Cardiff City - Sunderland: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City are ready to stop thinking about the league table ahead of this match versus Sunderland. Here's everything you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (33) in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cardiff City and Sunderland.

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Cardiff City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Cardiff City have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 20 games.

A good away victory last time out for Cardiff City, who won 3-1 against Blackpool (placed 23rd). At last, a league victory after three games without. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Kaba, having found the net in three matches in a row. The talented striker Wickham edged out all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.31 out of 10. Wickham scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Cardiff City lost 2-3 at home to Swansea City.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 17 league games, 14 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cardiff City here at Cardiff Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (18 from 20 games).

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Sunderland form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 8 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. Sunderland have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Sunderland's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Hull City that finished 4-4. A crazy, crazy fixture with lots of goals last time out for Sunderland, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that fun game, will this game be as full of joy? Sunderland were so close to winning the game against Hull City, hitting the post three times. Clarke got a match rating of 9.8 in that game, top player of the team. Clarke scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Burnley that ended 0-0.

The visiting Sunderland have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 29 goals from 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Sunderland in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met previously this season: Sunderland - Cardiff City 0-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Cardiff wins - draws - Sunderland wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandA. Traoré
A. Traoré
11 goals
SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals
SunderlandJ. Clarke
J. Clarke
8 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Sunderland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Sunderland
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 20 6 Played P 7 20 40
11 6 2 Won W 4 8 14
9 6 1 Drew D 2 6 13
19 8 3 Lost L 1 6 13
33 18 7 Scored S 15 29 57
45 20 7 Conceded C 5 21 50
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
56% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 78%
28% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 52%
18% 15% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 15% 20%
8% 10% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 10% 12%
36% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 57% 60% 60%
31% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 43% 30% 30%
44% 25% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 18%
 
4.7 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 4.6 4.1
4.6 4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.5 5.3
1.8 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.5 2
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.7 14.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10 11.2
2.9 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.6 3.9
29% 29% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 40% 37%
 
10.8 9.2 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 12.4 11.9
3.2 2.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.3 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (33) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) 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 Burnley 39 25 12 2 76 30 20 14 6 0 43 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 46 87
2 Sheffield United 39 23 7 9 60 33 19 12 3 4 36 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 27 76
3 Luton Town 40 18 14 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 20 10 6 4 22 16 13 68
4 Middlesbrough 40 20 7 13 72 48 20 11 6 3 37 16 20 9 1 10 35 32 24 67
5 Millwall 40 17 11 12 48 40 20 10 6 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 19 4 16 43 45 19 13 1 5 25 16 20 6 3 11 18 29 -2 61
7 Norwich City 40 17 9 14 54 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 60
8 Preston North End 40 16 11 13 39 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 10 5 5 22 21 -5 59
9 Coventry City 40 15 13 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 58
10 West Bromwich Albion 39 15 11 13 48 42 20 10 6 4 26 15 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 56
11 Sunderland 40 14 13 13 57 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 55
12 Watford 40 14 13 13 47 45 20 9 6 5 30 20 20 5 7 8 17 25 2 55
13 Bristol City 40 13 13 14 48 48 20 8 6 6 25 19 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 52
14 Stoke City 40 14 9 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 20 8 4 8 29 24 6 51
15 Swansea City 40 13 11 16 54 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 50
16 Birmingham City 40 13 10 17 44 51 20 7 5 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 49
17 Hull City 40 12 13 15 47 57 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -10 49
18 Rotherham United 39 10 14 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 20 2 9 9 11 28 -8 44
19 Cardiff City 39 11 9 19 33 45 20 6 6 8 18 20 19 5 3 11 15 25 -12 42
20 Huddersfield Town 40 11 9 20 39 57 20 7 5 8 21 23 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 42
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 11 9 20 38 62 20 6 4 10 20 29 20 5 5 10 18 33 -24 42
22 Reading 40 13 8 19 42 60 20 10 5 5 29 22 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 41
23 Blackpool 40 8 11 21 42 64 20 5 6 9 25 29 20 3 5 12 17 35 -22 35
24 Wigan Athletic 40 8 13 19 34 60 20 4 6 10 15 32 20 4 7 9 19 28 -26 34

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 39 25 12 2 76 30 20 14 6 0 43 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 46 87
2 Sheffield United 39 23 7 9 60 33 19 12 3 4 36 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 27 76
3 Luton Town 40 18 14 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 20 10 6 4 22 16 13 68
4 Middlesbrough 40 20 7 13 72 48 20 11 6 3 37 16 20 9 1 10 35 32 24 67
5 Millwall 40 17 11 12 48 40 20 10 6 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 19 4 16 43 45 19 13 1 5 25 16 20 6 3 11 18 29 -2 61
7 Norwich City 40 17 9 14 54 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 60
8 Preston North End 40 16 11 13 39 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 10 5 5 22 21 -5 59
9 Coventry City 40 15 13 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 58
10 West Bromwich Albion 39 15 11 13 48 42 20 10 6 4 26 15 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 56
11 Sunderland 40 14 13 13 57 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 55
12 Watford 40 14 13 13 47 45 20 9 6 5 30 20 20 5 7 8 17 25 2 55
13 Bristol City 40 13 13 14 48 48 20 8 6 6 25 19 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 52
14 Stoke City 40 14 9 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 20 8 4 8 29 24 6 51
15 Swansea City 40 13 11 16 54 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 50
16 Birmingham City 40 13 10 17 44 51 20 7 5 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 49
17 Hull City 40 12 13 15 47 57 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -10 49
18 Rotherham United 39 10 14 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 20 2 9 9 11 28 -8 44
19 Cardiff City 39 11 9 19 33 45 20 6 6 8 18 20 19 5 3 11 15 25 -12 42
20 Huddersfield Town 40 11 9 20 39 57 20 7 5 8 21 23 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 42
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 11 9 20 38 62 20 6 4 10 20 29 20 5 5 10 18 33 -24 42
22 Reading 40 13 8 19 42 60 20 10 5 5 29 22 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 41
23 Blackpool 40 8 11 21 42 64 20 5 6 9 25 29 20 3 5 12 17 35 -22 35
24 Wigan Athletic 40 8 13 19 34 60 20 4 6 10 15 32 20 4 7 9 19 28 -26 34

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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.