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Match predictionOur tip: 2-1
Cardiff City vs Stoke City Prediction: Barry-Murphy Side Edges Tense Championship Clash
Cardiff City are bottom two and winless, having picked up just three points from their first five Championship games since winning promotion from League One. Stoke City arrive in better shape, sitting 13th with six points after back to back…
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- Matchweek 6 of the 2026-2027 Championship brings Cardiff City against Stoke City on 2026-09-08 (kick-off 19:45 GMT).
- In their last 10 matches, Referee S. Allison averaged 3-4 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 22 fouls.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Brian Barry-Murphy and M. Robins.
- Cardiff City currently rank 22nd (with 3 pts), versus Stoke City at 13th on 6 pts.
- Cardiff City have 3 players out: C. Chambers (Knee Injury), W. Fish (Hernia), D. Lawlor (Muscle Injury) but Stoke City have 5 players missing: A. Cresswell (Knee Injury), B. Gibson (Head Injury), A. Ampah (Hamstring Injury), S. Ingelsson (Injury), J. Tchamadeu (Knee Injury).
- We're predicting Cardiff City to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Stoke City are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw A. Robertson lead Cardiff City with a 7.6 TheyScored rating, and J. Griffiths top-rating for Stoke City at 7.9.
- Cardiff City were beaten 0-2 by Portsmouth, whereas Stoke City secured a win 4-0 against Charlton Athletic.
- Struggling form all round: Cardiff City are 0-2-3 and Stoke City are 2-1-2 in their recent 5 matches.
- This one's been tight: in 25 head-to-head games, Cardiff City have won 7 games, Stoke City 7 games, and there've been 11 draws.
- Our model forecasts 2-1 for Cardiff City, bolstered by their 0-2-0 home record and an average of 1.50 goals per game.
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Cardiff is going head to head with Stoke on 8/9/2026 18:45 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Cardiff v Stoke H2H statistics!