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Cardiff City v Rotherham United: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Cardiff City's last 1 home game and Rotherham United's last 1 away game in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 1 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 1 of 2, with 8.0 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Cardiff City's 2 League One games and Rotherham United's 2 this season. Cardiff City and Rotherham United have only 2 games each, so treat these hit rates with care.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cardiff City v Rotherham United, full match

75%

Possession

25%

2.11

Expected goals (xG)

0.03

14

Shots

1

6

Shots on target

1

7

Corners

0

16

Fouls

15

2

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

20'

Yellow card

Ar'Jany Martha ROT

32'

Yellow card

Dakarai Mafico CAR

38'

Yellow card

Lenny Agbaire ROT

43'

Goal

Yousef Salech CAR

51'

Yellow card

Joel Bagan CAR

55'

Goal

Cian Ashford CAR

60'

Goal

Rubin Colwill CAR

68'

Yellow card

Sean Raggett ROT

At a glance

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

D

W

Rotherham United

23rd in the table

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Cardiff City's last 1 home game and Rotherham United's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

1/2 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

50%

1/2 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

1/2 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

1/2 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

2/2 games · League 56%

Cardiff City clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Rotherham United clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Rotherham United fail to score

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.0

League 2.6

Corners

8.0

League 10.0

Cards

4.5

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

22

44

48

MIDFIELDERS

10

Rubin Colwill

14

David Turnbull

Ryan Wintle

FORWARDS

9

Yousef Salech

11

Ollie Tanner

45

Cian Ashford

SUBSTITUTES

41

3

12

16

27

39

47

Rotherham United

5-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Cameron Dawson

DEFENDERS

12

18

MIDFIELDERS

FORWARDS

SUBSTITUTES

1

2

17

37

38

Referee: Thomas Parsons

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

Cards per game

3.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.1

Red cards per game

0.11

Fouls per game

22.2

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

ROT

Match

League

Goals per match

1.5

2.0

1.8

2.5

Over 0.5

50%

1/2

100%

2/2

75%

3/4

88%

Over 1.5

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

77%

Over 2.5

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

50%

Over 3.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

19%

Over 4.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

12%

Bet

CAR

ROT

Match

League

Yes

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

46%

Yes and win

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

23%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

46%

Yes and draw

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

0%

Yes and loss

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

23%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

–

Bet

CAR

ROT

Match

League

Corners per match

7.5

9.5

8.5

9.6

Over 7.5

50%

1/2

100%

2/2

75%

3/4

77%

Over 8.5

50%

1/2

100%

2/2

75%

3/4

65%

Over 9.5

0%

0/2

50%

1/2

25%

1/4

42%

Over 10.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

38%

Over 11.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

27%

Over 12.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

12%

Referee Thomas Parsons: 3.2 cards and 22.2 fouls per game in 18 games this season

Bet

CAR

ROT

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

5.0

4.5

3.9

Over 2.5

100%

2/2

100%

2/2

100%

4/4

73%

Over 3.5

100%

2/2

100%

2/2

100%

4/4

58%

Over 4.5

0%

0/2

100%

2/2

50%

2/4

35%

Over 5.5

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Ronan Kpakio

2 starts · 0.5 per 90

0%

0/2

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

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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

7 Aug

Port Vale

(A)

0-0

D

2 Aug

Peterborough United

(H)

2-1

W

Rotherham United

Last 5 games before this match

9 Aug

Stevenage

(A)

0-1

L

2 Aug

Port Vale

(H)

2-1

W

Head to head

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

Cardiff City and Rotherham United 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 Rotherham United: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Cardiff City

Rotherham United

Referee: Thomas Parsons

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

Rotherham United

Head to head

League One table