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Cardiff City

A run of consecutive matches without a draw.
20
non-draws in a row
19 Jan 2019 → 21 Aug 2019
Was this a feat, or a coincidence? how this is worked out ›
Draws the model expected 4.8 across these 20 fixtures, one chance each
A flat league rate expected 4.9 the same question, asked without knowing the fixtures
Chance of no draw at all 1 in 270 for this run alone — and that overstates it
Runs this long, expected anywhere 636.05 across every run in the database

Each match gets its own draw chance from the five-feature logistic draw model, recalibrated by its isotonic map, and the run's own probability is those chances multiplied — the Poisson-binomial reading. A binomial at the run's average chance would have called it 1.05× more likely, which is the direction that error always goes. The last tile is the figure to quote: a run picked out because it is long is not a coincidence you get to be surprised by — why that is, and what the same question says about every other record here. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Matches in this run
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
the draw before the run
12 Jan 2019 Cardiff City 0–0 Huddersfield Town D ENG · Premier League
19 Jan 2019 Newcastle United 3–0 Cardiff City H ENG · Premier League
29 Jan 2019 Arsenal 2–1 Cardiff City H ENG · Premier League
02 Feb 2019 Cardiff City 2–0 Bournemouth H ENG · Premier League
09 Feb 2019 Southampton 1–2 Cardiff City A ENG · Premier League
22 Feb 2019 Cardiff City 1–5 Watford A ENG · Premier League
26 Feb 2019 Cardiff City 0–3 Everton A ENG · Premier League
02 Mar 2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Cardiff City H ENG · Premier League
09 Mar 2019 Cardiff City 2–0 West Ham United H ENG · Premier League
31 Mar 2019 Cardiff City 1–2 Chelsea A ENG · Premier League
03 Apr 2019 Manchester City 2–0 Cardiff City H ENG · Premier League
13 Apr 2019 Burnley 2–0 Cardiff City H ENG · Premier League
16 Apr 2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Cardiff City A ENG · Premier League
21 Apr 2019 Cardiff City 0–2 Liverpool A ENG · Premier League
27 Apr 2019 Fulham 1–0 Cardiff City H ENG · Premier League
04 May 2019 Cardiff City 2–3 Crystal Palace A ENG · Premier League
12 May 2019 Manchester United 0–2 Cardiff City A ENG · Premier League
03 Aug 2019 Wigan Athletic 3–2 Cardiff City H ENG · Championship
10 Aug 2019 Cardiff City 2–1 Luton Town H ENG · Championship
18 Aug 2019 Reading 3–0 Cardiff City H ENG · Championship
21 Aug 2019 Cardiff City 2–1 Huddersfield Town H ENG · Championship
the draw that ended it
24 Aug 2019 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Cardiff City D ENG · Championship