Cardiff City vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on December 11th, 2024

Cardiff City and Preston North End will meet each other on December 11th, 2024, Wednesday at 19:45h (UTC), in an event counting for the Championship in England, check the Cardiff City vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cardiff City vs Preston North End will occur

The game will be played in the small Cardiff City Stadium stadium, in the city of Cardiff, with a capacity for 26828 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Cardiff City vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.46 goals per match played.

Cardiff City last match

Cardiff City comes from a draw recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Coventry City, in a match valid for Championship, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 2-2. On the field, Ö. Riza's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

This draw (odd 4.00) can be considered a good result, especially considering that the other team was the big favorite.

What remains for the memory of this meeting that ended up tied was how Yakou Méïté stood out. The Cardiff City team's actions were almost all directed by him, but they could not reach the win even so.

Preston North End last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Preston North End, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Sheffield Wednesday team with a final score of 1-1.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.25 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Cardiff City vs Preston North End h2h

The last time Preston North End faced Cardiff City it was in Championship. Preston North End, then in 10th place opened with a play using the 3-5-2 formation, while Cardiff City, who was in 13th place, played using a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

It was on 10-02-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 0-2 win for Preston North End, was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the Championship.

In charge of this football game will be J. Linington, while A. James and A. Nelson will assist him.

Cardiff City

Championship leaderboard now

Cardiff City joins the match with 17 points. They rank in 21st place in the Championship, the team also suffers from a negative balance having won only 4 games, losing 9, and scoring 5 draws.

This means that, in the 20th round, the team has the same score, and the Plymouth Argyle team is just behind in 22nd place.

Cardiff City analysis

The goal difference is not positive for Cardiff City: at the end of the round 19 it registers 17 goals scored against 28 taken by its goalkeeper.

Recent results have shown that Cardiff City is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

Cardiff City has a ball possession percentage of 49.11% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Preston North End and especially that the team will score more goals.

Best goalscorer from Cardiff City

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Callum Robinson. The Attacker has scored 5 times in this competition and helped Cardiff City avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Preston North End

Championship leaderboard now

Preston North End arrives in this game with 19 points, and in 17th place in the Championship, having won 3 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 10 draws.

Which means that in the 20th round, the team has, the same score that the Luton Town team who is in the position 18.

Preston North End analysis

Preston North End, after 19 rounds, has conceded more goals than it has scored. The goals scored are in fact 18 while 26 are those conceded to opponents.

Team with a low scoring efficiency, the average goals scored do not exceed 0.95 per game. With a low score efficiency and playing away from home, this could be decisive for a bad result.

Best goalscorer from Preston North End

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Emil Riis. With 5 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Preston North End team achieving several victories this season.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Cardiff City is Callum Robinson, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Preston North End is Emil Riis, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Preston North End scores an average of 0.89 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.2 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Cardiff City has an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game over the 19 rounds, while Preston North End has an average of 2.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.74 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Preston North End side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Cardiff City who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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