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

Sat 7th Feb, 15:01 BST, AESSEAL New York Stadium, Rotherham

The League One is the focus for both Rotherham United and Cardiff City on Saturday afternoon, as managers Matthew Hamshaw and Brian Barry-Murphy battle it out at the AESSEAL New York Stadium. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting applied to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.


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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
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Rotherham
31%
--
Draw
27%
--
Cardiff
42%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Cardiff 1-0
11%
--
Rotherham 1-0
9%
--
Cardiff 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Cardiff 2-0
8%
--
Rotherham 2-1
7%
--
Rotherham 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Cardiff 3-1
4%
--
Cardiff 3-0
4%
--
Rotherham 3-1
3%
--
Cardiff 3-2
2%
--
Rotherham 3-0
2%
--
Rotherham 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Home 1st Goal
46%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
--
Home/draw
58%
--
Away/draw
69%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
50%
--
Away DNB
61%
--
Rotherham win to nil
17%
--
Cardiff win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Rotherham have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 7 and won 5. Rotherham have conceded 38 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Rotherham have played 13 games at home, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 18 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 1st place on 56 points in the League One league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below them in the table, winning 17, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored 46 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 13 away games, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rotherham
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff2717551956 
Feb 7
l
 
3-0A
-
-
2
Lincoln2715751552 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 21
Mar 7
l
 
2-1A
3
Bolton2812106946 
Mar 14
l
 
2-1A
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
4
Bradford261376746 
d
 
2-2F
-
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
5
Stockport271377546 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
6
Huddersfield2812610942 
l
 
1-3A
Mar 7
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
7
Luton2711610439 
Mar 28
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
8
Stevenage261097439 
Apr 3
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
9
Peterborough2712213038 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 17
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
10
Exeter2611312736 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
11
Mansfield251069636 
-
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-0F
May 2
12
Wycombe27999336 
d
 
1-1A
May 2
Mar 17
d
 
1-1F
13
Reading26998236 
Apr 25
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
14
Plymouth2711313-536 
Feb 28
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
15
Barnsley23968133 
Apr 11
w
 
0-1F
Jan 27
-
16
L Orient279513-532 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1A
17
Blackpool279513-532 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
4-0A
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
18
AFC Wim269512-732 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
19
Wigan267109-231 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 14
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
20
Burton268612-1030 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 17
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
21
Northampton268513-929 
Jan 27
w
 
1-2A
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
22
Doncaster267613-1627 
Feb 21
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-3A
Feb 28
23
Rotherham266713-1425 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
24
Port Vale254615-1818 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 6
Apr 3
d
 
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Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Rotherham 22ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rotherham1 - 1AFC Wim
Rotherham0 - 2Peterborough
Rotherham1 - 3Huddersfield
Rotherham0 - 3Blackpool
Rotherham1 - 1Wycombe
Rotherham3 - 0Lincoln
Rotherham2 - 2Burton
Rotherham1 - 0L Orient
Rotherham2 - 2Bradford
Rotherham0 - 1Stockport
Rotherham1 - 0Exeter
Rotherham2 - 2Wigan
Rotherham2 - 1Port Vale
Rotherham2 - 1Peterborough
Rotherham3 - 3Mansfield
Rotherham2 - 1Blackpool
Rotherham0 - 4Crawley
Rotherham2 - 3Wycombe
Rotherham1 - 1Exeter
Rotherham1 - 0L Orient
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRotherham1 - 1AFC Wim
ARotherham2 - 3Stockport
HRotherham0 - 2Peterborough
ARotherham0 - 4Blackpool
ARotherham1 - 2Bolton
HRotherham1 - 3Huddersfield
ARotherham0 - 1Plymouth
HRotherham0 - 3Blackpool
HRotherham1 - 1Wycombe
ARotherham1 - 1Reading
ARotherham0 - 0Luton
HRotherham3 - 0Lincoln
HRotherham2 - 2Burton
ARotherham1 - 0Barnsley
HRotherham1 - 0L Orient
ARotherham2 - 1Northampton
HRotherham2 - 2Bradford
ARotherham1 - 2Mansfield
HRotherham0 - 1Stockport
ARotherham1 - 2AFC Wim
Cardiff 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford1 - 2Cardiff
L Orient1 - 1Cardiff
Wycombe1 - 1Cardiff
Lincoln2 - 1Cardiff
Stevenage0 - 1Cardiff
Northampton1 - 3Cardiff
Blackpool3 - 1Cardiff
Bolton1 - 0Cardiff
Wigan0 - 2Cardiff
Stockport1 - 1Cardiff
Luton0 - 1Cardiff
AFC Wim0 - 1Cardiff
Port Vale0 - 0Cardiff
Norwich4 - 2Cardiff
Sheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
Preston2 - 2Cardiff
QPR0 - 0Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Plymouth1 - 1Cardiff
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ACardiff3 - 1Northampton
ACardiff1 - 3Blackpool
ACardiff0 - 1Bolton
HCardiff2 - 1Reading
HCardiff4 - 3L Orient
HCardiff0 - 1Burton
ACardiff2 - 0Wigan
HCardiff1 - 3Bradford
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Rotherham since 2003
Rotherham
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
13
14
Games: Scored
7 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
1 / 8
RTH
2
D
2
CAR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rotherham
Rotherham5 - 2
1 - 2Cardiff
1 - 2Cardiff
1 - 2Cardiff
Rotherham2 - 1
1 - 3Cardiff
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Cardiff since 2004
Cardiff
Rotherham
Goals: Scored
19
5
Games: Scored
8 / 9
3 / 9
Clean sheets
6 / 9
1 / 9
D
3
CAR
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff3 - 0
Cardiff2 - 0
Cardiff1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff5 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Cardiff2 - 0
Cardiff3 - 2
Goal Statistics

Cardiff City's defensive record is to be admired, B. Barry-Murphy's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive League One matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Rotherham United makes sense in this context.

Rotherham 22nd Cardiff 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Rotherham will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-5
Rotherham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Rotherham
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.2
1.4
Attack rating
RTH
CAR
37%
better
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Games scored16
23
Failed to score9
3
Scored first9
14
Goals scored24
45
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.7
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for13
17
Avg. XG for1.1
1.7
KickOff rating
+37%
Defence rating
RTH
CAR
27%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
16
Clean sheets5
10
Conceded first15
11
Goals conceded38
26
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
12%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.3
KickOff rating
+27%

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

Rotherham League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26626
C DawsonS NombeR JamesD. Gore
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Dawson GLK26
3
-
J Hugill FWD2521
4
-
J Powell MID241
1
-
J Rafferty DEF2311
2
-
R James DEF2312
3
-
D Hall DEF2231
2
-
D. Gore MID221
6
-
A Martha FWD2211
3
-
S McWilliams MID1811
1
-
J. Baptiste DEF171
4
1
Z Jules DEF171
5
1
D Yearwood MID17
2
-
K Spence MID152
6
-
M. Kaleta DEF142
-
J Benson MID1422
1
-
L Kelly MID14
2
-
K Etete FWD111
2
-
S Nombe FWD116
1
-
H Douglas DEF91
2
-
S Raggett DEF9
2
-
L. Agbaire DEF8
2
-
T Holmes DEF7
-
M. Sherif FWD72
-
J Holmes MID5
-
J. Ayres FWD4
1
-
J Kayode FWD3
-
Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
251266
J BaganY SalechR. KpakioJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Salech FWD27124
3
-
J Bagan DEF2613
6
-
R Wintle MID2514
3
-
C Robinson FWD255
1
-
N Trott GLK24
1
-
I Davies FWD2431
1
-
C Willock FWD2444
3
-
W Fish DEF231
1
-
D Turnbull MID2313
-
C. Ashford MID2332
-
R. Kpakio DEF2216
3
-
J Colwill MID222
5
-
P Ng DEF202
2
-
D. Lawlor DEF1911
3
-
O Kellyman MID182
2
-
C Chambers DEF172
4
-
A Robertson MID151
3
-
R Colwill MID1533
3
-
O Tanner FWD104
2
-
G Osho DEF9
1
-
M. Turner GLK3
1
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD3
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
E King MID1
-