Cardiff City vs Swansea City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on January 18th, 2025

Cardiff City and Swansea City will be playing against each other on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, at 12:30h (UTC), in a Championship football game in England, check the Cardiff City vs Swansea City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cardiff City vs Swansea City will occur

The game is set to be played in the Cardiff City Stadium stadium, in the city of Cardiff, with a capacity for 33280 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Cardiff City vs Swansea City 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 2.48 goals per match played.

Cardiff City last match

Cardiff City come from a draw in the last match. The game against Watford, valid for the Championship, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by Ö. Riza lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

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 3.30 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

In this match, it is necessary to highlight Cian Ashford, even with the game ending in a draw. He was behind most of Cardiff City initiatives, but it was not enough to give the team victory.

Swansea City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for FA Cup, Swansea City, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Southampton team with a final score of 3-0.

The odds for their win, 4.75 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

Cardiff City vs Swansea City h2h

Swansea City was in 11th place in the Championship while Cardiff City was in 24th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Swansea City team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Cardiff City used in the match.

In the 2024/2025 football season, these teams played against each other on 25-08-2024 in a battle-themed Championship match which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Cardiff City

Championship leaderboard now

Cardiff City joins the match with 24 points. They rank in 21st place in the Championship, the team also suffers from a negative balance having won only 5 games, losing 12, and scoring 9 draws.

In the 27th round, the team has an advantage of 1 point over the Portsmouth team which is just below, in 22nd place and with 1 point less than Luton Town team that is in the 20th place.

Cardiff City analysis

After 26 rounds, Cardiff City has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 41 goals so far and scored 26 times.

Cardiff City average number of shots on net is 4.19 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

With 46.62% of ball possession averaged per game over the course of this league, Cardiff City can hardly be said to be the kind of team that imposes its textures on the field. However,in the next match of the season against Swansea City they will have to come down with a whole different attitude on the pitch, and try to build more scoring chances.

The relentless schedule ahead could prove to be a hurdle for Cardiff City in maintaining their peak performance during multiple games in a short span of time. Despite the odds predicting a closely fought contest between Cardiff City and Swansea City, the team's busy schedule could impact the result in favor of their opponents.

Best goalscorer from Cardiff City

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Callum Robinson. The Attacker has already scored 8 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Cardiff City, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Swansea City

Championship leaderboard now

Swansea City arrives in this game with 34 points, and in 12th place in the Championship, having won 9 games in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 7 draws.

Swansea City analysis

Swansea City counted 30 goals scored and 30 conceded at the end of Championship day number 26.

Ball possession above 50% usually enables teams to gain some control over their opponents. This is why the Swansea City team typically tries to achieve an average ball possession of 61.46% to control the game.

Swansea City is a more offensive team than Cardiff City, having 2687 attacks vs. 2305 from Cardiff City, having scored 30 times, in comparison, Cardiff City converted into goal 26 times.

Best goalscorer from Swansea City

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Liam Cullen. He has scored 8 times in the current season and has helped Swansea City come out with a positive result on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

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 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Swansea City is Liam Cullen, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

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

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Cardiff City 1 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Swansea City 0.77 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

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

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5.15 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.65 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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