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Tuesday 9 December 2025 · 20:00 · HT 0-0 · Lamex Stadium, Stevenage · Referee James Oldham

Stevenage v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Stevenage's last 7 home games and Cardiff City's last 8 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 15, over 2.5 goals in 3 of 15, with 8.9 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.4 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Stevenage's 16 League One games and Cardiff City's 17 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Stevenage v Cardiff City, full match

33%

Possession

67%

0.12

Expected goals (xG)

1.01

2

Shots

11

0

Shots on target

2

4

Corners

6

18

Fouls

12

4

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

40'

Yellow card

Carl Piergianni STE

45'

Yellow card

Charlie Goode STE

75'

Yellow card

Daniel Phillips STE

76'

Yellow card

Ryan Doherty STE

82'

Yellow card

Calum Chambers CAR

85'

Goal

Callum Robinson CAR

At a glance

Stevenage

6th in the table

D

W

D

L

D

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Stevenage'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 Stevenage's last 7 home games and Cardiff City's last 8 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

33%

5/15 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

53%

8/15 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

20%

3/15 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

13%

2/15 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

33%

5/15 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

47%

7/15 games · League 56%

Stevenage clean sheet

71%

5/7 games · League 27%

Cardiff City clean sheet

50%

4/8 games · League 27%

Stevenage fail to score

14%

1/7 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

25%

2/8 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.7

League 2.6

Corners

8.9

League 10.0

Cards

3.4

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Stevenage

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Filip Marschall

DEFENDERS

2

5

15

16

MIDFIELDERS

4

Jordan Houghton

23

Louis Thompson

33

Ryan Doherty

FORWARDS

14

Saxon Earley

19

Jamie Reid

30

Beryly Lubala

SUBSTITUTES

13

6

17

8

20

24

44

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

2

3

12

38

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

18

Alex Robertson

27

Joel Colwill

FORWARDS

16

Chris Willock

22

Yousef Salech

45

Cian Ashford

SUBSTITUTES

41

44

48

8

14

39

47

Referee: James Oldham

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

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

26.0

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.00

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

STE

CAR

Match

League

Goals per match

1.9

2.8

2.4

Over 0.5

88%

14/16

94%

16/17

91%

30/33

95%

Over 1.5

50%

8/16

71%

12/17

61%

20/33

71%

Over 2.5

25%

4/16

59%

10/17

42%

14/33

46%

Over 3.5

13%

2/16

35%

6/17

24%

8/33

22%

Over 4.5

13%

2/16

12%

2/17

12%

4/33

10%

Bet

STE

CAR

Match

League

Yes

38%

6/16

47%

8/17

42%

14/33

49%

Yes and win

25%

4/16

29%

5/17

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

25%

4/16

41%

7/17

33%

11/33

35%

Yes and draw

13%

2/16

6%

1/17

9%

3/33

18%

Yes and loss

0%

0/16

12%

2/17

15%

Yes in both halves

13%

2/16

6%

1/17

9%

3/33

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Bet

STE

CAR

Match

League

Corners per match

8.1

10.4

9.3

9.9

Over 7.5

56%

9/16

82%

14/17

70%

23/33

76%

Over 8.5

44%

7/16

76%

13/17

61%

20/33

62%

Over 9.5

38%

6/16

65%

11/17

52%

17/33

49%

Over 10.5

25%

4/16

47%

8/17

36%

12/33

38%

Over 11.5

13%

2/16

35%

6/17

24%

8/33

31%

Over 12.5

6%

1/16

24%

4/17

15%

5/33

22%

Referee James Oldham: 4.0 cards and 26.0 fouls per game in 4 games this season

Bet

STE

CAR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

3.6

3.7

3.8

Over 2.5

69%

11/16

82%

14/17

76%

25/33

74%

Over 3.5

56%

9/16

53%

9/17

55%

18/33

52%

Over 4.5

38%

6/16

18%

3/17

27%

9/33

32%

Over 5.5

25%

4/16

12%

2/17

18%

6/33

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Yousef Salech

14 starts · 0.5 per 90

14%

2/14

43%

6/14

7%

1/14

0%

0/14

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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

Stevenage

Last 5 games before this match

29 Nov

Wigan Athletic

(A)

0-0

D

25 Nov

Peterborough United

(A)

1-0

W

22 Nov

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

0-0

D

6 Nov

Reading

(A)

0-1

L

25 Oct

Bradford City

(H)

1-1

D

Cardiff City

Last 5 games before this match

6 Dec

Huddersfield Town

(H)

3-2

W

29 Nov

Mansfield Town

(H)

3-0

W

22 Nov

Northampton Town

(A)

3-1

W

8 Nov

Blackpool

(A)

1-3

L

25 Oct

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

0-1

L

Head to head

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

Stevenage 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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Stevenage v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Stevenage

Cardiff City

Referee: James 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

Stevenage

Cardiff City

Head to head

League One table