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Saturday 4 October 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-1 · Referee Matthew Corlett

Cardiff City v Leyton Orient: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Cardiff City's last 5 home games and Leyton Orient's last 5 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 10, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 10, with 8.9 corners per match (league 10.0) and 5.0 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Cardiff City's 10 League One games and Leyton Orient's 10 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cardiff City v Leyton Orient, full match

46%

Possession

54%

2.73

Expected goals (xG)

4.09

16

Shots

26

7

Shots on target

11

6

Corners

8

4

Fouls

15

2

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

20'

Goal

Callum Robinson CAR

29'

Goal

Aaron Connolly LEY

30'

Yellow card

Ronan Kpakio CAR

52'

Goal

Dylan Lawlor CAR

54'

Goal

Idris El Mizouni LEY

57'

Yellow card

Sean Clare LEY

57'

Yellow card

Chris Willock CAR

62'

Goal

Dominic Ballard LEY

69'

Goal

Yousef Salech CAR

71'

Goal

Callum Robinson CAR

78'

Yellow card

Aaron Connolly LEY

At a glance

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

L

W

L

D

W

Leyton Orient

20th in the table

L

D

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Cardiff City's home games and Leyton Orient'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 5 home games and Leyton Orient's last 5 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

5/10 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

8/10 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

80%

8/10 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

40%

4/10 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

40%

4/10 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

80%

8/10 games · League 56%

Cardiff City clean sheet

40%

2/5 games · League 27%

Leyton Orient clean sheet

20%

1/5 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

20%

1/5 games · League 27%

Leyton Orient fail to score

20%

1/5 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.2

League 2.6

Corners

8.9

League 10.0

Cards

5.0

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

3

4

44

48

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

10

Rubin Colwill

27

Joel Colwill

FORWARDS

16

Chris Willock

39

Isaak Davies

47

Callum Robinson

SUBSTITUTES

41

2

12

8

14

55

22

Leyton Orient

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Tommy Simkin

DEFENDERS

3

Tayo Adaramola

5

Daniel Happe

18

Rarmani Edmonds-Green

19

Omar Beckles

28

Sean Clare

MIDFIELDERS

8

Idris El Mizouni

15

Tyreeq Bakinson

25

Charlie Wellens

FORWARDS

10

Aaron Connolly

32

Dominic Ballard

SUBSTITUTES

33

4

11

21

22

27

17

Referee: Matthew Corlett

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

Cards per game

5.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.1

Red cards per game

0.16

Fouls per game

25.1

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.05

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

All Matthew Corlett's stats ›

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

LEY

Match

League

Goals per match

2.1

3.1

2.6

Over 0.5

90%

9/10

100%

10/10

95%

19/20

97%

Over 1.5

60%

6/10

80%

8/10

70%

14/20

74%

Over 2.5

40%

4/10

60%

6/10

50%

10/20

48%

Over 3.5

20%

2/10

40%

4/10

30%

6/20

25%

Over 4.5

0%

0/10

30%

3/10

15%

3/20

12%

Bet

CAR

LEY

Match

League

Yes

30%

3/10

60%

6/10

45%

9/20

51%

Yes and win

10%

1/10

10%

1/10

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

20%

2/10

50%

5/10

35%

7/20

40%

Yes and draw

10%

1/10

20%

2/10

15%

3/20

17%

Yes and loss

10%

1/10

30%

3/10

17%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/10

20%

2/10

10%

2/20

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Bet

CAR

LEY

Match

League

Corners per match

9.5

10.0

Over 7.5

70%

7/10

70%

7/10

70%

14/20

76%

Over 8.5

70%

7/10

60%

6/10

65%

13/20

64%

Over 9.5

50%

5/10

50%

5/10

50%

10/20

49%

Over 10.5

40%

4/10

40%

4/10

40%

8/20

39%

Over 11.5

20%

2/10

30%

3/10

25%

5/20

31%

Over 12.5

10%

1/10

20%

2/10

15%

3/20

23%

Referee Matthew Corlett: 5.2 cards and 25.1 fouls per game in 19 games this season

Bet

CAR

LEY

Match

League

Cards per match

4.2

4.1

4.2

3.9

Over 2.5

90%

9/10

80%

8/10

85%

17/20

78%

Over 3.5

70%

7/10

60%

6/10

65%

13/20

55%

Over 4.5

30%

3/10

40%

4/10

35%

7/20

33%

Over 5.5

20%

2/10

20%

2/10

20%

4/20

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Dominic Ballard

4 starts · 0.5 per 90

0%

0/4

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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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

30 Sep

Burton Albion

(H)

0-1

L

27 Sep

Wigan Athletic

(A)

2-0

W

20 Sep

Bradford City

(H)

1-3

L

13 Sep

Stockport County

(A)

1-1

D

30 Aug

Plymouth Argyle

(H)

4-0

W

Leyton Orient

Last 5 games before this match

27 Sep

Stevenage

(H)

2-3

L

20 Sep

Reading

(A)

1-2

L

13 Sep

Bolton Wanderers

(H)

1-1

D

6 Sep

Port Vale

(A)

3-2

W

30 Aug

Northampton Town

(H)

0-1

L

Head to head

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

Cardiff City and Leyton Orient 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 Leyton Orient: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Cardiff City

Leyton Orient

Referee: Matthew Corlett

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

Leyton Orient

Head to head

League One table