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Saturday 31 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Martin Coy

Burton Albion v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Burton Albion's last 10 home games and Cardiff City's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 20, with 9.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Burton Albion's 27 League One games and Cardiff City's 28 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Burton Albion v Cardiff City, full match

40%

Possession

60%

1.41

Expected goals (xG)

0.44

10

Shots

7

2

Shots on target

3

4

Corners

4

11

Fouls

10

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

11'

Goal

Jake Beesley BUR

17'

Yellow card

Ronan Kpakio CAR

30'

Yellow card

John Joshua Mckiernan BUR

32'

Yellow card

Dylan Williams BUR

46'

Goal

Alex Robertson CAR

63'

Goal

Alex Robertson CAR

78'

Goal

Kyran Lofthouse BUR

At a glance

Burton Albion

17th in the table

L

W

L

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

W

D

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Burton Albion'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 Burton Albion'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

45%

9/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

45%

9/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

10/20 games · League 56%

Burton Albion clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Burton Albion fail to score

60%

6/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners

9.1

League 10.0

Cards

3.5

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Burton Albion

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

24

Brad Collins

DEFENDERS

2

6

15

16

23

MIDFIELDERS

4

Kgagelo Chauke

7

John Joshua Mckiernan

19

Dylan Williams

FORWARDS

9

Jake Beesley

29

Kain Adom

SUBSTITUTES

27

3

5

12

42

10

22

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

2

12

38

44

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

8

Omari Kellyman

18

Alex Robertson

FORWARDS

11

Ollie Tanner

16

Chris Willock

47

Callum Robinson

SUBSTITUTES

30

3

14

27

55

39

45

Referee: Martin Coy

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

Cards per game

3.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.4

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

24.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.07

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

BUR

CAR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

2.8

2.6

2.5

Over 0.5

89%

24/27

96%

27/28

93%

51/55

95%

Over 1.5

67%

18/27

71%

20/28

69%

38/55

72%

Over 2.5

56%

15/27

54%

15/28

55%

30/55

48%

Over 3.5

26%

7/27

29%

8/28

27%

15/55

24%

Over 4.5

7%

2/27

11%

3/28

9%

5/55

10%

Bet

BUR

CAR

Match

League

Yes

41%

11/27

54%

15/28

47%

26/55

50%

Yes and win

15%

4/27

29%

8/28

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

37%

10/27

39%

11/28

38%

21/55

38%

Yes and draw

11%

3/27

14%

4/28

13%

7/55

18%

Yes and loss

15%

4/27

11%

3/28

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/27

7%

2/28

4%

2/55

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Bet

BUR

CAR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.5

9.7

10.1

9.9

Over 7.5

89%

24/27

71%

20/28

80%

44/55

74%

Over 8.5

70%

19/27

68%

19/28

69%

38/55

62%

Over 9.5

56%

15/27

54%

15/28

55%

30/55

49%

Over 10.5

52%

14/27

32%

9/28

42%

23/55

38%

Over 11.5

33%

9/27

25%

7/28

29%

16/55

31%

Over 12.5

15%

4/27

18%

5/28

16%

9/55

21%

Referee Martin Coy: 3.4 cards and 24.3 fouls per game in 14 games this season

Bet

BUR

CAR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.6

3.9

Over 2.5

67%

18/27

82%

23/28

75%

41/55

75%

Over 3.5

52%

14/27

57%

16/28

55%

30/55

57%

Over 4.5

37%

10/27

21%

6/28

29%

16/55

34%

Over 5.5

22%

6/27

7%

2/28

15%

8/55

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Callum Robinson

5 starts · 0.7 per 90

20%

1/5

40%

2/5

20%

1/5

0%

0/5

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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.