Burton - Cardiff head to head game preview and prediction

On the 31 January 2026 at 15:00 UTC meet Burton vs Cardiff in England in a game that we all expect to be very interesting. Both teams try to perform well in League One. This general info table below illustrates best the game details about the upcoming clash. Although everyone expects this to be a tight game it's predicted as in our football predictions section.

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General Info

KickOff: 2026-01-31 15:00

Competition:

England

League: League One

Burton - Cardiff

Burton last games: L W W L L

Cardiff last games: D W D W D

1 4.000 3/1 X 3.500 5/2 2 1.76 19/25

Team Standings

#	Team	MP	GD	P
...	...	...	...	...
1	Cardiff	26	19	55
...	...	...	...	...
19	Burton	26	-10	30
...	...	...	...	...

Burton performance highlights

Burton have over 1.5 goals in their last 8 games.

Burton have over 2.5 goals in their last 4 games.

Burton have over 0.5 first half goals in their last 5 games.

Burton have over 5.5 shots on target in their last 10 games.

Cardiff performance highlights

Cardiff have under 3.5 goals in their last 8 games.

Cardiff have scored over 0.5 goals in their last 17 games.

Cardiff have scored in the 1 half in their last 5 games.

Burton last games

See below the last game results of Burton and determine their current form and scoring ability.

KickOff	Home team - Away team	Results
2026-01-22	Lincoln - Burton	2 - 1 (HT: 1 - 1) L
2026-01-17	Burton - Huddersfield	3 - 1 (HT: 1 - 1) W
2026-01-10	Boreham - Burton	0 - 5 (HT: 0 - 2) W
2026-01-04	Plymouth - Burton	3 - 0 (HT: 1 - 0) L
2026-01-01	Reading - Burton	2 - 0 (HT: 2 - 0) L

Cardiff last games

See below the last game results of Cardiff and determine their current form and scoring ability.

KickOff	Home team - Away team	Results
2026-01-24	Cardiff - Stockport	1 - 1 (HT: 1 - 1) D
2026-01-17	Bradford - Cardiff	1 - 2 (HT: 0 - 2) W
2026-01-10	Leyton Orient - Cardiff	1 - 1 (HT: 1 - 1) D
2026-01-04	Cardiff - Wigan	1 - 0 (HT: 1 - 0) W
2026-01-01	Wycombe - Cardiff	1 - 1 (HT: 1 - 1) D

H2H: Burton - Cardiff

KickOff	Home team - Away team	Results	Competition
2025-09-30	Cardiff - Burton	0 - 1 (HT: 0 - 0)	England - League One

Burton - Cardiff: Over 0.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	11	92%
Cardiff	14	14	100%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 1.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	10	83%
Cardiff	14	11	79%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 2.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	8	67%
Cardiff	14	8	57%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 3.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 3.5 goals	Over 3.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	6	50%
Cardiff	14	4	29%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 0.5 First Half Goals

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	10	83%
Cardiff	14	10	71%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 1.5 First Half Goals

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	7	58%
Cardiff	14	5	36%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 0.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	6	50%
Cardiff	14	14	100%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 1.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	5	42%
Cardiff	14	5	36%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 2.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	4	33%
Cardiff	14	3	21%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 0.5 Team Goals Conceded

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	10	83%
Cardiff	14	10	71%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 1.5 Team Goals Conceded

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	6	50%
Cardiff	14	5	36%

Burton - Cardiff: Over 2.5 Team Goals Conceded

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Burton	12	2	17%
Cardiff	14	3	21%

Burton - Cardiff: Scored in First Half

Team	Total Games	Scored in First Half	Scored in First Half (%)
Burton	12	6	50%
Cardiff	14	8	57%

Burton - Cardiff: Scored in Second Half

Team	Total Games	Scored in Second Half	Scored in Second Half (%)
Burton	12	5	42%
Cardiff	14	9	64%

Burton - Cardiff: Both Teams To Score

Team	Total Games	Both Teams To Score	Both Teams To Score (%)
Burton	12	5	42%
Cardiff	14	10	71%

Burton - Cardiff: Both Teams To Score Twice

Team	Total Games	Both Teams To Score Twice	Both Teams To Score Twice (%)
Burton	12	1	8%
Cardiff	14	2	14%

Burton - Cardiff: Win with more than 1 goal

Team	Total Games	Win with more than 1 goal	Win with more than 1 goal (%)
Burton	12	4	33%
Cardiff	14	1	7%

Burton - Cardiff: Win with more than 2 goals

Team	Total Games	Win with more than 2 goals	Win with more than 2 goals (%)
Burton	12	2	17%
Cardiff	14	1	7%

Burton - Cardiff last 2 months Goals Statistics details

The table below shows the extended goals stats for Burton and Cardiff. The percentage numbers show the games with specific stats compared to the total games played by each team.

First four stats shown in the table illustrate the total number of goals scored in each football match when the team played.For example if team has 100% for over 0.5 goals, that means that at least 1 goal has been scored in their game.

The first half goals section specifies if there has been a goal or a number of goals scored in the first half of the match.

Team goals scored and team goals conceded show the percentage of games that Burton or Cardiff has managed to score or concede a goal in their last games in the last 2 months.

Stats	Burton	Cardiff	Burton (%)	Cardiff (%)
Total Games	12	14
Over 0.5 goals	11	14	92%	100%
Over 1.5 goals	10	11	83%	79%
Over 2.5 goals	8	8	67%	57%
Over 3.5 goals	6	4	50%	29%
Over 0.5 First Half Goals	10	10	83%	71%
Over 1.5 First Half Goals	7	5	58%	36%
Over 0.5 Team Goals Scored	6	14	50%	100%
Over 1.5 Team Goals Scored	5	5	42%	36%
Over 2.5 Team Goals Scored	4	3	33%	21%
Over 0.5 Team Goals Conceded	10	10	83%	71%
Over 1.5 Team Goals Conceded	6	5	50%	36%
Over 2.5 Team Goals Conceded	2	3	17%	21%
Scored in First Half	6	8	50%	57%
Scored in Second Half	5	9	42%	64%
Both Teams To Score	5	10	42%	71%
Both Teams To Score Twice	1	2	8%	14%
Win with more than 1 goal	4	1	33%	7%
Win with more than 2 goals	2	1	17%	7%