Bradford City vs Cardiff City Prediction — Model Probabilities
Bradford City v Cardiff City — Team-Based Signals
Bradford City vs Cardiff City Head-to-Head — Last 3 Meetings
Bradford City 1-2 Cardiff City — Actual Match Statistics
Cardiff City squeezed past Bradford City 2-1 away from home. Half-time: 0-2.
As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Cardiff City as the likeliest winner at 41%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. Nothing to argue with on goals either — both teams to score (55%) came home.
Under the surface, possession split 53% to 47% in Bradford City's favour, shots finished 12-10.
The head-to-head backdrop: across their last 3 meetings in our records, Bradford City had the better of it with 2 wins. Scoring in those meetings ran 1.67 a game for Bradford City against 0.67 for Cardiff City.
Bradford City vs Cardiff City Result & Final Score
Bradford City 1 - 2 Cardiff City in the England - 1st Division on 17/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.
Bradford City vs Cardiff City Prediction vs Result
Before kick-off our model rated an Cardiff City win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Bradford City 33%, draw 26%, Cardiff City 41%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cardiff City), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.