Bristol City U21 3-1 Cardiff City U21 — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Professional Development League, 20 Jan 2026

📅20/01/2026 · 🕒16:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 2-1
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
37%
2.33
Draw
27%
3.8
Away
36%
2.35
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
38%
Over 2.5
62%
Both Teams to Score
Yes
57%
1.32
No
43%
3.06
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
19%
2-3 Goals
39%
4-5 Goals
27%
6+ Goals
15%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
17%
1/2
4%
1/X
6%
X/1
15%
X/2
7%
X/X
15%
2/1
5%
2/2
24%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
37%
Home Win
39%
-1.8pp
27%
Draw
23%
+4.3pp
36%
Away Win
38%
-2.5pp
57%
BTTS Yes
72%
-14.7pp
43%
BTTS No
28%
+14.7pp
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 Bristol City U21 EU Bookmakers 43%
Head to Head
AWAY Cardiff City U21 EU Bookmakers 43%
-8% / -2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +12% / +12%
1.92/1.96 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 2.12/1.14
-1% / +5% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -2% / +69%
47% Ball Possession 53%
14 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 5
293 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 375 · 83%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Bristol City U21
0W-1D-4L
AWAY Cardiff City U21
0.80 Avg Goals (FT) 2.40
03.10.2025 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 2-1 HT 0-0 Bristol City U21 Bristol City U21 INGPDL
25.02.2025 Bristol City U21 Bristol City U21 1-1 HT 1-0 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 INGPDL
04.11.2024 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 4-1 HT 1-0 Bristol City U21 Bristol City U21 INGPDL
13.02.2024 Bristol City U21 Bristol City U21 1-2 HT 0-1 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 INGPDL
07.11.2023 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 3-0 HT 2-0 Bristol City U21 Bristol City U21 INGPDL
POST-MATCH Bristol City U21 vs Cardiff City U21
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Bristol City U21 saw off Cardiff City U21 3-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match split (37% / 27% / 36%) promised a tight game; Bristol City U21 found the edge the numbers couldn't. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (62%), both teams to score (57%), and both reads landed as well.

Coming into the game, across their last 5 meetings in our records, Cardiff City U21 led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.80 goals for Bristol City U21 and 2.40 for Cardiff City U21.

What was the final score of Bristol City U21 vs Cardiff City U21?

Bristol City U21 3-1 Cardiff City U21 in the England - Professional Development League on 20/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Bristol City U21 vs Cardiff City U21?

Before kick-off our model rated a Bristol City U21 win the most likely single outcome at about 37%, with the full match-result split Bristol City U21 37%, draw 27%, Cardiff City U21 36%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Bristol City U21), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Bristol City U21) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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