870	32	95
C. Ashford FWD	700	28	117
G Osho DEF	694	24	86
J Colwill MID	654	38	131
O Tanner FWD	566	25	76
O Kellyman MID	433	33	145
Y Salech FWD	350	9	165
C Robinson FWD	291	7	30
I Davies FWD	173	16	48
M. Turner GLK	92
C. Scanlon DEF	71	7	13
E King MID			1