Match summary
Cardiff saw off Stoke 2-1. Cardiff led 2-1 at half-time.
Kion Etete put Cardiff ahead with a header in the 5th minute, Karlan Grant made it 2-0 in the 32nd minute, and Jun-Ho Bae pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 41st minute.
Stoke can feel hard done by, creating 2.09 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Cardiff's 0.54 from 11.
Before kick-off
Cardiff win
35%
Avg odds 2.74
Draw
30%
Avg odds 3.11
Stoke win
35%
Avg odds 2.74
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.