Derby County 2–2 Cardiff City — Match Stats & Analysis

Championship · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

Derby County

2–2Full-time analysis

Cardiff City

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Derby County and Cardiff City drew 2–2.

Shots: 1516
Shots on target: 77
Expected goals: 1.621.98
Possession: 36%64%

Full time

What the match recorded

Derby County and Cardiff City drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (Derby County – Cardiff City): shots 15–16, shots on target 7–7, expected goals 1.62–1.98, possession 36%–64%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots16 shotsDerby County 15 shots, Cardiff City 16 shots
Shots on target7 shots7 shotsDerby County 7 shots, Cardiff City 7 shots
Expected goals1.62 xG1.98 xGDerby County 1.62 xG, Cardiff City 1.98 xG
Possession36%64%Derby County 36%, Cardiff City 64%
Corners7 corners7 cornersDerby County 7 corners, Cardiff City 7 corners
Fouls12 fouls10 foulsDerby County 12 fouls, Cardiff City 10 fouls
Yellow cards5 cards1 cardDerby County 5 cards, Cardiff City 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Derby County: 15 shots, 7 on target, 1.66 xG. Cardiff City: 16 shots, 7 on target, 2.14 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Derby County 1.66 xG · Cardiff City 2.14 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Derby County

0Draws

3Cardiff City

25 Jan 2025Cardiff City — Derby County · Championship2–1

14 Sept 2024Derby County — Cardiff City · Championship1–0

7 May 2022Derby County — Cardiff City · Championship0–1

1 Mar 2022Cardiff City — Derby County · Championship1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/14.79 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4