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Saturday 23 August 2025 · 12:30 · HT 0-0 · Referee Martin Coy

Luton Town v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Luton Town's last 2 home games and Cardiff City's last 2 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 0 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 0 of 4, with 8.8 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.3 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Luton Town's 4 League One games and Cardiff City's 4 this season. Luton Town and Cardiff City have only 4 games each, so treat these hit rates with care.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Luton Town v Cardiff City, full match

38%

Possession

62%

1.50

Expected goals (xG)

1.77

22

Shots

16

6

Shots on target

3

5

Corners

8

11

Fouls

10

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

52'

Yellow card

Josh Keeley LUT

55'

Yellow card

George Saville LUT

69'

Goal

Chris Willock CAR

86'

Yellow card

Calum Chambers CAR

At a glance

Luton Town

7th in the table

W

L

W

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

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

High

Low

Both teams to score

0%

0/4 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

0%

0/4 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

0%

0/4 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/4 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

1/4 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

2/4 games · League 56%

Luton Town clean sheet

100%

2/2 games · League 27%

Cardiff City clean sheet

100%

2/2 games · League 27%

Luton Town fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

0.8

League 2.6

Corners

8.8

League 10.0

Cards

3.3

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Luton Town

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

24

Josh Keeley

DEFENDERS

3

MIDFIELDERS

8

Liam Walsh

18

Jordan Clark

George Saville

FORWARDS

21

Nahki Wells

Lasse Selvåg Nordås

SUBSTITUTES

1

26

30

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

2

3

44

48

MIDFIELDERS

10

Rubin Colwill

14

David Turnbull

Ryan Wintle

FORWARDS

16

Chris Willock

45

Cian Ashford

47

Callum Robinson

SUBSTITUTES

41

12

38

27

9

39

Referee: Martin Coy

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

Cards per game

3.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.4

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

24.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.07

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

LUT

CAR

Match

League

Goals per match

1.8

2.4

Over 0.5

100%

4/4

75%

3/4

88%

7/8

94%

Over 1.5

50%

2/4

50%

2/4

50%

4/8

74%

Over 2.5

25%

1/4

50%

2/4

38%

3/8

45%

Over 3.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

17%

Over 4.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

11%

Bet

LUT

CAR

Match

League

Yes

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

47%

Yes and win

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

40%

Yes and draw

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

9%

Yes and loss

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

19%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

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Bet

LUT

CAR

Match

League

Corners per match

9.8

7.3

8.5

9.2

Over 7.5

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

68%

Over 8.5

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

55%

Over 9.5

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

25%

2/8

38%

Over 10.5

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

25%

2/8

34%

Over 11.5

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

13%

1/8

26%

Over 12.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

15%

Referee Martin Coy: 3.4 cards and 24.3 fouls per game in 14 games this season

Bet

LUT

CAR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.3

4.3

3.8

4.1

Over 2.5

75%

3/4

100%

4/4

88%

7/8

79%

Over 3.5

50%

2/4

100%

4/4

75%

6/8

60%

Over 4.5

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

13%

1/8

36%

Over 5.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Rubin Colwill

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

Luton Town

Last 5 games before this match

19 Aug

Wigan Athletic

(H)

1-0

W

16 Aug

Bradford City

(A)

1-2

L

9 Aug

Peterborough United

(A)

2-0

W

1 Aug

AFC Wimbledon

(H)

1-0

W

Cardiff City

Last 5 games before this match

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

Head to head

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

Luton Town and Cardiff 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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Luton Town v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Luton Town

Cardiff City

Referee: Martin Coy

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

Luton Town

Cardiff City

Head to head

League One table