Stoke City 2-2 Cardiff City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 14 Dec 2024

📅14/12/2024 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
43%
1.96
Draw
28%
3.35
Away
29%
3.34
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
1.86
Over 2.5
49%
1.86
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.73
No
49%
1.99
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
26%
3.24
2-3 Goals
41%
1.75
4-5 Goals
22%
3.44
6+ Goals
11%
13.4
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.24 — our 26% vs market 24.5%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.75
1/2
8%
34.5
1/X
6%
13.35
X/1
16%
4.56
X/2
6%
7.44
X/X
13%
4.7
2/1
9%
25.0
2/2
14%
5.47
2/X
9%
13.85
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
44%
Home Win
47%
-3.6pp
28%
Draw
26%
+1.3pp
29%
Away Win
26%
+2.2pp
50%
Under 2.5
50%
+0.5pp
50%
Over 2.5
50%
-0.5pp
51%
BTTS Yes
54%
-2.5pp
49%
BTTS No
46%
+2.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Stoke City EU Bookmakers 51%
Head to Head
AWAY Cardiff City EU Bookmakers 30%
-11% / +3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +10% / +8%
1.27/1.02 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.98/1.33
-8% / -7% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +1% / +21%
53% Ball Possession 47%
14 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
333 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 304 · 75%
23.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.8
22.1 Crosses 15.3
2.0 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Stoke City
0W-4D-2L
AWAY Cardiff City
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
0.85 xG 0.89
58% Ball Possession 42%
9 Total Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 6
398 Passes 257
78% Pass Accuracy 71%
19 Box Touches 17
20 Crosses 19
1 Yellow Cards 2
24.02.2024 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-1 HT 2-1 Stoke City Stoke City İNCL
04.11.2023 Stoke City Stoke City 0-0 HT 0-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
22.04.2023 Cardiff City Cardiff City 1-1 HT 1-1 Stoke City Stoke City İNCL
10.12.2022 Stoke City Stoke City 2-2 HT 2-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
16.03.2022 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-1 HT 2-1 Stoke City Stoke City İNCL
30.10.2021 Stoke City Stoke City 3-3 HT 2-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Stoke City
2-2
AWAY Cardiff City
1.88 xG 1.89
58% Ball Possession 42%
14 Total Shots 19
5 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
348 Passes 260
83% Pass Accuracy 76%
25 Box Touches 23
19 Crosses 19
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Stoke City vs Cardiff City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Stoke City and Cardiff City shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Half-time: 1-1.

Our pre-match lean was Stoke City at 44%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, Stoke City had 58% of the ball to Cardiff City's 42%, shots finished 14-19, expected goals 1.88 to 1.89.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cardiff City led the recent series with 2 wins, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Stoke City and 1.67 for Cardiff City.

What was the final score of Stoke City vs Cardiff City?

Stoke City 2-2 Cardiff City in the England - Championship on 14/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Stoke City vs Cardiff City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Stoke City win the most likely single outcome at about 44%, with the full match-result split Stoke City 44%, draw 28%, Cardiff City 29%. The final score 2-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Stoke City) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Stoke City) ✓ BTTS Yes
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