Championship match research: Cardiff City versus Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Important duel in the cellar of the Championship, with both Cardiff City and Birmingham City feeling more worry than happiness. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 19th and the visitors in 20th spot.

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship

Cardiff can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. For Birmingham City most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Cardiff City have less rest than Birmingham City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Middlesbrough, so at least Cardiff City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City have played 22 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-12 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Cardiff with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Reading game, 21 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Cardiff City haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 279 minutes ago. Flint scored that one.

No payout for Cardiff City in their previous match, an away game at Middlesbrough that ended in defeat 0-2. Vaulks (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Vaulks dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sheffield United (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cardiff have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost five.

Cardiff City have scored 21 league goals here from 22 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cardiff's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 28 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Cardiff City has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham City so far with only 19 points returning home. The records show 4-7-11 (win-draw-lose). Birmingham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Birmingham City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Millwall that finished 2-2. Attacker Bacuna got a player rating of 7.94 in the game. "Man of the match" Bacuna scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, the Birmingham City manager Bowyer faced defeat when travelling to Blackpool and losing 1-6.

We have checked recent matches where Birmingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were five victories, four draws and five defeats.

As for defending, Birmingham City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 41 goals from these away matches. When Birmingham City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Birmingham City - Cardiff 2-2 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff City four wins, five draws and Birmingham City one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
6 goals
Birmingham CityG. Gardner
G. Gardner
6 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
14 7 2 Won W 1 4 11
7 3 1 Drew D 2 7 13
23 12 3 Lost L 3 11 20
48 21 7 Scored S 6 22 48
67 28 5 Conceded C 11 41 72
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
73% 59% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 77%
55% 41% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 55%
23% 23% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 36% 30%
9% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 11%
50% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 45%
14% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 32%
39% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 41% 36%
 
4.4 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.1 4.3
5.1 4.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 5.3
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
11 11.4 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 11.8 11.5
3.8 3.9 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.8 3.5
29% 24% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 26% 31%
 
10.9 10 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.6 11
3.6 3.4 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 4.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 13 8 69 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 22 11 6 5 30 18 30 79
3 Nottingham Forest 43 22 10 11 67 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 21 10 6 5 29 16 30 76
4 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Middlesbrough 44 19 10 15 55 45 22 13 2 7 31 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 10 67
8 Blackburn Rovers 44 18 12 14 57 46 22 12 5 5 36 23 22 6 7 9 21 23 11 66
9 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 44 16 13 15 57 62 22 9 8 5 30 26 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 61
15 Blackpool 44 16 12 16 54 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 22 5 9 8 25 27 3 60
16 Preston North End 44 14 16 14 45 54 22 8 10 4 29 27 22 6 6 10 16 27 -9 58
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 44 14 7 23 48 67 22 7 3 12 21 28 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 44 6 12 26 32 66 22 5 7 10 17 26 22 1 5 16 15 40 -34 30

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 13 8 69 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 22 11 6 5 30 18 30 79
3 Nottingham Forest 43 22 10 11 67 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 21 10 6 5 29 16 30 76
4 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Middlesbrough 44 19 10 15 55 45 22 13 2 7 31 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 10 67
8 Blackburn Rovers 44 18 12 14 57 46 22 12 5 5 36 23 22 6 7 9 21 23 11 66
9 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 44 16 13 15 57 62 22 9 8 5 30 26 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 61
15 Blackpool 44 16 12 16 54 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 22 5 9 8 25 27 3 60
16 Preston North End 44 14 16 14 45 54 22 8 10 4 29 27 22 6 6 10 16 27 -9 58
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 44 14 7 23 48 67 22 7 3 12 21 28 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 44 6 12 26 32 66 22 5 7 10 17 26 22 1 5 16 15 40 -34 30

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.