Cardiff City vs Swindon Town Prediction 8 August 2026
🔊How will the weather conditions and the state of the field affect the game? Today, the teams Cardiff and Swindon Town are meeting. The match is scheduled to start at 14:00. The tournament match EFL Cup will take place in the city of Cardiff at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium. The odds for the teams' victories have been determined by bookmakers at and , respectively, with the team Cardiff being the favorite of the match.
Head-to-Head
The last official encounter between the teams took place on 12 August 2025 and ended with a scoreline of 2:1. Here's a comparative breakdown of that match (home team - Cardiff ):
- ball possession percentage: 73% vs 27%;
- corner kicks: 12 vs 2;
- fouls: 7 vs 14;
- yellow cards: 1 vs 2;
- shots on target: 10 vs 1.
📊Officially, the teams Cardiff and Swindon Town have played only one match. The meeting took place on 12 August 2025 at the home ground of Cardiff and ended with a score of 2:1.
Head-to-head statistics Cardiff City - Swindon Town

Cardiff Team Overview
The team's most recent official match took place on 1 August 2026 as part of the Club Friendly Games tournament (home team - Cardiff , away team - Roma). The match concluded with a scoreline of 4:1.
Here's the game statistics (Cardiff vs Roma):
- ball possession: 50% vs 50%;
- corner kicks: 7 vs 5;
- fouls: 11 vs 15;
- yellow cards: 0 vs 3;
- shots on target: 6 vs 5.
✅The Cardiff team has the honor of playing the first official match of the season on their home field. The work done by the coaching staff and players on their game is yet to be seen, but for now, let's take a look at the team's statistics over the last 10 matches.
In the ten-match stretch of official games, the team has 5 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draws. In total, the team has scored 21 goals in the last 10 games. From this, we can calculate the average number of goals per game, which is 2.1. In home matches, this figure is 1.6 goals. As for the goals conceded, their average number is 1.1.
Match Results: Cardiff

Swindon Town Team Overview
The away team played their last official match on 1 August 2026 as part of the Club Friendly Games tournament (home team - Forest Green, away - Swindon Town). The match ended with a score of 1:4.
Here are the game statistics (Swindon Town vs Forest Green):
- ball possession: 45% vs 55%;
- corner kicks: 3 vs 4;
- yellow cards: 1 vs 0;
- shots on target: 6 vs 5.
⚠️Will Swindon Town be able to handle the pressure of the stands in their first match of the season? We will find out soon. In the meantime, let's recall their previous results.
Out of the last 10 official matches, the team has won 3 times, lost 4 games, and drew 3 times. On average, the team scored 1.1 goals per game (in away matches - 0.8), and conceded 1.6 goals. Hopefully, this season Swindon Town will improve these figures and deliver a beautiful game in the upcoming matches.
Match Results: Swindon Town
Prediction for the 1st half
Head-to-head matches:
- Total encounters - 1;
- First-half wins for the home side (at home) - 1; for the visitors (away) - 0; number of draws - 0;
- Average first-half total: 2;
- Today's home team averages 2 goals in the first half, while the away team scores 0.
- Cardiff have drawn in the 1st half in 6 of last 7 home games.
Prediction on the outcome
H2H:
- number of encounters - 1;
- home team wins - 1, away team wins - 0, draws - 0.
- Swindon Town won with a +1.5 handicap in 12 of last 14 games.
Prediction on the over/under
H2H
- the home team scores on average - 2, the guests - 1;
- average over/under goals in head-to-head matches - 3;
- both teams scored: overall - 1; at the home team's field - 1.
- Over 2.5 goals scored in last 5 Swindon Town games.
Prediction on corners
H2H- average Over/Under corners in H2H matches - 14 (12 - for home team and 2 - for away team);
- average Over/Under corners at home team's field - 14 (12 - for home team and 2 - for away team).
- Over 10.5 corners in last 13 Swindon Town games.
- Over 10.5 corners in last 6 Swindon Town away games.
Prediction on BTTS
H2H:
- number of encounters - 1;
- both teams scored all-time - 1 times;
- on the home team’s field - 1 times.
Editorial Prediction
- Swindon Town won with a +1.5 handicap in 12 of last 14 games.
