Cardiff City 4-0 Plymouth Argyle — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - 1st Division, 30 Aug 2025

📅30/08/2025 · 🕒14:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 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
60%
1.57
Draw
22%
3.8
Away
18%
4.75
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
1.97
Over 2.5
50%
1.75
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.82
No
49%
1.88
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
3.41
2-3 Goals
41%
1.75
4-5 Goals
22%
3.12
6+ Goals
10%
10.95
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
26%
1.97
1/2
4%
34.5
1/X
7%
15.3
X/1
25%
3.98
X/2
6%
10.6
X/X
11%
5.58
2/1 EV+ ✗
9%
21.95
2/2
8%
8.6
2/X
4%
17.2
Value flag · 2/1 at 21.95 — our 9% vs market 2.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
60%
Home Win
59%
+1.0pp
22%
Draw
23%
-1.4pp
18%
Away Win
18%
+0.4pp
50%
Under 2.5
47%
+3.1pp
50%
Over 2.5
53%
-3.1pp
51%
BTTS Yes
51%
-0.1pp
49%
BTTS No
49%
+0.1pp
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 64%
Head to Head
AWAY Plymouth Argyle EU Bookmakers 21%
+15% / +18% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / -7%
1.80/0.50 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.89/1.78
+30% / +75% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +6% / -15%
56% Ball Possession 44%
14 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
316 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 264 · 70%
27.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.8
14.5 Crosses 15.8
2.5 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cardiff City
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Plymouth Argyle
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.17 xG 1.31
49% Ball Possession 51%
14 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 3
355 Passes 350
78% Pass Accuracy 80%
14 Box Touches 29
18 Crosses 12
2 Yellow Cards 3
22.02.2025 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1-1 HT 0-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
19.10.2024 Cardiff City Cardiff City 5-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle İNCL
20.01.2024 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3-1 HT 1-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
26.12.2023 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-2 HT 1-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle İNCL
21.07.2017 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 0-1 HT 0-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City HAZ
26.12.2009 Cardiff City Cardiff City 0-1 HT 0-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cardiff City
4-0
AWAY Plymouth Argyle
1.52 xG 0.37
55% Ball Possession 45%
16 Total Shots 8
10 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
394 Passes 286
86% Pass Accuracy 76%
36 Box Touches 23
14 Crosses 19
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Cardiff City vs Plymouth Argyle
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cardiff City ran out comfortable winners over Plymouth Argyle 4-0. Half-time: 2-0.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Cardiff City as the likeliest winner at 60%, and the 4-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, Cardiff City had 55% of the ball to Plymouth Argyle's 45%, shots finished 16-8, expected goals 1.52 to 0.37.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Cardiff City and 1.17 for Plymouth Argyle.

What was the final score of Cardiff City vs Plymouth Argyle?

Cardiff City 4-0 Plymouth Argyle in the England - 1st Division on 30/08/2025. 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 Plymouth Argyle?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cardiff City win the most likely single outcome at about 60%, with the full match-result split Cardiff City 60%, draw 22%, Plymouth Argyle 18%. The final score 4-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cardiff City) — while BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Cardiff City) ✗ BTTS Yes
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