Cardiff City vs Exeter City – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

Result
1:0
26/12/2025 at 10:00 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))
  • League One - Round 22
  • Referee: Reeves T. (Eng)
  • Where to Watch on TV:
united-kingdomUnited-kingdomSky Sports+

Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
1.580.34
Ball Possession
60%40%
Total shots
139
Shots on target
41
Big Chances
30
Corner Kicks
54
Passes
88% (469/535)76% (265/349)
Yellow Cards
31
Expected Goals (xG)
1.580.34
xG on target (xGOT)
1.260.01
Total shots
139
Shots on target
41
Shots off target
31
Blocked Shots
67
Shots inside the Box
76
Shots outside the Box
63
Hit the Woodwork
10
Big Chances
30
Corner Kicks
54
Touches in opposition box
2618
Accurate through passes
10
Offsides
12
Free Kicks
127
Passes
88% (469/535)76% (265/349)
Long passes
64% (36/56)44% (28/63)
Passes in final third
79% (129/164)58% (42/73)
Crosses
18% (4/22)29% (5/17)
Expected assists (xA)
0.960.30
Throw-ins
2610
Fouls
712
Tackles
67% (6/9)67% (16/24)
Duels won
5049
Clearances
2232
Interceptions
810
Errors leading to shot
00
Errors leading to goal
00
Goalkeeper Saves
14
xGOT faced
0.011.26
Goals prevented
0.010.26

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (0 - 0)
  • 2nd Half (1 - 0)
  • 53', 1 - 0, Robertson A. , Lawlor D. (A),
  • 56', Davies I. 🟨,
  • 57', Davies I. , Willock C. ,
  • 65', Higgins A. , Cole R. ,
  • 79', Robertson A. , Colwill J. ,
  • 79', Kellyman O. , Turnbull D. ,
  • 80', Ng P. , Kpakio R. ,
  • 80', Brierley E. , Oakes L. ,
  • 80', Aitchison J. , Mendes C. ,
  • 80', Doyle-Hayes J. , McDonald K. ,
  • 82', Oakes L. 🟨,
  • 87', Bagan J. 🟨,
  • 89', Chambers C. 🟨,
  • 90+6', Ashford C. , Fish W. ,

Highlights

Chances of winning


Cardiff City
58.9%
Draw
22.8%
Exeter City
18.3%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
58.1% 23.3% 18.6%

Our Initial ML Estimation

60.5% 22.4% 17.9%

Cardiff City - Exeter City Odds

1 X 2 Marga
Avarage Now
(Initially)
1.59
(1.61)
4.14
(4.02)
5.06
(5.02)
6.8%
(6.9%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 2.75
What is the prediction for Cardiff City - Exeter City?
  • High ROI Users Predictions (ROI>2%): 1 high ROI users predict this event. Cardiff (votes: 1 - 100%).
  • Users Predictions: Cardiff City will win (21 of 22 users predict this - 95.45%).
    Confidence interval (95%): 86.74%100%.
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 2:1.
  • Preview Facts
    • A leader and an outsider will face off in this match (ranked 1 in the zone Promotion ~ Championship and 20).
    • Both teams are showing inconsistent performances lately.
    • Exeter may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.
    • In this match, Cardiff is a strong favorite.
    • There will not play in Cardiff: Alnwick J. (Personal Reasons) Colwill R. (Injury) King E. (Knee Injury) Osho G. (Injury)
    • There will not play in Exeter: Andrew D. (Inactive) Borges P. (Knee Injury) Magennis J. (Inactive) Rydel R. (Inactive) Turns E. (Inactive) Yfeko J. (Inactive)
    • In the last 2 head-to-head matches, Cardiff won 1 match, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 1:3. (average 0.5:1.5).
    • Including home match between the teams, Cardiff won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 0:3.
    What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?
    The latest head-to-head matches between Cardiff City - Exeter City were as follows:
    16.09.2025 Exeter City - Cardiff City 0:1
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