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

Sat 21st Feb, 12:30 BST, Home Park, Plymouth

Tom Cleverley and Brian Barry-Murphy pit their wits in the League One on Saturday lunch time, as Plymouth Argyle face Cardiff City at the Home Park. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've delved into our expansive database and pulled out the stats that are most significant. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds are there to make sure you get the best return.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Plymouth 29%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Cardiff 46%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 11%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 9%	-	-
Plymouth 1-0 8%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Plymouth 2-1 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Plymouth 2-0 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-0 4%	-	-
Plymouth 3-1 3%	-	-
Cardiff 3-2 3%	-	-
Plymouth 3-2 2%	-	-
Plymouth 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 44%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 51%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 13%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	-	-
Home/draw 54%	-	-
Away/draw 71%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 47%	-	-
Away DNB 64%	-	-
Plymouth win to nil 15%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 25%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Plymouth have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 3 and won 5. Plymouth have conceded 40 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Plymouth have played 16 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 1st place on 63 points in the League One league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 19, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored 55 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 29 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 15 away games, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 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	Plymouth Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cardiff	30	19	6	5	26	63	Feb 21	l 4-0A	-	-
2	Lincoln	30	18	7	5	22	61	l 1-4F	l 3-2A	Mar 7	l 2-1A
3	Bolton	31	15	10	6	12	55	Apr 3	l 2-0A	Apr 11	l 1-0A
4	Stockport	30	15	8	7	7	53	w 4-2F	l 2-1F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
5	Huddersfield	31	14	7	10	11	49	Mar 21	l 3-1A	w 3-2F	Mar 28
6	Bradford	29	14	7	8	4	49	l 0-1A	Mar 28	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
7	Luton	30	13	6	11	5	45	w 1-0F	w 2-3F	Feb 14	w 0-1F
8	Wycombe	30	11	10	9	9	43	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	Mar 17	d 1-1F
9	Stevenage	29	11	9	9	1	42	Mar 17	d 1-1A	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
10	Peterborough	30	13	2	15	3	41	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	Apr 6
11	Reading	29	10	10	9	3	40	l 1-4A	Mar 14	w 2-1A	Apr 18
12	Mansfield	28	10	9	9	6	39	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	w 3-0F	May 2
13	Exeter	29	11	5	13	3	38	Apr 11	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	Mar 14
14	AFC Wim	29	11	5	13	-6	38	l 1-2F	Apr 18	Feb 17	w 0-1F
15	Barnsley	27	10	7	10	-2	37	l 1-3A	Apr 6	w 4-0F	-
16	Plymouth	30	11	4	15	-9	37	-	-	w 4-0F	Feb 21
17	Blackpool	30	9	6	15	-7	33	w 1-0F	Feb 14	Mar 21	l 3-1A
18	L Orient	30	9	6	15	-9	33	l 0-1A	Feb 17	w 4-3F	d 1-1A
19	Northampton	30	9	6	15	-10	33	l 0-3A	May 2	Apr 25	w 1-3F
20	Doncaster	30	9	6	15	-17	33	Mar 7	w 1-5A	w 4-3A	Feb 28
21	Burton	30	8	8	14	-12	32	w 3-0F	w 0-4F	l 0-1A	d 2-2A
22	Wigan	29	7	10	12	-10	31	d 1-1F	Mar 10	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
23	Rotherham	29	8	7	14	-12	31	w 1-0F	Feb 28	w 3-0F	w 0-3F
24	Port Vale	28	5	7	16	-18	22	Apr 25	w 0-1F	Apr 3	d 0-00-0

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth	1 - 1	Mansfield
Plymouth	1 - 0	Luton
Plymouth	3 - 0	Burton
Plymouth	1 - 1	Wycombe
Plymouth	1 - 4	Reading
Plymouth	1 - 0	Rotherham
Plymouth	0 - 1	Bradford
Plymouth	0 - 3	Northampton
Plymouth	1 - 2	AFC Wim
Plymouth	1 - 1	Wigan
Plymouth	0 - 1	Peterborough
Plymouth	4 - 2	Stockport
Plymouth	1 - 0	Blackpool
Plymouth	0 - 1	L Orient
Plymouth	1 - 3	Barnsley
Plymouth	1 - 2	Leeds
Plymouth	3 - 1	Coventry
Plymouth	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
Plymouth	2 - 1	Norwich
Plymouth	2 - 3	Derby

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Plymouth	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Plymouth	1 - 1	Mansfield
H	Plymouth	1 - 0	Luton
A	Plymouth	1 - 0	Peterborough
H	Plymouth	3 - 0	Burton
A	Plymouth	1 - 1	Stevenage
H	Plymouth	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Plymouth	1 - 4	Reading
A	Plymouth	5 - 1	Doncaster
H	Plymouth	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Plymouth	1 - 0	Wycombe
H	Plymouth	0 - 1	Bradford
H	Plymouth	0 - 3	Northampton
A	Plymouth	1 - 0	Port Vale
A	Plymouth	1 - 3	Huddersfield
A	Plymouth	0 - 2	Mansfield
A	Plymouth	0 - 2	Exeter
H	Plymouth	1 - 2	AFC Wim
H	Plymouth	1 - 1	Wigan
A	Plymouth	4 - 0	Burton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Port Vale	0 - 0	Cardiff
Norwich	4 - 2	Cardiff
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Cardiff
Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
QPR	0 - 0	Cardiff
Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Stevenage
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Lincoln
H	Cardiff	4 - 3	Doncaster
A	Cardiff	1 - 0	Stevenage
H	Cardiff	3 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Cardiff	3 - 0	Mansfield
A	Cardiff	3 - 1	Northampton
A	Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackpool
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Bolton
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Reading
H	Cardiff	4 - 3	L Orient
H	Cardiff	0 - 1	Burton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Plymouth

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

8 / 8

Clean sheets

0 / 8

1 / 8

PLY

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Plymouth
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Plymouth	3 - 1
	1 - 3	Cardiff
Plymouth	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Cardiff

Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

3 / 9

PLY

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff	4 - 0
Cardiff	5 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Plymouth
Cardiff	1 - 0
Cardiff	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Plymouth
	0 - 1	Plymouth

Goal Statistics

Cardiff City have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 16 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Plymouth Argyle on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Plymouth 21st	Cardiff 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 32% 1 37% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 69% probability that Plymouth will score no more than 1 goal	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Plymouth’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+4 Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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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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PLY

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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%

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

Plymouth League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	11	4	10
M Boateng	L Tolaj	M Boateng	M Sorinola

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Boateng MID	29	2	4	5 -
M Sorinola DEF	28	1	1	10 -
B Wiredu DEF	25		1	4 1
B Mumba DEF	25		4	6 -
M Ross DEF	23	1	1	3 -
A Mitchell DEF	23			4 -
B Galloway DEF	20	2		3 -
K. Szűcs DEF	20			3 -
A Pepple FWD	20	4	1	-
L Tolaj FWD	20	11	4	4 1
J Edwards DEF	19		1	5 1
C Hazard GLK	18			-
O. Oseni FWD	18	4	2	3 -
C Watts MID	14	3	1	3 -
X Amaechi FWD	14	3	1	-
B Ibrahim MID	13	3	2	6 -
A Benarous MID	12		1	1 -
J Paterson MID	12			-
O Dale FWD	12		1	3 -
L Ashby-Hammond GLK	11		1	-
L. McCabe MID	11			1 -
T. Finn MID	10			1 -
C Roberts MID	6			1 -
J Pleguezuelo DEF	5			1 -
J MacKenzie DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	26	4	7
L Tolaj	L Tolaj	M Boateng	M Sorinola

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Tolaj FWD	11	26	4	4
A Pepple FWD	4	6	1	2
O. Oseni FWD	4	10	2	3
C Watts MID	3	10	1
X Amaechi FWD	3	9	1	3
B Ibrahim MID	3	6	2	4
M Boateng MID	2	5	4	6
B Galloway DEF	2	3
M Sorinola DEF	1	4	1	7
M Ross DEF	1	2	1	1
B Wiredu DEF		2	1	3
B Mumba DEF		8	4	2
A Mitchell DEF		3		2
K. Szűcs DEF		1		1
J Edwards DEF			1	2
A Benarous MID			1
J Paterson MID		1		3
O Dale FWD		3	1	2
L Ashby-Hammond GLK			1	1
T. Finn MID		2		1
J Pleguezuelo DEF		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
999	61	194
M Boateng	M Boateng	M Boateng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Boateng MID	999	61	194
A Mitchell DEF	798	33	138
M Sorinola DEF	734	51	118
B Mumba DEF	688	39	112
M Ross DEF	655	35	118
B Wiredu DEF	590	32	107
B Galloway DEF	589	51	130
C Hazard GLK	579		5
K. Szűcs DEF	441	22	60
B Ibrahim MID	419	29	67
L Ashby-Hammond GLK	418		5
J Edwards DEF	416	28	61
L Tolaj FWD	313	15	110
L. McCabe MID	289	12	27
X Amaechi FWD	247	9	42
C Watts MID	214	10	48
J Pleguezuelo DEF	205	8	38
J Paterson MID	186	6	17
A Benarous MID	184	9	35
O Dale FWD	183	19	57
A Pepple FWD	167	6	81
O. Oseni FWD	117	6	34
T. Finn MID	79	4	15
C Roberts MID	73	6	16
J MacKenzie DEF	6	1	1

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
26	12	6	6
J Bagan	Y Salech	R. Kpakio	J Bagan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bagan DEF	28	1	3	6 -
R Wintle MID	27	1	4	3 -
Y Salech FWD	27	12	4	3 -
C Robinson FWD	27	5		1 -
N Trott GLK	26			1 -
I Davies FWD	26	3	1	1 -
C Willock FWD	26	6	5	3 -
W Fish DEF	25	1		1 -
D Turnbull MID	25	1	3	-
C. Ashford MID	25	3	2	-
R. Kpakio DEF	24	1	6	4 -
J Colwill MID	24	2		5 -
P Ng DEF	22	3	1	2 -
O Kellyman MID	20	3	1	2 -
C Chambers DEF	19	2		4 -
D. Lawlor DEF	19	1	1	3 -
A Robertson MID	17	3		4 -
R Colwill MID	15	3	3	3 -
O Tanner FWD	12		5	2 -
G Osho DEF	9			1 -
M. Turner GLK	3			1 -
T. Nyakuhwa FWD	3			-
E King MID	1			-
D. Mafico MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	28	6	9
Y Salech	Y Salech	R. Kpakio	C Willock

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Salech FWD	12	28	4	7
C Willock FWD	6	11	5	9
C Robinson FWD	5	14		2
I Davies FWD	3	4	1	2
C. Ashford MID	3	11	2	5
P Ng DEF	3	5	1	2
O Kellyman MID	3	9	1	2
A Robertson MID	3	9		1
R Colwill MID	3	16	3	5
J Colwill MID	2	4
C Chambers DEF	2	7		1
J Bagan DEF	1	2	3	8
R Wintle MID	1	7	4	5
W Fish DEF	1	1		4
D Turnbull MID	1	9	3	2
R. Kpakio DEF	1	4	6	3
D. Lawlor DEF	1	2	1	2
O Tanner FWD		3	5	6
G Osho DEF		1
T. Nyakuhwa FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1575	43	162
R Wintle	J Bagan	Y Salech

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Wintle MID	1575	24	81
J Bagan DEF	1543	43	109
W Fish DEF	1248	17	85
D. Lawlor DEF	1133	14	64
C Chambers DEF	1022	19	68
P Ng DEF	1009	39	109
N Trott GLK	900		9
D Turnbull MID	888	24	44
R. Kpakio DEF	721	30	77
A Robertson MID	687	20	73
C Willock FWD	638	26	78
R Colwill MID	596	18	72
C. Ashford MID	483	21	79
J Colwill MID	441	24	90
Y Salech FWD	346	8	162
G Osho DEF	337	14	46
O Kellyman MID	289	20	82
C Robinson FWD	233	5	24
O Tanner FWD	229	12	33
I Davies FWD	173	15	47
M. Turner GLK	92
T. Nyakuhwa FWD	28	4	7
D. Mafico MID	20		1
E King MID			1