Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 25 Jan 2025

📅25/01/2025 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 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%
2.02
Draw
27%
3.11
Away
30%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
60%
1.56
Over 2.5
40%
2.29
Both Teams to Score
Yes
40%
2.06
No
60%
1.68
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
35%
2.32
2-3 Goals
37%
1.75
4-5 Goals
19%
4.84
6+ Goals
9%
28.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.91
1/2
8%
34.5
1/X
6%
14.25
X/1
18%
4.43
X/2
14%
7.14
X/X
13%
3.85
2/1
7%
30.5
2/2
8%
6.02
2/X
7%
15.2
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
43%
Home Win
46%
-2.5pp
27%
Draw
29%
-2.1pp
30%
Away Win
26%
+4.6pp
60%
Under 2.5
60%
-0.2pp
40%
Over 2.5
40%
+0.2pp
40%
BTTS Yes
44%
-4.6pp
60%
BTTS No
56%
+4.6pp
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 50%
Head to Head
AWAY Derby County EU Bookmakers 29%
-2% / -15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -6% / -26%
1.32/1.21 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.98/1.37
-3% / -6% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -1% / -20%
50% Ball Possession 50%
13 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
315 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 319 · 75%
23.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.2
22.6 Crosses 18.6
1.4 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cardiff City
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Derby County
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.32 xG 0.85
42% Ball Possession 58%
10 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 5
295 Passes 453
78% Pass Accuracy 82%
17 Box Touches 21
19 Crosses 18
2 Yellow Cards 2
14.09.2024 Derby County Derby County 1-0 HT 1-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
07.05.2022 Derby County Derby County 0-1 HT 0-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
01.03.2022 Cardiff City Cardiff City 1-0 HT 0-0 Derby County Derby County İNCL
02.03.2021 Cardiff City Cardiff City 4-0 HT 1-0 Derby County Derby County İNCL
28.10.2020 Derby County Derby County 1-1 HT 1-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
14.07.2020 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-1 HT 1-1 Derby County Derby County İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cardiff City
2-1
AWAY Derby County
2.27 xG 1.21
47% Ball Possession 53%
17 Total Shots 9
9 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 10
191 Passes 215
65% Pass Accuracy 67%
24 Box Touches 15
12 Crosses 24
2 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Cardiff City vs Derby County
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cardiff City nicked a narrow win over Derby County 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we said in the preview, our model had Cardiff City as the likeliest winner at 43%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (60%), no to both teams scoring (60%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Cardiff City had 47% of the ball to Derby County's 53%, shots finished 17-9, expected goals 2.27 to 1.21.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cardiff City had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Cardiff City and 0.50 for Derby County.

What was the final score of Cardiff City vs Derby County?

Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County in the England - Championship on 25/01/2025. 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 Derby County?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cardiff City win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Cardiff City 43%, draw 27%, Derby County 30%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cardiff City) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Cardiff City) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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