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Championship · Matchweek 27

Cardiff City

CAR

Wolverhampton Wanderers

WOL

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Cardiff32%
Draw28%
Wolves40%

Expected goals

1.26 – 1.42

Over 2.5

49%

Both to score

55%

Fair handicap

0.25

Most likely scorelines

  • 1–112.4%
  • 0–110.1%
  • 1–08.8%
  • 1–28.7%
  • 0–08.0%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

52%Possession53%
37%Territory36%
22%From set plays15%
0.13Chance quality0.09
6.5%Directness5.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Cardiff, 4 for Wolves. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.