Thursday 7 August 2025 · 20:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Tom Reeves
Port Vale v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks
Neither side had played a League One game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.
Overview
Lineups
Bet builder
Form
Table
Match stats
Port Vale v Cardiff City, full match
40%
Possession
60%
0.70
Expected goals (xG)
0.53
16
Shots
9
1
Shots on target
1
5
Corners
4
13
Fouls
6
3
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
3
Offsides
1
Goals and cards
54'
Yellow card
Joel Bagan CAR
54'
Yellow card
Mitchell Clark POR
90+1'
Yellow card
Ben Waine POR
90+4'
Yellow card
Funso Ojo POR
Lineups
Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.
Port Vale
3-5-2
Confirmed
GOALKEEPER
Cardiff City
3-3-3-1
Confirmed
GOALKEEPER
SUBSTITUTES
Referee: Tom Reeves
12 games in League One this season, both teams added together
Cards per game
2.7
League 3.9
Yellow cards per game
2.7
Red cards per game
0.00
Fouls per game
22.5
League 22.9
Penalties per game
0.08
A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.
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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
POR
CAR
Match
League
Win
0%
0/1
100%
1/1
50%
Draw
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
0%
Loss
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
Bet
POR
CAR
League
Clean sheet
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
21%
Win to nil
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
21%
To score
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
79%
Fail to score
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
21%
Bet
POR
CAR
Match
League
Goals per match
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.8
Over 0.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
100%
Over 1.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
83%
Over 2.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
67%
Over 3.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
25%
Over 4.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
8%
Bet
POR
CAR
Match
League
Yes
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
58%
Yes and win
0%
0/1
100%
1/1
29%
Yes and over 2.5 goals
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
58%
Yes and draw
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
0%
Yes and loss
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
29%
Yes in both halves
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
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Bet
POR
CAR
Match
League
Corners per match
9.0
6.0
7.5
9.4
Over 7.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
75%
Over 8.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
50%
Over 9.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Over 10.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Over 11.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Over 12.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
17%
Referee Tom Reeves: 2.7 cards and 22.5 fouls per game in 12 games this season
Bet
POR
CAR
Match
League
Cards per match
5.0
4.0
4.5
3.6
Over 2.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
67%
Over 3.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
50%
Over 4.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
33%
Over 5.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
17%
Player
First
1+
2+
3+
Player
1+
2+
3+
Referee Tom Reeves: 2.7 cards and 22.5 fouls per game in 12 games this season
Player
Carded
First card
Sent off
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
Port Vale
Last 5 games before this match
Cardiff City
Last 5 games before this match
Head to head
League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first
Port Vale and Cardiff City haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.
League One table
2025/26 · as it stands now
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