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Friday 26 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Tom Reeves

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

In Cardiff City's last 10 home games and Exeter City's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 12 of 20, with 10.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Cardiff City's 20 League One games and Exeter City's 20 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cardiff City v Exeter City, full match

60%

Possession

40%

1.54

Expected goals (xG)

0.50

13

Shots

10

4

Shots on target

1

5

Corners

4

7

Fouls

12

3

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

53'

Goal

Alex Robertson CAR

56'

Yellow card

Isaak Davies CAR

82'

Yellow card

Liam Oakes EXE

87'

Yellow card

Joel Bagan CAR

89'

Yellow card

Calum Chambers CAR

At a glance

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

L

W

Exeter City

21st in the table

W

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Cardiff City's home games and Exeter 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 Cardiff City's last 10 home games and Exeter 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

65%

13/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

60%

12/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

55%

11/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

12/20 games · League 56%

Cardiff City clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Exeter City clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Exeter City fail to score

50%

5/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.9

League 2.6

Corners

10.1

League 10.0

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

41

Matthew Turner

DEFENDERS

3

12

38

48

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

8

Omari Kellyman

18

Alex Robertson

FORWARDS

22

Yousef Salech

39

Isaak Davies

45

Cian Ashford

SUBSTITUTES

2

44

11

14

16

27

47

Exeter City

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joe Whitworth

DEFENDERS

2

5

14

20

26

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ethan Brierley

31

Jake Doyle-Hayes

FORWARDS

9

Jayden Wareham

10

Jack Aitchison

17

Akeel Higgins

SUBSTITUTES

23

16

34

8

12

29

7

Referee: Tom Reeves

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

Cards per game

2.7

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

2.7

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.5

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.08

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

EXE

Match

League

Goals per match

3.0

2.0

2.5

Over 0.5

95%

19/20

100%

20/20

98%

39/40

95%

Over 1.5

70%

14/20

60%

12/20

65%

26/40

72%

Over 2.5

60%

12/20

35%

7/20

48%

19/40

49%

Over 3.5

35%

7/20

5%

1/20

20%

8/40

23%

Over 4.5

15%

3/20

5%

1/20

10%

4/40

10%

Bet

CAR

EXE

Match

League

Yes

50%

10/20

35%

7/20

43%

17/40

51%

Yes and win

30%

6/20

5%

1/20

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20

25%

5/20

35%

14/40

38%

Yes and draw

5%

1/20

10%

2/20

8%

3/40

18%

Yes and loss

15%

3/20

20%

4/20

16%

Yes in both halves

10%

2/20

0%

0/20

5%

2/40

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Bet

CAR

EXE

Match

League

Corners per match

9.9

10.0

9.9

Over 7.5

75%

15/20

85%

17/20

80%

32/40

75%

Over 8.5

70%

14/20

70%

14/20

70%

28/40

61%

Over 9.5

60%

12/20

55%

11/20

58%

23/40

48%

Over 10.5

40%

8/20

35%

7/20

38%

15/40

39%

Over 11.5

30%

6/20

30%

6/20

30%

12/40

32%

Over 12.5

20%

4/20

25%

5/20

23%

9/40

22%

Referee Tom Reeves: 2.7 cards and 22.5 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

CAR

EXE

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

3.1

3.5

3.8

Over 2.5

85%

17/20

55%

11/20

70%

28/40

76%

Over 3.5

60%

12/20

40%

8/20

50%

20/40

54%

Over 4.5

20%

4/20

25%

5/20

23%

9/40

31%

Over 5.5

10%

2/20

5%

1/20

8%

3/40

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Yousef Salech

17 starts · 0.5 per 90

12%

2/17

41%

7/17

6%

1/17

0%

0/17

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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

20 Dec

Lincoln City

(A)

1-2

L

13 Dec

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

4-3

W

9 Dec

Stevenage

(A)

1-0

W

6 Dec

Huddersfield Town

(H)

3-2

W

29 Nov

Mansfield Town

(H)

3-0

W

Exeter City

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Barnsley

(H)

3-0

W

13 Dec

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

1-2

L

9 Dec

AFC Wimbledon

(H)

1-0

W

29 Nov

Bradford City

(A)

0-1

L

15 Nov

Leyton Orient

(A)

1-2

L

Head to head

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

Cardiff City and Exeter City 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 Exeter City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Cardiff City

Exeter City

Referee: Tom Reeves

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

Exeter City

Head to head

League One table