Cardiff City 3-0 Swansea City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 18 Jan 2025

📅18/01/2025 · 🕒15:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
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
38%
2.53
Draw
27%
3.04
Away
35%
2.62
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
1.54
Over 2.5
49%
2.33
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
2.03
No
49%
1.7
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
29%
2.28
2-3 Goals
38%
1.75
4-5 Goals
24%
4.94
6+ Goals
9%
30.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
4.03
1/2
9%
34.5
1/X
9%
14.25
X/1
7%
5.34
X/2
10%
5.4
X/X
11%
3.77
2/1
7%
34.5
2/2
16%
4.11
2/X
7%
14.25
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
38%
Home Win
36%
+1.8pp
27%
Draw
30%
-2.6pp
35%
Away Win
35%
+0.8pp
51%
Under 2.5
61%
-9.8pp
49%
Over 2.5
39%
+9.8pp
51%
BTTS Yes
45%
+6.0pp
49%
BTTS No
55%
-6.0pp
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 Cardiff City EU Bookmakers 40%
Head to Head
AWAY Swansea City EU Bookmakers 38%
-8% / -15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +4% / +1%
0.99/1.26 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.31/1.34
-31% / -1% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +12% / -12%
45% Ball Possession 55%
12 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
282 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 358 · 78%
19.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.2
19.4 Crosses 17.7
1.8 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cardiff City
1W-1D-4L
AWAY Swansea City
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
0.83 xG 1.59
39% Ball Possession 61%
9 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 5
229 Passes 436
70% Pass Accuracy 83%
17 Box Touches 21
18 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
25.08.2024 Swansea City Swansea City 1-1 HT 1-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
16.03.2024 Swansea City Swansea City 2-0 HT 1-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
16.09.2023 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-0 HT 0-0 Swansea City Swansea City İNCL
01.04.2023 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-3 HT 1-2 Swansea City Swansea City İNCL
23.10.2022 Swansea City Swansea City 2-0 HT 1-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
02.04.2022 Cardiff City Cardiff City 0-4 HT 0-1 Swansea City Swansea City İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cardiff City
3-0
AWAY Swansea City
0.85 xG 0.33
30% Ball Possession 70%
11 Total Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 6
117 Passes 414
57% Pass Accuracy 84%
13 Box Touches 11
18 Crosses 21
1 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Cardiff City vs Swansea City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cardiff City ran out comfortable winners over Swansea City 3-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match split (38% / 27% / 35%) promised a tight game; Cardiff City found the edge the numbers couldn't.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 49% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, Cardiff City had 30% of the ball to Swansea City's 70%, shots finished 11-6, expected goals 0.85 to 0.33.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Swansea City led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Cardiff City and 2.00 for Swansea City.

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

Cardiff City 3-0 Swansea City in the England - Championship on 18/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

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

Before kick-off our model rated a Cardiff City win the most likely single outcome at about 38%, with the full match-result split Cardiff City 38%, draw 27%, Swansea City 35%. The final score 3-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cardiff City) — while Under 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Cardiff City) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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