Backed by their home crowd, Cardiff will fancy their chances of causing one of the surprises of the opening Championship weekend. However, this feels like a strong Norwich squad for a second-tier campaign and we feel that the visitors will edge this contest by the odd goal in three. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats, suggests the most likely outcome of this match is a Norwich City win with a probability of 50.71%. A win for Cardiff City has a probability of 24.96% and a draw has a probability of 24.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Norwich City win is 0-1 with a probability of 10.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 1-2 (9.61%) and 0-2 (8.79%). The likeliest Cardiff City win is 1-0 (6.93%), while for a drawn scoreline it is 1-1 (11.54%).

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Norwich City
24.96% ( -1.97)	24.33% ( -0.68)	50.71% ( 2.66)

Both teams to score 53.9% (

0.37)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.04% (

1.35)

47.96% (

-1.34)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.87% (

1.23)

70.13% (

-1.22)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.49% (

-0.88)

33.52% (

0.89)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.85% (

-0.98)

70.16% (

0.98)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.08% (

1.62)

18.93% (

-1.62)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

49.57% (

2.63)

50.43% (

-2.63)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 24.96%

Norwich City 50.7%

Draw 24.33%

Cardiff City	Draw	Norwich City
1-0 @ 6.93% ( -0.57) 2-1 @ 6.31% ( -0.34) 2-0 @ 3.79% ( -0.41) 3-1 @ 2.3% ( -0.19) 3-2 @ 1.91% ( -0.05) 3-0 @ 1.38% ( -0.19) Other @ 2.33% Total : 24.96%	1-1 @ 11.54% ( -0.34) 0-0 @ 6.34% ( -0.36) 2-2 @ 5.25% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.06% ( 0.03) Other @ 0.13% Total : 24.33%	0-1 @ 10.55% ( -0.05) 1-2 @ 9.61% ( 0.21) 0-2 @ 8.79% ( 0.39) 1-3 @ 5.33% ( 0.37) 0-3 @ 4.88% ( 0.45) 2-3 @ 2.91% ( 0.14) 1-4 @ 2.22% ( 0.26) 0-4 @ 2.03% ( 0.28) 2-4 @ 1.21% ( 0.11) Other @ 3.17% Total : 50.7%