Bradford 1–2 Cardiff – England League One, 17 Jan 2026

Match facts

Bradford Cardiff

12 Shots 10

1 Shots on target 5

2 Corners 2

10 Fouls 9

3 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (291 league matches this season so far).

Result Bradford to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.96

Expected goals 1.39 – 1.14

Home / Draw / Away

43% 27% 31%

BradfordDrawCardiff

Under / Over 2.5 goals

54% 46%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

49% 51%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

20% 1

26% 2

22% 3

14% 4

11% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.6% 1–0 11% 0–1 9.1%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Bradford before this match, all matches

1.92points / match

1.42scored / match

1.04conceded / match

13 7 4

WonDrawnLost 24 played · 34:25

Cardiff before this match, all matches

2.08points / match

1.72scored / match

1.00conceded / match

16 4 5

WonDrawnLost 25 played · 43:25

Bradford all matches all matches Cardiff

Per match

1.42 Goals scored 1.72

1.04 Goals conceded 1.00

2.46 Total goals 2.72

12.83 Shots 14.56

4.00 Shots on target 5.16

11.88 Shots faced 12.64

5.38 Corners 5.12

4.96 Corners against 4.80

12.04 Fouls 10.36

2.25 Yellow cards 1.72

0.71 1st-half goals scored 0.52

0.54 1st-half goals conceded 0.44

How often Full Time

54% Wins 64%

29% Draws 16%

17% Losses 20%

88% Over 0.5 goals 96%

71% Over 1.5 goals 68%

58% Over 2.5 goals 52%

25% Over 3.5 goals 28%

4% Over 4.5 goals 12%

0% Over 5.5 goals 8%

63% Both teams scored 52%

33% Clean sheets 40%

17% Failed to score 12%

How often Half Time

33% Wins 28%

46% Draws 52%

21% Losses 20%

67% Over 0.5 goals 64%

42% Over 1.5 goals 24%

13% Over 2.5 goals 4%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Bradford all matches

1

2

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D

1

W

1

W

2

W

1

2

L

2

1

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1

W

3

L

2

1

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Cardiff all matches

3

W

3

2

W

1

W

4

3

W

1

2

L

1

W

2

1

W

1

D

1

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1

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Bradford before this match, at home

2.42points / match

1.67scored / match

0.83conceded / match

9 2 1

WonDrawnLost 12 played · 20:10

Cardiff before this match, away

1.58points / match

1.08scored / match

0.83conceded / match

5 4 3

WonDrawnLost 12 played · 13:10

Bradford at home away Cardiff

Per match

1.67 Goals scored 1.08

0.83 Goals conceded 0.83

2.50 Total goals 1.92

14.75 Shots 12.67

4.50 Shots on target 3.58

10.58 Shots faced 14.42

5.58 Corners 3.92

5.17 Corners against 5.08

11.58 Fouls 10.08

1.83 Yellow cards 1.42

0.92 1st-half goals scored 0.33

0.33 1st-half goals conceded 0.33

How often Full Time

75% Wins 42%

17% Draws 33%

8% Losses 25%

92% Over 0.5 goals 92%

67% Over 1.5 goals 58%

58% Over 2.5 goals 25%

25% Over 3.5 goals 17%

8% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

58% Both teams scored 50%

42% Clean sheets 42%

8% Failed to score 17%

How often Half Time

50% Wins 17%

42% Draws 67%

8% Losses 17%

67% Over 0.5 goals 50%

42% Over 1.5 goals 17%

17% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Bradford at home

3

2

W

3

1

W

1

W

2

D

1

2

L

1

W

2

W

2

1

W

1

W

Cardiff away

1

W

1

D

2

W

1

L

1

3

L

3

1

W

1

W

1

2

L

1

D

1

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Bradford all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
04.01.26	Blackpool – Bradford	1–2 (0–1)	2.70	3.20	2.50	2.05	1.80
01.01.26	Mansfield – Bradford	3–0 (2–0)	3.40	3.05	2.10	2.05	1.75
29.12.25	Bradford – Port Vale	1–0 (0–0)	1.68	3.70	4.50	1.95	1.85
26.12.25	Bradford – Wigan	2–1 (1–0)	1.86	3.40	3.75	2.10	1.70
20.12.25	Leyton Orient – Bradford	2–1 (1–1)	2.40	3.30	2.70	1.93	1.93
13.12.25	Bradford – Reading	2–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	3.60	1.80	2.00
06.12.25	Plymouth – Bradford	0–1 (0–0)	2.95	3.50	2.10	1.83	2.03
29.11.25	Bradford – Exeter	1–0 (1–0)	1.62	3.70	5.00	1.85	1.95
22.11.25	Bolton – Bradford	0–0 (0–0)	1.71	3.90	4.10	1.65	2.20
08.11.25	Bradford – Burton	1–2 (0–2)	1.62	3.70	4.75	1.85	2.00

Cardiff all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
10.01.26	Leyton Orient – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	3.80	3.80	1.79	1.65	2.20
04.01.26	Cardiff – Wigan	1–0 (1–0)	1.62	3.70	5.00	1.98	1.88
01.01.26	Wycombe – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	2.65	3.25	2.50	1.80	2.00
29.12.25	Cardiff – Stevenage	2–1 (0–0)	1.71	3.30	5.00	2.08	1.73
26.12.25	Cardiff – Exeter	1–0 (0–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.73	2.08
20.12.25	Lincoln – Cardiff	2–1 (1–0)	2.50	3.25	2.65	2.00	1.85
13.12.25	Cardiff – Doncaster	4–3 (2–2)	1.76	3.80	3.90	1.67	2.15
09.12.25	Stevenage – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	2.75	3.20	2.40	2.10	1.70
06.12.25	Cardiff – Huddersfield	3–2 (1–0)	2.05	3.60	3.20	1.67	2.15
29.11.25	Cardiff – Mansfield	3–0 (1–0)	1.79	3.60	4.10	1.70	2.10

Bradford at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.12.25	Bradford – Port Vale	1–0 (0–0)	1.68	3.70	4.50	1.95	1.85
26.12.25	Bradford – Wigan	2–1 (1–0)	1.86	3.40	3.75	2.10	1.70
13.12.25	Bradford – Reading	2–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	3.60	1.80	2.00
29.11.25	Bradford – Exeter	1–0 (1–0)	1.62	3.70	5.00	1.85	1.95
08.11.25	Bradford – Burton	1–2 (0–2)	1.62	3.70	4.75	1.85	2.00
28.10.25	Bradford – Lincoln	0–0 (0–0)	2.10	3.30	3.40	2.05	1.75
18.10.25	Bradford – Barnsley	2–2 (2–1)	2.01	3.60	3.20	1.62	2.25
27.09.25	Bradford – Blackpool	1–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.40	3.70	1.93	1.93
13.09.25	Bradford – Huddersfield	3–1 (3–0)	2.50	3.40	2.65	2.05	1.75
30.08.25	Bradford – AFC Wimbledon	3–2 (1–1)	1.68	3.60	4.75	2.15	1.67

Cardiff away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
10.01.26	Leyton Orient – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	3.80	3.80	1.79	1.65	2.20
01.01.26	Wycombe – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	2.65	3.25	2.50	1.80	2.00
20.12.25	Lincoln – Cardiff	2–1 (1–0)	2.50	3.25	2.65	2.00	1.85
09.12.25	Stevenage – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	2.75	3.20	2.40	2.10	1.70
22.11.25	Northampton – Cardiff	1–3 (0–1)	3.40	3.50	2.01	2.03	1.83
08.11.25	Blackpool – Cardiff	3–1 (0–0)	3.50	3.40	1.96	1.93	1.93
25.10.25	Bolton – Cardiff	1–0 (0–0)	1.86	3.60	3.60	1.67	2.15
27.09.25	Wigan – Cardiff	0–2 (0–1)	2.65	3.30	2.45	2.08	1.73
13.09.25	Stockport – Cardiff	1–1 (1–0)	2.65	3.50	2.45	2.03	1.83
23.08.25	Luton – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	2.00	3.30	3.70	2.05	1.75

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1

Bradford winsDrawsCardiff wins

1matches

4.00goals / match

100%over 2.5

100%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
20.09.25E2	Cardiff – Bradford	1–3 (0–2)	1.79	3.50	4.20	1.85	2.00

England League One table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	25	16	4	5	43	25	+18	52
2	Lincoln	25	14	6	5	40	26	+14	48
3	Bradford	24	13	7	4	34	25	+9	46
4	Stockport	25	12	6	7	34	30	+4	42
5	Huddersfield	26	11	6	9	45	35	+10	39
6	Bolton	25	10	9	6	32	25	+7	39
7	Luton	25	11	5	9	35	30	+5	38
8	Stevenage	23	10	7	6	27	20	+7	37
9	Reading	24	9	8	7	32	28	+4	35
10	Peterboro	25	11	2	12	33	34	-1	35
11	Wycombe	25	8	9	8	32	28	+4	33
12	Mansfield	23	9	5	9	31	28	+3	32
13	AFC Wimbledon	24	9	4	11	27	33	-6	31
14	Exeter	24	9	3	12	25	23	+2	30
15	Wigan	24	7	9	8	26	27	-1	30
16	Plymouth	25	9	3	13	32	39	-7	30
17	Barnsley	21	8	5	8	33	33	0	29
18	Leyton Orient	25	8	5	12	36	42	-6	29
19	Blackpool	25	8	5	12	31	37	-6	29
20	Northampton	24	8	5	11	22	28	-6	29
21	Burton	24	7	6	11	23	34	-11	27
22	Rotherham	24	6	6	12	22	35	-13	24
23	Doncaster	24	6	5	13	24	41	-17	23
24	Port Vale	23	4	6	13	18	31	-13	18

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	13	11	0	2	30	15	+15	33
2	Lincoln	13	9	3	1	26	13	+13	30
3	Bradford	12	9	2	1	20	10	+10	29
4	Bolton	13	8	4	1	22	7	+15	28
5	Huddersfield	13	7	4	2	27	13	+14	25
6	Wycombe	13	7	3	3	24	13	+11	24
7	Luton	13	7	3	3	19	11	+8	24
8	Reading	13	7	3	3	16	12	+4	24
9	Stockport	13	6	3	4	17	16	+1	21
10	Exeter	11	6	2	3	17	8	+9	20
11	Leyton Orient	13	5	5	3	20	15	+5	20
12	Peterboro	13	6	2	5	19	14	+5	20
13	Stevenage	10	5	4	1	12	6	+6	19
14	Blackpool	13	5	4	4	21	19	+2	19
15	Wigan	11	5	3	3	12	8	+4	18
16	Northampton	12	5	3	4	13	10	+3	18
17	Mansfield	11	5	2	4	18	12	+6	17
18	Barnsley	10	5	1	4	20	16	+4	16
19	Rotherham	12	4	4	4	15	17	-2	16
20	AFC Wimbledon	11	4	3	4	10	8	+2	15
21	Doncaster	12	4	3	5	14	18	-4	15
22	Plymouth	13	4	2	7	14	19	-5	14
23	Burton	12	4	2	6	11	17	-6	14
24	Port Vale	11	2	3	6	10	13	-3	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stockport	12	6	3	3	17	14	+3	21
2	Cardiff	12	5	4	3	13	10	+3	19
3	Stevenage	13	5	3	5	15	14	+1	18
4	Lincoln	12	5	3	4	14	13	+1	18
5	Bradford	12	4	5	3	14	15	-1	17
6	Plymouth	12	5	1	6	18	20	-2	16
7	AFC Wimbledon	13	5	1	7	17	25	-8	16
8	Mansfield	12	4	3	5	13	16	-3	15
9	Peterboro	12	5	0	7	14	20	-6	15
10	Luton	12	4	2	6	16	19	-3	14
11	Huddersfield	13	4	2	7	18	22	-4	14
12	Barnsley	11	3	4	4	13	17	-4	13
13	Burton	12	3	4	5	12	17	-5	13
14	Wigan	13	2	6	5	14	19	-5	12
15	Reading	11	2	5	4	16	16	0	11
16	Bolton	12	2	5	5	10	18	-8	11
17	Northampton	12	3	2	7	9	18	-9	11
18	Exeter	13	3	1	9	8	15	-7	10
19	Blackpool	12	3	1	8	10	18	-8	10
20	Wycombe	12	1	6	5	8	15	-7	9
21	Port Vale	12	2	3	7	8	18	-10	9
22	Leyton Orient	12	3	0	9	16	27	-11	9
23	Rotherham	12	2	2	8	7	18	-11	8
24	Doncaster	12	2	2	8	10	23	-13	8

Bradford Cardiff

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	5	Huddersfield	26	10	16	1.7	1.3	11	6	9	45	35	39
2	18	Leyton Orient	25	10	15	1.4	1.7	8	5	12	36	42	29
3	3	Bradford	24	10	14	1.4	1.0	13	7	4	34	25	46
4	10	Peterboro	25	11	14	1.3	1.4	11	2	12	33	34	35
5	1	Cardiff	25	12	13	1.7	1.0	16	4	5	43	25	52
6	4	Stockport	25	12	13	1.4	1.2	12	6	7	34	30	42
7	7	Luton	25	12	13	1.4	1.2	11	5	9	35	30	38
8	22	Rotherham	24	11	13	0.9	1.5	6	6	12	22	35	24
9	2	Lincoln	25	13	12	1.6	1.0	14	6	5	40	26	48
10	12	Mansfield	23	11	12	1.3	1.2	9	5	9	31	28	32
11	13	AFC Wimbledon	24	12	12	1.1	1.4	9	4	11	27	33	31
12	16	Plymouth	25	13	12	1.3	1.6	9	3	13	32	39	30
13	17	Barnsley	21	9	12	1.6	1.6	8	5	8	33	33	29
14	19	Blackpool	25	13	12	1.2	1.5	8	5	12	31	37	29
15	21	Burton	24	12	12	1.0	1.4	7	6	11	23	34	27
16	23	Doncaster	24	12	12	1.0	1.7	6	5	13	24	41	23
17	11	Wycombe	25	14	11	1.3	1.1	8	9	8	32	28	33
18	6	Bolton	25	15	10	1.3	1.0	10	9	6	32	25	39
19	9	Reading	24	15	9	1.3	1.2	9	8	7	32	28	35
20	20	Northampton	24	15	9	0.9	1.2	8	5	11	22	28	29
21	24	Port Vale	23	14	9	0.8	1.3	4	6	13	18	31	18
22	8	Stevenage	23	15	8	1.2	0.9	10	7	6	27	20	37
23	14	Exeter	24	16	8	1.0	1.0	9	3	12	25	23	30
24	15	Wigan	24	17	7	1.1	1.1	7	9	8	26	27	30

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Cardiff	13	3	10	2.3	1.2	11	0	2	30	15	33
2	5	Huddersfield	13	5	8	2.1	1.0	7	4	2	27	13	25
3	19	Blackpool	13	5	8	1.6	1.5	5	4	4	21	19	19
4	2	Lincoln	13	6	7	2.0	1.0	9	3	1	26	13	30
5	3	Bradford	12	5	7	1.7	0.8	9	2	1	20	10	29
6	10	Peterboro	13	6	7	1.5	1.1	6	2	5	19	14	20
7	11	Wycombe	13	6	7	1.8	1.0	7	3	3	24	13	24
8	22	Rotherham	12	5	7	1.2	1.4	4	4	4	15	17	16
9	4	Stockport	13	7	6	1.3	1.2	6	3	4	17	16	21
10	6	Bolton	13	7	6	1.7	0.5	8	4	1	22	7	28
11	7	Luton	13	7	6	1.5	0.8	7	3	3	19	11	24
12	12	Mansfield	11	5	6	1.6	1.1	5	2	4	18	12	17
13	16	Plymouth	13	7	6	1.1	1.5	4	2	7	14	19	14
14	17	Barnsley	10	4	6	2.0	1.6	5	1	4	20	16	16
15	18	Leyton Orient	13	7	6	1.5	1.2	5	5	3	20	15	20
16	21	Burton	12	6	6	0.9	1.4	4	2	6	11	17	14
17	23	Doncaster	12	6	6	1.2	1.5	4	3	5	14	18	15
18	24	Port Vale	11	6	5	0.9	1.2	2	3	6	10	13	9
19	9	Reading	13	9	4	1.2	0.9	7	3	3	16	12	24
20	14	Exeter	11	7	4	1.5	0.7	6	2	3	17	8	20
21	20	Northampton	12	8	4	1.1	0.8	5	3	4	13	10	18
22	13	AFC Wimbledon	11	8	3	0.9	0.7	4	3	4	10	8	15
23	8	Stevenage	10	8	2	1.2	0.6	5	4	1	12	6	19
24	15	Wigan	11	9	2	1.1	0.7	5	3	3	12	8	18

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	13	AFC Wimbledon	13	4	9	1.3	1.9	5	1	7	17	25	16
2	18	Leyton Orient	12	3	9	1.3	2.2	3	0	9	16	27	9
3	5	Huddersfield	13	5	8	1.4	1.7	4	2	7	18	22	14
4	3	Bradford	12	5	7	1.2	1.2	4	5	3	14	15	17
5	4	Stockport	12	5	7	1.4	1.2	6	3	3	17	14	21
6	7	Luton	12	5	7	1.3	1.6	4	2	6	16	19	14
7	10	Peterboro	12	5	7	1.2	1.7	5	0	7	14	20	15
8	8	Stevenage	13	7	6	1.2	1.1	5	3	5	15	14	18
9	12	Mansfield	12	6	6	1.1	1.3	4	3	5	13	16	15
10	16	Plymouth	12	6	6	1.5	1.7	5	1	6	18	20	16
11	17	Barnsley	11	5	6	1.2	1.5	3	4	4	13	17	13
12	21	Burton	12	6	6	1.0	1.4	3	4	5	12	17	13
13	22	Rotherham	12	6	6	0.6	1.5	2	2	8	7	18	8
14	23	Doncaster	12	6	6	0.8	1.9	2	2	8	10	23	8
15	2	Lincoln	12	7	5	1.2	1.1	5	3	4	14	13	18
16	9	Reading	11	6	5	1.5	1.5	2	5	4	16	16	11
17	15	Wigan	13	8	5	1.1	1.5	2	6	5	14	19	12
18	20	Northampton	12	7	5	0.8	1.5	3	2	7	9	18	11
19	6	Bolton	12	8	4	0.8	1.5	2	5	5	10	18	11
20	11	Wycombe	12	8	4	0.7	1.2	1	6	5	8	15	9
21	14	Exeter	13	9	4	0.6	1.2	3	1	9	8	15	10
22	19	Blackpool	12	8	4	0.8	1.5	3	1	8	10	18	10
23	24	Port Vale	12	8	4	0.7	1.5	2	3	7	8	18	9
24	1	Cardiff	12	9	3	1.1	0.8	5	4	3	13	10	19

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.