Cardiff City vs Burnley prediction and preview
Championship · Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC
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Cardiff City vs Burnley
Championship · Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff · in play
Cardiff City vs Burnley preview
Cardiff City host Burnley in the Championship on Saturday 7 November 2026, kick-off 15:00 UTC at Cardiff City Stadium. The match is under way; the score was Cardiff City 1-2 Burnley at the last update. Cardiff City are 18th in the table with 15 points from 14, while Burnley go into the round 22nd, on 10 points from 14 games.
Cardiff City have collected 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from their last 5 league games; Burnley have 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Cardiff City have scored 2.0 and conceded 1.8 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Burnley average 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Cardiff City won 1, 4 games were drawn and Burnley won 5. Those games averaged 2.7 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 6. The most recent meeting, on 23 Sep 2025, ended Burnley 1-2 Cardiff City.
Cardiff City are without Dylan Lawlor (injury). Dylan Lawlor has featured heavily in recent matches. Burnley are without Jacob Bruun Larsen (injury), Bashir Humphreys (injury) and Hannibal (injury). Jacob Bruun Larsen and Bashir Humphreys have featured heavily in recent matches. Oliver Langford is the appointed referee. Across 570 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.0 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 39% of those games.
Bookmaker prices make Cardiff City favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.
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Form and table
- Cardiff CityLast five: W D W L D
- BurnleyLast five: D L L D D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Cardiff City | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 15 | WDWLD |
| 22 | Burnley | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 10 | DLLDD |
Head-to-head
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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Krystian Bielik, Joel Bagan, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Chris Willock, Jack Moylan
Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Grégoire Coudert, Kyle Walker, Hjalmar Ekdal, Igor Julio, Lucas Pires, Josh Laurent, Reo Hatate, Largie Ramazani, Marcus Edwards, Jaydon Banel, Andréas Hountondji