Cardiff - Barnsley head to head game preview and prediction

On the 27 January 2026 at 19:45 UTC meet Cardiff vs Barnsley 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: 2026-01-27 19:45

Competition:

England

League: League One

Cardiff - Barnsley

Cardiff last games: W D W D W

Barnsley last games: W L D L L

1 1.79 793/1000 X 3.500 5/2 2 3.800 14/5

Team Standings

#	Team	MP	GD	P
...	...	...	...	...
1	Cardiff	26	19	55
...	...	...	...	...
15	Barnsley	22	1	32
...	...	...	...	...

Cardiff performance highlights

Cardiff have under 3.5 goals in their last 7 games.

Cardiff have scored over 0.5 goals in their last 16 games.

Cardiff have scored in the 1 half in their last 4 games.

Cardiff have over 5.5 shots on target in their last 4 games.

Barnsley performance highlights

Barnsley have over 1.5 goals in their last 8 games.

Barnsley have over 0.5 second half goals in their last 27 games.

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
2026-01-17	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
2025-12-29	Cardiff - Stevenage	2 - 1 (HT: 0 - 0) W

Barnsley last games

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

KickOff	Home team - Away team	Results
2026-01-17	Barnsley - Blackpool	2 - 1 (HT: 1 - 0) W
2026-01-12	Liverpool - Barnsley	4 - 1 (HT: 2 - 1) L
2026-01-01	Wigan - Barnsley	1 - 1 (HT: 1 - 0) D
2025-12-29	Barnsley - Lincoln	0 - 2 (HT: 0 - 1) L
2025-12-26	Barnsley - Mansfield	2 - 3 (HT: 2 - 1) L

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 0.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	14	100%
Barnsley	12	12	100%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 1.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	11	79%
Barnsley	12	11	92%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 2.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	9	64%
Barnsley	12	8	67%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 3.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 3.5 goals	Over 3.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	5	36%
Barnsley	12	6	50%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 0.5 First Half Goals

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	10	71%
Barnsley	12	11	92%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 1.5 First Half Goals

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	4	29%
Barnsley	12	5	42%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 0.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	14	100%
Barnsley	12	9	75%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 1.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	6	43%
Barnsley	12	4	33%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 2.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	4	29%
Barnsley	12	2	17%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 0.5 Team Goals Conceded

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

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 1.5 Team Goals Conceded

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

Cardiff - Barnsley: Over 2.5 Team Goals Conceded

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	3	21%
Barnsley	12	5	42%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Scored in First Half

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

Cardiff - Barnsley: Scored in Second Half

Team	Total Games	Scored in Second Half	Scored in Second Half (%)
Cardiff	14	10	71%
Barnsley	12	6	50%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Both Teams To Score

Team	Total Games	Both Teams To Score	Both Teams To Score (%)
Cardiff	14	10	71%
Barnsley	12	7	58%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Both Teams To Score Twice

Team	Total Games	Both Teams To Score Twice	Both Teams To Score Twice (%)
Cardiff	14	2	14%
Barnsley	12	2	17%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Win with more than 1 goal

Team	Total Games	Win with more than 1 goal	Win with more than 1 goal (%)
Cardiff	14	2	14%
Barnsley	12	1	8%

Cardiff - Barnsley: Win with more than 2 goals

Team	Total Games	Win with more than 2 goals	Win with more than 2 goals (%)
Cardiff	14	1	7%
Barnsley	12	1	8%

Cardiff - Barnsley last 2 months Goals Statistics details

The table below shows the extended goals stats for Cardiff and Barnsley. 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 Cardiff or Barnsley has managed to score or concede a goal in their last games in the last 2 months.

Stats	Cardiff	Barnsley	Cardiff (%)	Barnsley (%)
Total Games	14	12
Over 0.5 goals	14	12	100%	100%
Over 1.5 goals	11	11	79%	92%
Over 2.5 goals	9	8	64%	67%
Over 3.5 goals	5	6	36%	50%
Over 0.5 First Half Goals	10	11	71%	92%
Over 1.5 First Half Goals	4	5	29%	42%
Over 0.5 Team Goals Scored	14	9	100%	75%
Over 1.5 Team Goals Scored	6	4	43%	33%
Over 2.5 Team Goals Scored	4	2	29%	17%
Over 0.5 Team Goals Conceded	10	10	71%	83%
Over 1.5 Team Goals Conceded	5	7	36%	58%
Over 2.5 Team Goals Conceded	3	5	21%	42%
Scored in First Half	8	6	57%	50%
Scored in Second Half	10	6	71%	50%
Both Teams To Score	10	7	71%	58%
Both Teams To Score Twice	2	2	14%	17%
Win with more than 1 goal	2	1	14%	8%
Win with more than 2 goals	1	1	7%	8%