Championship

Derby 2–2 Cardiff

Final score · Half-time 1–2 · All of yesterday's results

No sharp market price is available for this match. Our own model makes Cardiff the most likely outcome at 50%; we make no value call without a sharp benchmark. Recent form — Derby: LLLWL; Cardiff: DWLWW.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsDerbyCardiff
Possession %3664
Expected goals (xG)1.621.98
Shots1516
Shots on target77
Corners77
Yellow cards51
Red cards00
Fouls1210
Offsides50
Goalkeeper saves44
Pass accuracy %7985

Referee: Rueben Ricardo, England · Venue: Pride Park, Derby

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Derby 4-2-3-1

  1. Jacob Widell Zetterström GK
  2. Max Johnston DF
  3. Sondre Langås DF
  4. Charlie Taylor DF
  5. Dion Sanderson DF
  6. Lewis Travis MF
  7. Alex Mowatt MF
  8. Oscar Fraulo MF
  9. Bobby Clark MF
  10. Corey Blackett-Taylor MF
  11. Carlton Morris FW

Cardiff 4-2-3-1

  1. Nathan Trott GK
  2. Ronan Kpakio DF
  3. Perry Ng DF
  4. Calum Scanlon DF
  5. Joel Bagan DF
  6. Jack Moylan MF
  7. Alex Robertson MF
  8. Ollie Tanner MF
  9. Rubin Colwill MF
  10. Cian Ashford MF
  11. Yousef Salech FW

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off

No value

No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.

Most likely result

X/2 Draw or away 76%

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Other estimates
Our model24%26%50%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.32
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) —
Market Gap —
Confidence —
Prediction result Won · X

Match context

The last 2 head-to-head meetings we tracked split 1–0–1 (Derby wins – draws – Cardiff wins).

Derby scored 1.4 and conceded 2 across their last 5 matches in our results database; Cardiff scored 2.8 and conceded 1.8 in 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

Derby has lost its last 3 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Derby here.
Cardiff is averaging 2.8 goals scored over its last 5 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Cardiff here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

Derby
L L L W L
avg 1.4 scored · 2 conceded (last 5)
Cardiff
D W L W W
avg 2.8 scored · 1.8 conceded (last 5)
Recent head-to-head
25 Jan 2025 Cardiff 2–1 Derby
14 Sep 2024 Derby 1–0 Cardiff

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick X/2 · Draw or away
Odds recorded for the prediction —
Closing odds pending
Prediction CLV —
Result Won
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint b0cd1fb78bd749e5

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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