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Cardiff v Blackpool, EFL League One, Sat, 21 Mar 2026: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Sat, 21 Mar 2026

CardiffHome
00Full time, half-time 0–0
BlackpoolAway

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

DWWWLLeague form, oldest to newestLWWWW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Cardiff City Stadium. Photo: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Cardiff have 19 scored home results and Blackpool 19 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cardiff at home: 2.26 points per match (19 measured matches); Blackpool away: 0.63 points per match (19 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cardiff scored 2.21 per home match (19 measured matches); Blackpool scored 0.89 away (19). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.31 per club appearance across 896 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 19 of 38 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 5. Cardiff: 2 wins; Blackpool: 1 wins; draws: 2.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00
Second half00

The match in numbers

CardiffBlackpool
  • 26Shots6
  • 5Shots on target1
  • 11Corners2
  • 6Fouls8
  • 2Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Cardiff

  • Shots26
  • On target5
  • Goals0

19% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Blackpool

  • Shots6
  • On target1
  • Goals0

17% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

5 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

2
Cardiff wins
2
Draws
1
Blackpool wins
Goals / meeting
2.80
14 goals in 5 meetings
Both scored
80%
4 of 5 meetings
Over 1.5
100%
5 of 5 meetings
Over 2.5
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Over 3.5
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Cardiff clean sheets
20%
1 of 5 meetings
Blackpool clean sheets
0%
0 of 5 meetings
Corners / meeting
8.40
5 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.80
5 with card data
  1. Blackpool v CardiffSat, 8 Nov 2025 · EFL League One 2025-263–1HT 0–0
  2. Blackpool v CardiffFri, 7 Apr 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-231–3HT 0–3
  3. Cardiff v BlackpoolSat, 17 Dec 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-231–1HT 1–0
  4. Cardiff v BlackpoolSat, 19 Feb 2022 · EFL Championship 2021-221–1HT 0–1
  5. Blackpool v CardiffSat, 14 Aug 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-220–2HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Cardiff at homeWDLDDW
Blackpool awayWWLLLL

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Cardiff at home, Blackpool away
  • 43%
    Both teams scored
    League 53%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 96%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 94%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 67%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 51%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 28%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 17%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 12%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.63
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 31%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.06
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 64%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 53%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 42%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.7
    Cards per match
    League 3.78
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Home and awayOverall
Cardiff at home, Blackpool away
Cardiff (home)Blackpool (away)
2Position13
LDWWWLast 5, oldest to newestLDLWW
23Played23
2.30Points per match0.83
74%Win %22%
2.17Scored / match0.83
1.00Conceded / match1.57
3.17Avg total goals2.39
48%Both scored39%
39%Clean sheets22%
17%Failed to score44%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CardiffBlackpool
  • 0.831st half scored / match0.30
  • 0.431st half conceded / match0.35
  • 1.352nd half scored / match0.52
  • 0.572nd half conceded / match1.22
  • 35%Leading at half-time13%
  • 65%1st half over 0.544%
  • 39%1st half over 1.517%
  • 83%2nd half over 0.596%
  • 70%2nd half over 1.544%
  • 39%Scored in both halves9%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cardiff at home, Blackpool away, this season.

Goals

CardiffBlackpool
  • 2.17Scored / match0.83
  • 1.00Conceded / match1.57
  • 3.17Match total / match2.39
  • 83%Scored 1+57%
  • 61%Scored 2+22%
  • 61%Conceded 1+78%
  • 26%Conceded 2+39%
  • 78%Match over 1.557%
  • 61%Match over 2.544%
  • 39%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

CardiffBlackpool
  • 16.83Shots for8.70
  • 10.26Shots against15.04
  • 6.13On target for2.74
  • 3.43On target against4.52
  • 13%Shot conversion10%

Corners

CardiffBlackpool
  • 6.48Corners for4.26
  • 3.87Corners against6.22
  • 10.35Match total10.48
  • 83%Over 7.587%
  • 78%Over 8.561%
  • 61%Over 9.561%
  • 39%Over 10.544%
  • 30%Over 11.535%

Cards

CardiffBlackpool
  • 1.78Cards for2.43
  • 1.65Cards against1.48
  • 3.43Match total3.91
  • 70%Over 2.570%
  • 52%Over 3.561%
  • 26%Over 4.539%
  • 9%Over 5.526%
  • 9.74Fouls committed11.61
Referee this season
S Parkinson
Matches
10
Cards / match
4.00
10 matches
Over 3.5 cards
50%
10 matches
Over 4.5 cards
40%
10 matches
Fouls / match
25.00
10 matches

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
1Lincoln4648103
2Cardiff464091
3Stockport461377
4Bradford46777
11Wycombe461163
12Reading46463
13Blackpool46-1160
14Doncaster46-1960
15Barnsley46-559
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