Match summary
Cardiff won 2-1 away at QPR. Cardiff led 1-0 at half-time.
Dimitris Goutas put Cardiff ahead with a header in the 16th minute, Paul Smyth equalised in the 52nd minute, and Perry Ng won it with a header in the 74th minute.
There was little between the sides on chances: QPR created 0.77 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Cardiff 0.53 from 10.
Before kick-off
QPR win
39%
Avg odds 2.44
Draw
32%
Avg odds 2.99
Cardiff win
29%
Avg odds 3.25
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.