Championship

Championship | Gameweek 46

May 3, 2025 at 12.30pm UK

Carrow Road

Norwich
4 - 2
Cardiff

Nunez (13', 17'), Sainz (23'), Duffy (67')
Wright (36'), Stacey (42'), Doyle (73')

FT(HT: 3-0)

Salech (56' pen., 84')
Ralls (10'), Bagan (64')
Chambers (16')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Norwich City and Cardiff City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Norwich City

All competitions

Last Game: Middlesbrough 0-0 Norwich
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Cardiff City

All competitions

Last Game: Cardiff 0-0 West Brom
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Norwich City win with a probability of 58.47%. A draw had a probability of 21.4% and a win for Cardiff City had a probability of 20.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Norwich City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.19%) and 2-0 (9.16%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.96%), while for a Cardiff City win it was 1-2 (5.39%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Norwich City would win this match.

Result
Norwich City	Draw	Cardiff City
58.47%	21.42% ( 0.19)	20.1% ( -0.19)

Both teams to score 57.13% (

-0.97)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

59.37% (

-1.14)

40.63% (

1.14)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

36.99% (

-1.18)

63.01% (

1.17)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

86.37% (

-0.37)

13.62% (

0.37)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

59.22% (

-0.74)

40.78% (

0.74)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.14% (

-0.84)

33.86% (

0.84)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.47% (

-0.92)

70.52% (

0.92)

Score Analysis

Norwich City 58.47%

Cardiff City 20.11%

Draw 21.42%

Norwich City	Draw	Cardiff City
2-1 @ 9.93% ( 0.02) 1-0 @ 9.19% ( 0.35) 2-0 @ 9.16% ( 0.23) 3-1 @ 6.6% ( -0.08) 3-0 @ 6.09% ( 0.07) 3-2 @ 3.57% ( -0.13) 4-1 @ 3.29% ( -0.08) 4-0 @ 3.04% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.78% ( -0.09) 5-1 @ 1.31% ( -0.05) 5-0 @ 1.21% ( -0.02) Other @ 3.31% Total : 58.47%	1-1 @ 9.96% ( 0.16) 2-2 @ 5.37% ( -0.11) 0-0 @ 4.61% ( 0.24) 3-3 @ 1.29% ( -0.08) Other @ 0.19% Total : 21.42%	1-2 @ 5.39% ( -0.04) 0-1 @ 5% ( 0.15) 0-2 @ 2.71% ( 0.02) 1-3 @ 1.95% ( -0.06) 2-3 @ 1.94% ( -0.09) 0-3 @ 0.98% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.15% Total : 20.11%