Wrexham AFC
Football England - EFL Cup The Racecourse Tue 28 Oct 15:00
Cardiff City FC
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  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Squads
  7. Table

EFL Cup Betting Preview: Wrexham vs Cardiff

Championship club Wrexham host League One side Cardiff in this EFL Cup fourth round match at The Racecourse, with kick-off set for 15:00 on Tuesday 28 October. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, team news and confirmed lineups.

Red Dragons Stand Out on the Asian Handicap

If you agree with our verdict that Wrexham are going to beat Cardiff, consider backing them at -159 on the Asian Handicap 0.0. There’s money back if the game finishes level.

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Cardiff Were Defeated in Last Game

Wrexham drew away from home in their last game. A 1-1 Championship scoreline was played out against Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium. The Red Dragons had just 31% possession and recorded two shots on target, while Josh Windass was the goalscorer.

Cardiff City lost their previous game. On the road, they suffered a 1-0 League One defeat against Bolton Wanderers at Toughsheet Community Stadium.

In their last EFL Cup matches, Wrexham were at home to Reading and won 2-0, while Cardiff visited Burnley and landed a 2-1 victory.

Championship G W D L GF GA GD GD P
6 Wrexham logo Wrexham 30 12 11 7 44 37 7 44:37 47
League One G W D L GF GA GD GD P
1 Cardiff logo Cardiff 29 18 6 5 52 29 23 52:29 60

Confirmed Lineups

Wrexham confirmed lineup (5-3-2): Callum Burton (GK), Max Cleworth, Conor Coady, George Thomason, Ryan Barnett, Ryan Longman, Oliver Rathbone, Lewis O'Brien, George Dobson, Sam Smith, Nathan Broadhead.

Cardiff confirmed lineup (4-5-1): Nathan Trott (GK), Ronan Kpakio, William Fish, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Omari Kellyman, Joel Colwill, Ryan Wintle, Rubin Colwill, Cian Ashford, Yousef Salech.

Wrexham vs Cardiff Prediction & Betting Tips

Our Wrexham vs Cardiff betting guide delivers expert insight, including a main match pick, scoreline advice, standout player props and bet builder recommendations. Dive into each section below for more.

Match Prediction

Wrexham at 0.0 look like an attractive bet on the Asian Handicap for this EFL Cup game. Backing the hosts at -159 means a nice return if they win and we think that there’s a strong chance of this happening.

Sportsgambler.com boast EFL Cup expertise and that comes from knowing the team news once it’s announced. The latest form will also fuel our football betting tips and we make sure that the best stats are on hand.

Key Wrexham vs Cardiff EFL Cup & league stats:

  • The 0.0 line hasn’t been covered by Cardiff in 3 of their last 7 games on the road.
Wrexham 0.0 Probability

The top bookmakers are estimating that there is a 61.3% likelihood of this pick landing a return. After careful examination, our tipsters have this probability somewhere between 65-70%. It’s why we think it’s worth placing this bet.

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Correct Score Prediction

Wrexham Wrexham logo 2 - 1 Cardiff logo Cardiff

We’ve got a correct score prediction which involves Wrexham winning 2-1. Odds of +600 look appealing and we should get a run for our money here.

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Josh Windass to Score +250 BetMGM logo

Josh Windass (Wrexham) has scored three goals in his past seven games. We think this is the pick of the player props, with a generous +250 available when it comes to backing him to score at any time.

Latest Josh Windass Player Prop Odds

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Bet Builder Tips

Asian Handicap Wrexham 0.0 -108
Both Team To Score Yes -141
Anytime Goalscorer Josh Windass +250

We’ve got a bet builder and the legs include Wrexham with an Asian Handicap of 0.0, BTTS Yes as well as Josh Windass (Wrexham) to score.

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Wrexham vs Cardiff Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Tight Affair Likely According to the Bookies

Some will want to go ahead and back Wrexham at +130 to win this EFL Cup encounter. After all, this betting price suggests a 43% chance that the favourites end up succeeding. The +205 means that Cardiff City are seen as having the lowest probability of succeeding.

As the name suggests, the Half-Time Result market is settled at the break. Should you take this option, then you can choose between Wrexham at +185, Cardiff at +240 or the draw at +123.

You’re able to back Over 2.5 Goals or Under 2.5 Goals at roughly the same price right now. The Yes pick in the Both Teams to Score market is considered to be the most likely result and it’s trading at -141.

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Kieffer Moore Heads First Goalscorer Market

Kieffer Moore is the First Goalscorer favourite at +450. Alternatively, there’s the opportunity to simply back him to find the net anytime at +200.

Player Goals
Kieffer Moore (Wrexham)
First
+200
Anytime
+450
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Yousef Salech (Cardiff)
First
+220
Anytime
+480
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Josh Windass (Wrexham)
First
+250
Anytime
+525
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Callum Robinson (Cardiff)
First
+310
Anytime
+650
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Team Stats

Latest EFL Cup and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Wrexham logo Wrexham Stats
Cardiff logo Cardiff Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 4 wins, 2 defeats and 4 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 3 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 8 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 6 wins, 3 defeats and 1 draw in the previous 10 matches
  • 4 wins, 1 defeat and 2 draws in the previous 7 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession

Wrexham vs Cardiff Lineups & Team News

The Wrexham vs Cardiff team news could change everything — review it before betting. Get the latest predicted and confirmed EFL Cup lineups and injury news right here.

Wrexham Confirmed Lineup 5-3-2

Cardiff Confirmed Lineup 4-5-1

Wrexham Confirmed Lineup 5-3-2

25 Callum Burton
4 Max Cleworth 6 Conor Coady 14 George Thomason 29 Ryan Barnett 47 Ryan Longman
20 Oliver Rathbone 27 Lewis O'Brien 15 George Dobson
28 Sam Smith 33 Nathan Broadhead
13 Nathan Trott
44 Ronan Kpakio 2 William Fish 12 Calum Chambers 3 Joel Bagan
8 Omari Kellyman 27 Joel Colwill 6 Ryan Wintle 10 Rubin Colwill 45 Cian Ashford
22 Yousef Salech

Cardiff Confirmed Lineup 4-5-1

Wrexham Substitutes

  • 1Arthur Okonkwo
  • 5Dominic Hyam
  • 7James McClean
  • 9Ryan Hardie
  • 10Josh Windass
  • 12Issa Kabore
  • 19Kieffer Moore
  • 24Dan Scarr
  • 37Matthew James

Cardiff Substitutes

  • 4Gabriel Osho
  • 14David Turnbull
  • 18Alex Robertson
  • 28Dakarai Mafico
  • 29Tanatswa Nyakuhwa
  • 38Perry Ng
  • 39Isaak Davies
  • 41Matthew Turner
  • 48Dylan Lawlor

Previous Wrexham Lineups

25 Oct Championship
Middlesbrough 1-1 Wrexham
22 Oct Championship
Wrexham 1-0 Oxford
18 Oct Championship
Stoke 1-0 Wrexham
03 Oct Championship
Wrexham 1-1 Birmingham
30 Sep Championship
Leicester 1-1 Wrexham
27 Sep Championship
Wrexham 1-1 Derby

Previous Cardiff Lineups

25 Oct League One
Bolton 1-0 Cardiff
18 Oct League One
Cardiff 2-1 Reading
04 Oct League One
Cardiff 4-3 Leyton Orient
30 Sep League One
Cardiff 0-1 Burton
27 Sep League One
Wigan 0-2 Cardiff
23 Sep EFL Cup
Burnley 1-2 Cardiff
Team Squads

Wrexham Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Phil Parkinson

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Dan Scarr 24 D 3 270 3 0 0 0 0 0
Elliot Lee 38 M 3 270 3 0 1 1 1 0
Sam Smith 28 F 3 231 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Barnett 29 M 3 214 2 1 0 2 0 0
Arthur Okonkwo 33 G 2 180 2 1 0 0 0 0

Cardiff Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Brian Barry-Murphy

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Calum Chambers 12 D 3 270 3 0 1 1 0 0
Joel Bagan 3 D 3 244 3 0 0 0 0 0
Rubin Colwill 10 M 3 207 2 1 1 2 0 0
Cian Ashford 45 F 3 194 2 1 1 0 0 0
Callum Robinson 47 F 3 188 3 0 1 0 1 0
England FlagChampionship Table
2025/2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Coventry 30 17 7 6 63:35 58
2 Middlesbrough 30 17 7 6 47:29 58
3 Hull 30 16 6 8 48:40 54
4 Ipswich 29 14 9 6 49:28 51
5 Millwall 30 14 8 8 37:36 50
6 Wrexham 30 12 11 7 44:37 47
7 Derby 30 12 9 9 44:37 45
8 Watford 30 11 11 8 39:35 44
9 Preston 30 11 11 8 37:34 44
10 Bristol City 30 12 7 11 40:36 43
11 QPR 30 12 7 11 42:43 43
12 Stoke 30 12 6 12 34:28 42
13 Birmingham 30 11 9 10 41:38 42
14 Southampton 30 10 10 10 43:41 40
15 Sheffield Utd 30 12 3 15 43:43 39
16 Swansea 30 11 6 13 34:37 39
17 Charlton 29 9 8 12 29:38 35
18 Norwich 30 9 6 15 37:42 33
19 Portsmouth 28 8 9 11 27:37 33
20 Leicester 30 10 8 12 40:45 32
21 Blackburn 30 8 8 14 27:38 32
22 West Brom 30 9 5 16 32:47 32
23 Oxford 30 6 9 15 28:41 27
24 Sheffield Wed 30 1 8 21 18:58 -7
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Coventry 14 11 2 1 31:11 35
2 Ipswich 16 10 5 1 30:12 35
3 Middlesbrough 15 10 3 2 25:11 33
4 Millwall 16 9 3 4 22:18 30
5 Watford 16 8 5 3 24:17 29
6 Birmingham 14 7 6 1 28:14 27
7 Hull 15 8 3 4 21:20 27
8 QPR 15 8 2 5 28:21 26
9 Swansea 15 7 4 4 20:18 25
10 Bristol City 16 7 3 6 25:20 24
11 Wrexham 15 6 6 3 26:22 24
12 Sheffield Utd 14 7 2 5 24:15 23
13 Southampton 14 6 5 3 19:13 23
14 Preston 15 6 5 4 19:16 23
15 Portsmouth 15 6 4 5 18:15 22
16 Leicester 15 6 4 5 20:19 22
17 West Brom 14 6 4 4 18:19 22
18 Stoke 15 6 3 6 19:14 21
19 Charlton 13 6 3 4 15:14 21
20 Derby 15 4 6 5 18:21 18
21 Oxford 15 3 6 6 13:19 15
22 Blackburn 16 3 5 8 15:22 14
23 Norwich 14 4 1 9 14:20 13
24 Sheffield Wed 16 0 4 12 7:33 4
England FlagLeague One Table
2025/2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Cardiff 29 18 6 5 52:29 60
2 Lincoln 29 17 7 5 48:29 58
3 Bolton 30 14 10 6 38:27 52
4 Stockport 29 15 7 7 42:35 52
5 Bradford 28 14 7 7 36:31 49
6 Huddersfield 30 14 6 10 51:40 48
7 Luton 29 12 6 11 38:34 42
8 Stevenage 28 11 9 8 30:27 42
9 Wycombe 29 10 10 9 36:31 40
10 Reading 28 10 10 8 39:35 40
11 Mansfield 27 10 8 9 36:30 38
12 Peterborough 29 12 2 15 37:39 38
13 Exeter 28 11 4 13 33:30 37
14 Barnsley 26 10 7 9 42:43 37
15 Plymouth 29 11 4 14 36:42 37
16 Wimbledon 28 10 5 13 29:36 35
17 Doncaster 29 9 6 14 33:46 33
18 Blackpool 29 9 5 15 35:42 32
19 Leyton Orient 29 9 5 15 40:49 32
20 Wigan 28 7 10 11 29:34 31
21 Rotherham 28 8 7 13 31:40 31
22 Burton 29 8 7 14 31:43 31
23 Northampton 29 8 6 15 26:38 30
24 Port Vale 27 5 6 16 20:38 21
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Cardiff 15 12 1 2 35:16 37
2 Lincoln 15 11 3 1 31:14 36
3 Bolton 15 10 4 1 26:9 34
4 Bradford 14 10 2 2 22:12 32
5 Huddersfield 15 9 4 2 29:13 31
6 Luton 15 8 4 3 22:13 28
7 Wycombe 15 8 3 4 26:15 27
8 Stockport 15 8 3 4 22:19 27
9 Reading 15 7 5 3 20:16 26
10 Stevenage 13 6 6 1 14:7 24
11 Exeter 13 7 2 4 20:12 23
12 Barnsley 13 7 2 4 27:20 23
13 Leyton Orient 15 6 5 4 23:17 23
14 Blackpool 15 6 4 5 24:21 22
15 Mansfield 13 6 3 4 21:12 21
16 Peterborough 15 6 2 7 21:18 20
17 Rotherham 14 5 5 4 18:19 20
18 Doncaster 14 5 4 5 20:21 19
19 Wigan 13 5 3 5 12:10 18
20 Northampton 14 5 3 6 14:14 18
21 Plymouth 15 5 3 7 16:20 18
22 Burton 15 5 3 7 17:22 18
23 Wimbledon 13 4 3 6 10:10 15
24 Port Vale 13 2 3 8 11:17 9