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Saturday 30 August 2025 · 12:30 · HT 2-0 · Referee Scott Oldham

Cardiff City v Plymouth Argyle: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Cardiff City's last 2 home games and Plymouth Argyle's last 2 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 3 of 4, with 8.3 corners per match (league 10.0) and 6.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Cardiff City's 5 League One games and Plymouth Argyle's 5 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cardiff City v Plymouth Argyle, full match

55%

Possession

45%

1.52

Expected goals (xG)

0.37

16

Shots

8

10

Shots on target

3

5

Corners

5

14

Fouls

6

3

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

21'

Yellow card

Matthew Sorinola PLY

34'

Yellow card

Joel Colwill CAR

41'

Goal

Ryan Wintle CAR

42'

Yellow card

Rubin Colwill CAR

44'

Goal

Chris Willock CAR

50'

Goal

Rubin Colwill CAR

90'

Yellow card

Ronan Kpakio CAR

90+1'

Goal

Isaak Davies CAR

At a glance

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

W

D

W

Plymouth Argyle

8th in the table

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Cardiff City's home games and Plymouth Argyle'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 2 home games and Plymouth Argyle's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

2/4 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

100%

4/4 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

75%

3/4 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

1/4 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

1/4 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

4/4 games · League 56%

Cardiff City clean sheet

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Plymouth Argyle clean sheet

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Plymouth Argyle fail to score

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.3

League 2.6

Corners

8.3

League 10.0

Cards

6.5

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

2

3

44

48

MIDFIELDERS

10

Rubin Colwill

27

Joel Colwill

Ryan Wintle

FORWARDS

9

Yousef Salech

16

Chris Willock

45

Cian Ashford

SUBSTITUTES

41

12

38

22

39

47

Plymouth Argyle

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Luca Ashby-Hammond

DEFENDERS

15

Alex Mitchell

29

Matthew Sorinola

Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu

Kornél Szűcs

MIDFIELDERS

6

17

23

FORWARDS

SUBSTITUTES

8

27

Referee: Scott Oldham

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

Cards per game

4.1

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.1

Red cards per game

0.06

Fouls per game

21.8

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

CAR

PLY

Match

League

Goals per match

1.6

2.6

2.1

2.4

Over 0.5

80%

4/5

100%

5/5

90%

9/10

95%

Over 1.5

40%

2/5

60%

3/5

50%

5/10

73%

Over 2.5

40%

2/5

40%

2/5

40%

4/10

42%

Over 3.5

0%

0/5

40%

2/5

20%

2/10

19%

Over 4.5

0%

0/5

20%

1/5

10%

1/10

10%

Bet

CAR

PLY

Match

League

Yes

20%

1/5

40%

2/5

30%

3/10

47%

Yes and win

20%

1/5

0%

0/5

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

20%

1/5

40%

2/5

30%

3/10

39%

Yes and draw

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/10

14%

Yes and loss

0%

0/5

40%

2/5

17%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/10

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Bet

CAR

PLY

Match

League

Corners per match

8.4

9.6

9.0

9.6

Over 7.5

40%

2/5

80%

4/5

60%

6/10

71%

Over 8.5

40%

2/5

60%

3/5

50%

5/10

59%

Over 9.5

20%

1/5

40%

2/5

30%

3/10

46%

Over 10.5

20%

1/5

40%

2/5

30%

3/10

41%

Over 11.5

20%

1/5

20%

1/5

20%

2/10

32%

Over 12.5

20%

1/5

20%

1/5

20%

2/10

22%

Referee Scott Oldham: 4.1 cards and 21.8 fouls per game in 18 games this season

Bet

CAR

PLY

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

6.2

5.1

4.0

Over 2.5

100%

5/5

100%

5/5

100%

10/10

81%

Over 3.5

80%

4/5

80%

4/5

80%

8/10

61%

Over 4.5

20%

1/5

60%

3/5

40%

4/10

29%

Over 5.5

0%

0/5

60%

3/5

30%

3/10

19%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Rubin Colwill

5 starts · 0.4 per 90

0%

0/5

40%

2/5

0%

0/5

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.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Cardiff City

Last 5 games before this match

23 Aug

Luton Town

(A)

1-0

W

19 Aug

AFC Wimbledon

(A)

1-0

W

16 Aug

Rotherham United

(H)

3-0

W

7 Aug

Port Vale

(A)

0-0

D

2 Aug

Peterborough United

(H)

2-1

W

Plymouth Argyle

Last 5 games before this match

23 Aug

Blackpool

(H)

1-0

W

19 Aug

Leyton Orient

(H)

0-1

L

16 Aug

Lincoln City

(A)

2-3

L

9 Aug

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

0-2

L

2 Aug

Barnsley

(H)

1-3

L

Head to head

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

Cardiff City and Plymouth Argyle 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 Plymouth Argyle: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Cardiff City

Plymouth Argyle

Referee: Scott Oldham

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

Plymouth Argyle

Head to head

League One table