Cardiff 2–2 Sheffield Utd
What the chances were worth
The scoreline says 2–2; by chance quality the match ran 2.24–1.28.
The brain read
Cardiff created the better chances — the xG read 2.2–1.3 and the shot count agreed (28–6, 10–4 on target). Cardiff got into the box far more often (21 shots inside it to 4) and Cardiff held 68% of the ball. A draw on the scoreboard, but on chances created Cardiff shaded the game.
A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.
The match in numbers
As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.
The market’s read
| Market | Consensus price | Implied chance | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double chance Cardiff or draw | 1.56 | 60.3% | -3.8 pts |
| Double chance Sheffield Utd or draw | 1.41 | 66.4% | +3.5 pts |
| Double chance either team | 1.28 | 73.3% | +0.3 pts |
| Draw no bet — Cardiff | 2.02 | 46.0% | -4.8 pts |
| Draw no bet — Sheffield Utd | 1.72 | 54.0% | +4.8 pts |
| Over 1.5 goals | 1.20 | 77.9% | +1.1 pts |
| Over 2.5 goals | 1.68 | 56.2% | +1.0 pts |
| Over 3.5 goals | 2.64 | 35.5% | +0.9 pts |
| Both teams to score | 1.55 | 60.1% | +0.6 pts |
| Cardiff over 1.5 team goals | 2.25 | 41.6% | -1.8 pts |
| Sheffield Utd over 1.5 team goals | 2.04 | 45.9% | +3.3 pts |
| Cardiff clean sheet | 4.33 | 21.7% | -3.2 pts |
| Sheffield Utd clean sheet | 3.75 | 25.0% | +0.1 pts |
Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.62 · 1-2 8.77 · 0-1 9.61 · 2-1 9.64 · 1-0 10.38
Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-29 16:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).