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Saturday 21 February 2026 · 12:30 · HT 3-2 · Referee Darren Drysdale

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

In Plymouth Argyle's last 10 home games and Cardiff City's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 12 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 9.8 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Plymouth Argyle's 32 League One games and Cardiff City's 32 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Plymouth Argyle v Cardiff City, full match

29%

Possession

71%

2.95

Expected goals (xG)

1.63

16

Shots

18

9

Shots on target

6

3

Corners

8

24

Fouls

10

3

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

15'

Yellow card

Omari Kellyman CAR

28'

Goal

Lorent Tolaj PLY

31'

Goal

Aribim Pepple PLY

33'

Goal

Omari Kellyman CAR

34'

Goal

Aribim Pepple PLY

37'

Yellow card

Caleb Watts PLY

43'

Goal

Omari Kellyman CAR

44'

Yellow card

Mathias Ross PLY

45+6'

Yellow card

Gabriel Osho CAR

67'

Yellow card

Perry Ng CAR

68'

Penalty

Lorent Tolaj PLY

70'

Yellow card

Malachi Boateng PLY

72'

Yellow card

Alex Robertson CAR

81'

Goal

Mathias Ross PLY

At a glance

Plymouth Argyle

8th in the table

W

L

D

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Plymouth Argyle'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 Plymouth Argyle's last 10 home games and Cardiff City's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

60%

12/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

60%

12/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

75%

15/20 games · League 56%

Plymouth Argyle clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Plymouth Argyle fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.6

Corners

9.8

League 10.0

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Plymouth Argyle

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Conor Hazard

DEFENDERS

2

8

15

45

MIDFIELDERS

4

Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu

17

Caleb Watts

19

Malachi Boateng

28

Ronan Curtis

FORWARDS

9

Lorent Tolaj

27

Aribim Pepple

SUBSTITUTES

21

3

5

29

23

10

35

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

3

4

12

38

MIDFIELDERS

14

David Turnbull

18

Alex Robertson

27

Joel Colwill

FORWARDS

8

Omari Kellyman

11

Ollie Tanner

16

Chris Willock

SUBSTITUTES

23

44

48

6

10

45

47

Referee: Darren Drysdale

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

Cards per game

4.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.4

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

24.4

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.25

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

Plymouth Argyle at home and Cardiff City away, last 10 each. League: a home side · an away side.

High

Low

Bet

PLY

CAR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

2.7

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

10/10

100%

10/10

100%

20/20

94%

Over 1.5

70%

7/10

80%

8/10

75%

15/20

72%

Over 2.5

50%

5/10

60%

6/10

55%

11/20

50%

Over 3.5

20%

2/10

30%

3/10

25%

5/20

26%

Over 4.5

20%

2/10

0%

0/10

10%

2/20

11%

Bet

PLY

CAR

Match

League

Yes

50%

5/10

70%

7/10

60%

12/20

51%

Yes and win

0%

0/10

20%

2/10

21 · 12%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

30%

3/10

50%

5/10

40%

8/20

39%

Yes and draw

20%

2/10

30%

3/10

25%

5/20

18%

Yes and loss

30%

3/10

20%

2/10

12 · 21%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/10

0%

0/10

0%

0/20

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Bet

PLY

CAR

Match

League

Corners per match

11.7

8.0

9.8

9.9

Over 7.5

90%

9/10

60%

6/10

75%

15/20

74%

Over 8.5

80%

8/10

40%

4/10

60%

12/20

63%

Over 9.5

80%

8/10

40%

4/10

60%

12/20

50%

Over 10.5

80%

8/10

10%

1/10

45%

9/20

39%

Over 11.5

70%

7/10

10%

1/10

40%

8/20

31%

Over 12.5

40%

4/10

0%

0/10

20%

4/20

20%

Referee Darren Drysdale: 4.6 cards and 24.4 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

PLY

CAR

Match

League

Cards per match

5.1

4.0

4.5

3.9

Over 2.5

100%

10/10

90%

9/10

95%

19/20

76%

Over 3.5

90%

9/10

60%

6/10

75%

15/20

58%

Over 4.5

70%

7/10

30%

3/10

50%

10/20

36%

Over 5.5

30%

3/10

10%

1/10

20%

4/20

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Lorent Tolaj

10 starts · 0.4 per 90

20%

2/10

40%

4/10

0%

0/10

0%

0/10

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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.