Derby County 2:2 Cardiff City: xG & match report · Championship

Saturday, 22/08/2026 at 16:00

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Match report · Championship

Derby County Home 1.62 xG · 15 shots

Cardiff City Away 1.98 xG · 16 shots

22 Cardiff City had the better chances, but it finished level

Goals

19' Cian Ashford Cardiff City · 0.22 xG chance 0–1
26' Carlton Morris Derby County · 0.52 xG chance 1–1
39' Yousef Salech Cardiff City · 0.55 xG chance 1–2
49' Bobby Clark Derby County · 0.12 xG chance 2–2

The shots behind it

Derby County Cardiff City

Shots: 15; 16
On target: 7; 7
Inside the box: 12; 10
xG per shot: 0.11; 0.13
Open play xG: 1.52; 1.11
Set-piece xG: 0.14; 1.02
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.62 for Derby County and 2.13 for Cardiff City.

Shot map

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All shots

31 shots · 3.80 xG

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Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match

Derby County

1.24 xG created 1.54 xGA

L 0.91 created, 1.73 conceded against Southampton
W 1.03 created, 0.67 conceded against Oxford United
L 1.24 created, 1.54 conceded against Norwich City
W 1.13 created, 2.48 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
L 2.11 created, 1.85 conceded against Sheffield United
L 1.00 created, 0.97 conceded against Charlton Athletic

Cardiff City

0.90 xG created 1.43 xGA

D 0.90 created, 1.43 conceded against Wrexham

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Model details

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