England - EFL League OneData current as of 23 July 2026

Wycombe Wanderers vs Cardiff City: match statistics

130%(2.41)
X25%(3.18)
245%(2.56)

Cardiff City sit top of the table with an impressive record of 15 wins this season, while Wycombe Wanderers are currently in 9th place. The hosts have displayed poor form in their last five matches (1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses), whereas the visitors are in solid shape with 3 wins in their last 5 outings. Cardiff boasts a significant advantage in possession (63% vs 53%) and an impressive away clean sheet rate of 50%. Although Wycombe has a strong home record (55% win rate), Cardiff wins 50% of their away fixtures, which, combined with their status as league leaders, makes them the favorite. Furthermore, the visitors have scored 40 goals this season while conceding just 23, highlighting both their attacking efficiency and defensive solidity.

Wycombe Wanderers vs Cardiff City: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Wycombe Wanderers play Cardiff City in EFL League One (England). The match date is 1 January 2026 at 16:00. Final score: 1:1.

Current form

Wycombe Wanderers: 1-1-3, 0.80 points/match. Cardiff City: 3-1-1, 2.00 points/match.

Goal statistics

Wycombe Wanderers scores 1.50 and concedes 1.26 goals per match. Cardiff City scores 1.96 and concedes 1.09. League average: 2.62 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Wycombe Wanderers 52%, Cardiff City 54%. Over 2.5: Wycombe Wanderers 52%, Cardiff City 54%. League level: BTTS 52%, Over 2.5 51%.

xG, shots and style

Cardiff City has higher xG: 1.81 vs 1.53. Wycombe Wanderers: 13.2 shots per match, Cardiff City: 16.0.

Match halves

Wycombe Wanderers: half-time lead 41%, second-half goals 0.87. Cardiff City: half-time lead 33%, second-half goals 1.24.

Goals by minute

Wycombe Wanderers: 76-90+ (18 goals). Cardiff City: 76-90+ (22 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

League One: 2.62 goals per match, BTTS 52%, Over 2.5 51%.

Head-to-head

1 H2H matches: 1-0-0. Average goals 2.00, BTTS 0%.

Match description

Cardiff City sit top of the table with an impressive record of 15 wins this season, while Wycombe Wanderers are currently in 9th place. The hosts have displayed poor form in their last five matches (1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses), whereas the visitors are in solid shape with 3 wins in their last 5 outings. Cardiff boasts a significant advantage in possession (63% vs 53%) and an impressive away clean sheet rate of 50%. Although Wycombe has a strong home record (55% win rate), Cardiff wins 50% of their away fixtures, which, combined with their status as league leaders, makes them the favorite. Furthermore, the visitors have scored 40 goals this season while conceding just 23, highlighting both their attacking efficiency and defensive solidity.

Half-by-half

1 : 1
1st half
0 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

34Possession (%)66
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
9Shots17
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
2Shots on target6
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
0.99xG1.99
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
2Corners2
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
38Dangerous attacks69
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
6Fouls11
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
1Cards3
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
1.5Goals scored / match1.96
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
1.26Goals conceded / match1.09
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
54%Average possession63%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
4.74Shots on target / match5.43
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

13.2Shots per match15.98
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
4.74Shots on target5.43
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
11.4%Shot conversion12.2%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
54%Possession63%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
1.53xG for1.81
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
1.25xG against1.28
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

Shooting quality

Wycombe Wanderers: BalancedCardiff City: Dominant
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
Accuracy (shots on target)36%34%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.320.36

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Cardiff City is 150% better for: last-5 form.

0.8 pts / match - Wycombe Wanderers · 2 pts / match - Cardiff City

Wycombe Wanderers
LDLLW
Season result split
37% W26% R37% P
Season (W-D-L)
17-12-17
1.37 pts / match · goal difference +11
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-1-3
0.80 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
13-3-7
Last 5 at home
2-0-3
LWLLW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.0Goals conceded: 2.4xG: 1.83Opponent xG: 1.27BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 80%
Cardiff City
DWWWL
Season result split
59% W22% R20% P
Season (W-D-L)
27-10-9
1.98 pts / match · goal difference +40
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
10-8-5
Last 5 away
2-2-1
WDDWL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.8Goals conceded: 1.6xG: 2.04Opponent xG: 1.42BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Cardiff City is 31% better for: goals scored per match.

1.5 goals / match - Wycombe Wanderers · 1.96 goals / match - Cardiff City

Cardiff City is 16% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.26 goals / match - Wycombe Wanderers · 1.09 goals / match - Cardiff City

Wycombe Wanderers scoring profile: strong

Wycombe Wanderers scores in 76% of matches (35 of 46 matches), while Cardiff City keeps a clean sheet in 37% (17 of 46 matches).

Cardiff City scoring profile: very strong

Cardiff City scores in 87% of matches (40 of 46 matches), while Wycombe Wanderers keeps a clean sheet in 30% (14 of 46 matches).

69Goals scored (season)90
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
58Goals conceded (season)50
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
2.76Average goals in match3.04
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
10Goals scored (last 5)14
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
12Goals conceded (last 5)8
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

How often they score at least...

76%1 goal87%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
46%2 goals52%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
22%3 goals35%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
7%4 goals20%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

How often they concede at least...

70%1 goal63%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
39%2 goals24%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
13%3 goals13%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
4%4 goals4%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

52%
Wycombe Wanderers - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.24 of 46 matches
52%
League average

Goal patterns

13%BTTS at half-time20%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
0%BTTS in both halves4%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
33%Scored in both halves33%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

BTTS and goal count

39%Min. 3 goals and BTTS39%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
13%Min. 3 goals without BTTS15%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
80%BTTS - last 580%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

80%Min. 1 goal before half-time67%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
35%Min. 2 goals before half-time35%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
9%Min. 3 goals before half-time11%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

2nd half

85%Min. 1 goal after half-time83%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
35%Min. 2 goals after half-time59%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
20%Min. 3 goals after half-time26%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Wycombe Wanderers - half-time state
41% leading26% draw33% trailing
Cardiff City - half-time state
33% leading48% draw20% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.5Points per match (1st half)1.46
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
0.63Goals scored (1st half)0.72
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
0.65Goals conceded (1st half)0.5
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
1.28Average goals (1st half)1.22
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
57%Clean sheet before half-time63%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
50%No goal before half-time50%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

After half-time (2nd half)

1.7Points per match (2nd half)2.02
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
0.87Goals scored (2nd half)1.24
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
0.61Goals conceded (2nd half)0.59
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
1.48Average goals (2nd half)1.83
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
57%Clean sheet after half-time59%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City
41%No goal after half-time30%
Wycombe WanderersCardiff City

Wycombe Wanderers - second-half results

50% W20% R30% P
69
Half-time points
29
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
78
Second-half points
+12
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.50
PPG before half-time
Lead holding90%

Leads at half-time in 41% of matches and wins 37%. Usually protects the lead until full-time.

Defence after half-time-0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Cardiff City - second-half results

59% W26% R15% P
67
Half-time points
33
Half-time goals
+10
Goal difference (1st half)
93
Second-half points
+30
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.46
PPG before half-time
Lead holding179%

Leads at half-time in 33% of matches and wins 59%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Wycombe Wanderers - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.601.20
Goals scored / match0.81.2
Goals conceded / match0.81.6
Average goals in match1.62.8
1 goal80%100%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals20%40%
Clean sheet60%20%
No goal40%40%
Goal difference0-2
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 0% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 4
Cardiff City - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.403.00
Goals scored / match0.82.0
Goals conceded / match0.80.8
Average goals in match1.62.8
1 goal80%100%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals40%60%
Clean sheet60%40%
No goal60%0%
Goal difference0+6
Half-time: 40% leading - 20% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 100% won - 0% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 4

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Wycombe Wanderers
ScoredConceded
11
8
0-15
11
8
16-30
7
14
31-45
8
8
46-60
14
8
61-75
18
12
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (18 goli). Concedes most in 31-45 (14). Late-goal balance (76-90): +6 - wins late phases.

Cardiff City
ScoredConceded
8
5
0-15
8
10
16-30
17
8
31-45
21
9
46-60
14
9
61-75
22
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (22 goli). Concedes most in 16-30 (10). Late-goal balance (76-90): +13 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.90
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.3 : 1.6
Estimated goal split
home : away
111%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
53%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-31%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
66%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
3%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 33 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Wycombe Wanderers

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.28
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.04
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-17.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.03
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.01
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
101%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
110%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.57
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.2
Late goals
26% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 16% come in the first quarter-hour.
26%

Cardiff City

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.53
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.34
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-14.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.15
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.19
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
170%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
74%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.02
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.5
Late goals
24% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 9% come in the first quarter-hour.
24%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (League One).

Teams vs league

Wycombe WanderersLigaCardiff City
Average goals in match 2.762.62 3.04
Both teams scored 52%52% 54%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 52%51% 54%
Clean sheets 30%27% 37%
Goal before half-time 80%70% 67%
Goal after half-time 85%81% 83%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.62
Average goals per match
52%
Both teams scored
51%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
27%
Clean sheets
1.48
Home goals / match
1.15
Away goals / match
+29%
Home attack advantage
+22%
Home defence advantage
+17%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
70%
1 goal
31%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
43%
2 goals
17%
3 goals
5%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 0 - 0 Cardiff City. Average goals 2.00, both teams scored in 0% matches.

FAQ

What was the result of Wycombe Wanderers vs Cardiff City?

The EFL League One match finished Wycombe Wanderers 1:1 Cardiff City. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Wycombe Wanderers vs Cardiff City?

Wycombe Wanderers score 1.50 goals per game on average and Cardiff City 1.96. The EFL League One average is 2.62 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 51% of games. Both teams score in 52% of Wycombe Wanderers's matches and 54% of Cardiff City's.

What form are Wycombe Wanderers and Cardiff City in?

Over the last 5 games Wycombe Wanderers have a 1-1-3 record (0.80 points per game) and Cardiff City 3-1-1 (2.00 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Wycombe Wanderers vs Cardiff City?

The statistical background for Wycombe Wanderers vs Cardiff City — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.