Cardiff City U21 4-1 Colchester United U21 — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Professional Development League, 24 Feb 2026

📅24/02/2026 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
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
59%
1.37
Draw
17%
4.95
Away
24%
5.64
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
36%
Over 2.5
64%
Both Teams to Score
Yes
58%
1.46
No
42%
2.53
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
15%
2-3 Goals
42%
4-5 Goals
31%
6+ Goals
12%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
33%
1/2
5%
1/X
5%
X/1
21%
X/2
11%
X/X
7%
2/1
6%
2/2
8%
2/X
4%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
59%
Home Win
68%
-9.0pp
17%
Draw
17%
-0.2pp
24%
Away Win
15%
+9.2pp
58%
BTTS Yes
64%
-7.0pp
42%
BTTS No
36%
+7.0pp
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 U21 EU Bookmakers 73%
Head to Head
AWAY Colchester United U21 EU Bookmakers 18%
-4% / -4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / -1%
2.33/0.93 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.60/3.84
-16% / +20% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -50% / -38%
57% Ball Possession 43%
16 Total Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 4
382 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 242 · 72%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cardiff City U21
1W-2D-1L
AWAY Colchester United U21
0.75 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
15.03.2025 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 1-1 HT 1-0 Colchester United U21 Colchester United U21 INGPDL
06.12.2024 Colchester United U21 Colchester United U21 0-1 HT 0-0 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 INGPDL
26.02.2024 Colchester United U21 Colchester United U21 2-0 HT 2-0 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 INGPDL
16.02.2024 Cardiff City U21 Cardiff City U21 1-1 HT 0-1 Colchester United U21 Colchester United U21 INGPDL
FAQ Cardiff City U21 vs Colchester United U21
Match summary & frequently asked questions

Cardiff City U21 ran out comfortable winners over Colchester United U21 4-1 in the England - Professional Development League on 24 Feb 2026. Half-time: 1-0. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

The goals market leaned clearly over 2.5, at 64% and both teams to score was close to even at 58%.

Across their last 4 meetings in our records, honours are even at 1 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.75 goals for Cardiff City U21 and 1.00 for Colchester United U21.

What was the final score of Cardiff City U21 vs Colchester United U21?

Cardiff City U21 4-1 Colchester United U21 in the England - Professional Development League on 24/02/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Cardiff City U21 vs Colchester United U21?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cardiff City U21 win the most likely single outcome at about 59%, with the full match-result split Cardiff City U21 59%, draw 17%, Colchester United U21 24%. The final score 4-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cardiff City U21), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

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