Cardiff City vs Reading prediction for Friday’s Championship round 33 fixture at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff. You can follow our free predictions betting tips and preview on this page.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Cardiff City to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals – 1.64
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Cardiff City 0 Goal Handicap – 1.52
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Correct Score Group Bet 0-0 or 1-0 or 0-1 – 2.80
Cardiff City to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals
According to the statistics, the chance of Cardiff City winning this game is 25% while Reading’s is 19%. In addition, Reading lost 11 of their 16 away games. The stats are showing a 78% possibility for this match to produce under 3.5 goals.
Cardiff City 0 Goal Handicap
Cardiff’s home record of four wins and five draws indicates that they were able to cover the 0 goal handicap in all nine games. Reading meanwhile failed against the handicap in 13 of their 16 away games in the Championship.
Correct Score Group Bet 0-0 or 1-0 or 0-1
This group of scores is the most frequent in both teams’ matches. In detail, 16 of Cardiff City’s matches of which nine were at home in the Championship this season. The same trend happened in six of Reading’s away games.
Cardiff City
After a four-match losing streak and a 12-match winless run, Cardiff City finally found a much sought-after win by beating Birmingham 0-2 in round 32. The Bluebirds have lost five of their last eight matches and with the three points picked up in Birmingham, they raised their points tally to 32 in the 21st position.
Cardiff City’s majority of matches have been low-scoring ones this term with 75% of their Championship games producing under 2.5 goals. Moreover, with just 24 goals scored in 32 games with an average of 0.75 goals per game, the Bluebirds have the league’s weakest attack.
Reading
With the 2-1 home win over Rotherham in the previous round, Reading went back to winning ways after six winless matches in the Championship. The Royals find themselves in a safe zone in the 13th position with 41 points as they lost some ground with the top six after picking up six points in seven games.
Since the beginning of the season, Reading have picked up an average of 1.32 points per game in the league. Reading’s stats show that they picked up an average of 1.13 points in the last eight rounds which is 14.4% less than their season’s average. Reading have conceded at least a goal in each of their last nine matches.
The bookmakers are favoring Cardiff City to win this match since the statistics are showing that they have a better home record at home than Reading do in their away games. Still, we prefer to back a Cardiff City double chance combined with under 3.5 goals.
Cardiff City’s average number of corners won this term is 4.88 while Reading’s is 4.71. The total average number of corners in Cardiff’s matches is 9.89 and in Reading’s is 9.52. with odds of 2.60 at 1xBet, we predict the total corners in this match to be between nine to 11.
Tom Ince has been in fantastic form for Reading this season and we can see it in his statistics. The 31-year-old can play in midfield or as a striker and in both cases scored seven goals and added four assists to his name. In addition, with an average rating of 7.00, Ince is Reading’s best player of the season so far.
Ebou Adams and Jamilu Collins are both injured and will miss this game for Cardiff City.
On Reading’s side, Hutchinson and Tetek are on the injury list.
Cardiff City: Allsopp; Ng, McGinness, Kipre, Romeo, O’Dowda; Rinomhota, Sawyers, Wintle; Etete, Kaba;
Reading: Lumley; Sarr, Mbengue, Hoilett, Baba; Ince, McIntyre, Hendrick; Long, Carroll;
This match will be played at Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff (Caerdydd))
The starting whistle will sound on February 17th, 2023. 20:00 UTC.
1xBet, bet365, Sky Sports Football.