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Saturday 13 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 2-2 · Referee Alex Chilowicz

Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Cardiff City's last 9 home games and Doncaster Rovers's last 9 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 8 of 18, over 2.5 goals in 12 of 18, with 10.3 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.8 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Cardiff City's 18 League One games and Doncaster Rovers' 19 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers, full match

61%

Possession

39%

1.68

Expected goals (xG)

2.16

18

Shots

13

9

Shots on target

6

4

Corners

2

12

Fouls

12

2

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

15'

Goal

Owen Bailey DON

25'

Goal

Omari Kellyman CAR

34'

Goal

Cian Ashford CAR

42'

Goal

Brandon Hanlan DON

50'

Goal

Yousef Salech CAR

57'

Yellow card

Alex Robertson CAR

59'

Yellow card

Ben Close DON

72'

Goal

Harry Clifton DON

76'

Yellow card

Owen Bailey DON

82'

Yellow card

Ryan Wintle CAR

90+9'

Goal

Joel Bagan CAR

At a glance

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

W

L

Doncaster Rovers

14th in the table

L

W

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Cardiff City's home games and Doncaster Rovers'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 Cardiff City's last 9 home games and Doncaster Rovers's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

44%

8/18 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

78%

14/18 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

67%

12/18 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

28%

5/18 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

56%

10/18 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

9/18 games · League 56%

Cardiff City clean sheet

33%

3/9 games · League 27%

Doncaster Rovers clean sheet

22%

2/9 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

11%

1/9 games · League 27%

Doncaster Rovers fail to score

56%

5/9 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.9

League 2.6

Corners

10.3

League 10.0

Cards

3.8

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

2

3

12

44

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

8

Omari Kellyman

18

Alex Robertson

FORWARDS

22

Yousef Salech

39

Isaak Davies

45

Cian Ashford

SUBSTITUTES

41

38

48

14

16

27

47

Doncaster Rovers

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

29

Thimothee Lo-Tutala

DEFENDERS

3

6

7

12

27

MIDFIELDERS

4

Owen Bailey

18

Charlie Crew

33

Ben Close

FORWARDS

9

Brandon Hanlan

15

Harry Clifton

SUBSTITUTES

1

2

5

11

17

22

14

Referee: Alex Chilowicz

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

Cards per game

3.5

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.4

Red cards per game

0.07

Fouls per game

21.5

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.13

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

CAR

DON

Match

League

Goals per match

2.7

2.3

2.5

2.4

Over 0.5

94%

17/18

95%

18/19

95%

35/37

95%

Over 1.5

67%

12/18

74%

14/19

70%

26/37

71%

Over 2.5

56%

10/18

47%

9/19

51%

19/37

46%

Over 3.5

33%

6/18

11%

2/19

22%

8/37

21%

Over 4.5

11%

2/18

0%

0/19

5%

2/37

10%

Bet

CAR

DON

Match

League

Yes

44%

8/18

53%

10/19

49%

18/37

48%

Yes and win

28%

5/18

16%

3/19

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

39%

7/18

37%

7/19

38%

14/37

35%

Yes and draw

6%

1/18

16%

3/19

11%

4/37

18%

Yes and loss

11%

2/18

21%

4/19

15%

Yes in both halves

6%

1/18

0%

0/19

3%

1/37

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Bet

CAR

DON

Match

League

Corners per match

10.3

10.1

10.2

9.9

Over 7.5

83%

15/18

79%

15/19

81%

30/37

76%

Over 8.5

78%

14/18

58%

11/19

68%

25/37

62%

Over 9.5

67%

12/18

37%

7/19

51%

19/37

48%

Over 10.5

44%

8/18

32%

6/19

38%

14/37

38%

Over 11.5

33%

6/18

32%

6/19

32%

12/37

31%

Over 12.5

22%

4/18

32%

6/19

27%

10/37

22%

Referee Alex Chilowicz: 3.5 cards and 21.5 fouls per game in 15 games this season

Bet

CAR

DON

Match

League

Cards per match

3.7

3.6

3.9

Over 2.5

83%

15/18

74%

14/19

78%

29/37

75%

Over 3.5

56%

10/18

42%

8/19

49%

18/37

53%

Over 4.5

22%

4/18

26%

5/19

24%

9/37

33%

Over 5.5

11%

2/18

21%

4/19

16%

6/37

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Yousef Salech

15 starts · 0.5 per 90

13%

2/15

40%

6/15

7%

1/15

0%

0/15

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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.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Cardiff City

Last 5 games before this match

9 Dec

Stevenage

(A)

1-0

W

6 Dec

Huddersfield Town

(H)

3-2

W

29 Nov

Mansfield Town

(H)

3-0

W

22 Nov

Northampton Town

(A)

3-1

W

8 Nov

Blackpool

(A)

1-3

L

Doncaster Rovers

Last 5 games before this match

9 Dec

Stockport County

(H)

0-2

L

29 Nov

Peterborough United

(H)

2-1

W

22 Nov

Stevenage

(A)

0-0

D

15 Nov

Lincoln City

(A)

1-2

L

8 Nov

Barnsley

(H)

1-2

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Cardiff City and Doncaster Rovers haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Cardiff City

Doncaster Rovers

Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Cardiff City

Doncaster Rovers

Head to head

League One table