Betting preview: Cardiff City vs Swansea City should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City believe to get a lot of fans in for this game despite that the season has been demanding up to now with 39 points and a 21st spot in the Championship table. Visiting Swansea City are in 16th place with 46 pts.

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (28) in Championship

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cardiff City form and stats

6 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Cardiff City have to build on here at Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship.

Cardiff City drew their last game, 0-0 away at Rotherham United (placed 20th).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus West Bromwich Albion.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cardiff City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 5.

It should be added that a glance at the 11 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

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 (16 from 19 games). Cardiff City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 19 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Swansea City form and stats

Swansea City have only collected 19 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-7-8 (19 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Swansea, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Ntcham and Cullen scored in Swansea City's previous match, the home game against Bristol City that ended 2-0. Eureka; their first three points in the league after six games not winning. Ntcham got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, top player of the team. Ntcham scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 70 successful passes (of 79 total).

Prior to that match, the Swansea City manager Martin faced defeat when travelling to Millwall and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Swansea City in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Swansea, 8 draws and 3 defeats.

The visiting Swansea City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 19 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Swansea have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date registered scoreline involving both these contenders is the Swansea City - Cardiff City 2-0 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff City three wins, one draw and Swansea City six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
13 goals
Swansea CityJ. Ntcham
J. Ntcham
6 goals
Swansea CityL. Cullen
L. Cullen
6 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Swansea City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 6 19 38
10 6 1 Won W 1 4 12
10 6 2 Drew D 4 7 10
18 7 2 Lost L 1 8 16
28 16 6 Scored S 6 21 51
41 17 6 Conceded C 6 29 57
87% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 97%
53% 47% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 74% 79%
24% 21% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 58%
13% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 26% 32%
5% 5% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
32% 42% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 63% 58%
34% 42% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 18%
47% 26% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 32% 26%
 
4.8 5.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 5.3
4.7 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.5
1.8 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.3
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.7 14.4 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.2 12.7
2.9 3.1 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 4.5
26% 27% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 25% 30%
 
10.8 9.2 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.5 10.2
3.2 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (28) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the most matches under the total-line (28) 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 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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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 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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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.