Cardiff City vs Peterborough United Tips & Preview - Bluebirds to begin with home win

By Tolu Shotade

31 Jul 2025

Tolu Shotade 31 Jul 2025

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Cardiff City aiming to capitalize on home advantage in League One opener.
Both teams have been impressive in pre-season.
High probability of over 2.5 match goals, continuing Cardiff's recent trend.

Cardiff City vs Peterborough United

Cardiff City begin their quest for an immediate return to the Championship when they host Peterborough United in their opening fixture in the English League One.

Home form will be pivotal on this quest, and the Welsh side will be keen to make it count in front of their fans in the first game. They should claim the upper hand over the visitors, who generally struggle on their travels.

Cardiff City News

The culmination of a disappointing campaign for Cardiff last season was relegation to League One. They struggled for much of the season but lost their way in the final weeks, failing to win any of their last eight matches.

Cardiff City seemed to put all of that behind them as they looked solid in preseason. Brian Barry-Murphy’s team are unbeaten in their last five matches and played out a 2-2 draw with Notts County in their final warm-up game.

Scoring goals is generally not a problem for Cardiff City, who have been on target in their last six matches across all competitions, all of which have produced over 2.5 goals. However, they have failed to keep a clean sheet in five of those fixtures.

Peterborough United News

Peterborough will be aiming to put last season's struggles behind them, having endured a difficult campaign and finished 18th in the table. They looked solid in preseason but will head into the opening fixture off the back of a 3-2 defeat at Grimsby Town in their final warm-up game.

The defeat to Grimsby Town appears to be a callback to some of Peterborough’s problems last season, as they often struggled on their travels. They are winless in their last three League One away matches, suffering two defeats in this run.

Like the hosts, Peterborough also showed attacking quality in preseason, scoring in their last eight matches. However, they failed to keep a clean sheet in six of those matches, while six fixtures on this run also produced over 2.5 goals.

Head to Head

Peterborough United have four wins while Cardiff City have picked up three victories, with two draws from nine previous matches. The last meeting was a Championship clash in 2022, with the hosts claiming a 4-0 victory.

Verdict

Cardiff v Peterborough

Cardiff City will be targeting a positive start in front of their fans and will look to carry some of their preseason showings into the opening fixture. Having also won the last home meeting, they should get the better of Peterborough United here.

Both teams have shown attacking quality lately and could be backed to score on Saturday. With Cardiff City's last six matches producing over 2.5 goals, a repeat is expected here.

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