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Saturday 17 January 2026 · 12:30 · HT 0-2 · Referee David Rock

Bradford City v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Bradford City's last 10 home games and Cardiff City's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 20, with 10.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.8 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Bradford City's 24 League One games and Cardiff City's 25 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Bradford City v Cardiff City, full match

53%

Possession

47%

1.23

Expected goals (xG)

0.52

12

Shots

9

1

Shots on target

5

2

Corners

2

10

Fouls

9

3

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

14'

Goal

David Turnbull CAR

24'

Goal

Calum Chambers CAR

26'

Yellow card

Curtis Tilt BRA

31'

Yellow card

Chris Willock CAR

59'

Goal

Jenson Metcalfe BRA

70'

Yellow card

Aden Baldwin BRA

75'

Yellow card

Joel Colwill CAR

87'

Yellow card

Joe White BRA

At a glance

Bradford City

4th in the table

W

L

W

L

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

D

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Bradford City's home games and Cardiff City's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Bradford City's last 10 home games and Cardiff City's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

65%

13/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

45%

9/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

55%

11/20 games · League 56%

Bradford City clean sheet

50%

5/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Bradford City fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.3

League 2.6

Corners

10.1

League 10.0

Cards

3.8

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Bradford City

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Sam Walker

DEFENDERS

3

7

15

17

26

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Power

21

Jenson Metcalfe

FORWARDS

10

Antoni Sarcevic

23

Bobby Pointon

24

Will Swan

SUBSTITUTES

25

4

33

20

30

40

11

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

3

4

12

38

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

14

David Turnbull

18

Alex Robertson

FORWARDS

11

Ollie Tanner

16

Chris Willock

22

Yousef Salech

SUBSTITUTES

41

2

48

27

39

45

47

Referee: David Rock

18 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.3

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

21.4

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.17

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BRA

CAR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

2.7

2.6

2.5

Over 0.5

88%

21/24

96%

24/25

92%

45/49

95%

Over 1.5

71%

17/24

68%

17/25

69%

34/49

72%

Over 2.5

58%

14/24

52%

13/25

55%

27/49

48%

Over 3.5

25%

6/24

28%

7/25

27%

13/49

24%

Over 4.5

4%

1/24

12%

3/25

8%

4/49

11%

Bet

BRA

CAR

Match

League

Yes

63%

15/24

52%

13/25

57%

28/49

50%

Yes and win

33%

8/24

28%

7/25

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

54%

13/24

40%

10/25

47%

23/49

37%

Yes and draw

17%

4/24

12%

3/25

14%

7/49

18%

Yes and loss

13%

3/24

12%

3/25

16%

Yes in both halves

4%

1/24

8%

2/25

6%

3/49

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Bet

BRA

CAR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.3

9.9

10.1

9.8

Over 7.5

79%

19/24

72%

18/25

76%

37/49

75%

Over 8.5

67%

16/24

68%

17/25

67%

33/49

62%

Over 9.5

46%

11/24

56%

14/25

51%

25/49

49%

Over 10.5

42%

10/24

36%

9/25

39%

19/49

38%

Over 11.5

33%

8/24

28%

7/25

31%

15/49

31%

Over 12.5

25%

6/24

20%

5/25

22%

11/49

21%

Referee David Rock: 4.3 cards and 21.4 fouls per game in 18 games this season

Bet

BRA

CAR

Match

League

Cards per match

4.6

3.5

4.1

3.8

Over 2.5

75%

18/24

80%

20/25

78%

38/49

75%

Over 3.5

67%

16/24

56%

14/25

61%

30/49

56%

Over 4.5

50%

12/24

16%

4/25

33%

16/49

32%

Over 5.5

46%

11/24

8%

2/25

27%

13/49

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Yousef Salech

22 starts · 0.5 per 90

9%

2/22

41%

9/22

5%

1/22

0%

0/22

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.