Can Cardiff City outdo Swansea City in Cardiff City Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Here's the whole lot you must know, and even more, before the Cardiff City - Swansea City game!

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

The story so far in the Championship for Cardiff City at their home stadium (Cardiff City Stadium) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats.

Cardiff's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Stoke City (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Drameh was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Drameh served one assist, hit three key passes and won 14 of 20 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Preston North End.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cardiff City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cardiff City as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Cardiff City has won four of these, drawn six and lost seven.

Cardiff City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 20 games. More than 50 % of these goals (11 in all) came after at least one hour had been played. On the other hand, Cardiff City have conceded 23 goals. 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

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Swansea City so far with only 19 points returning home. The records show 5-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

Swansea played 0-0 against Birmingham City in their previous match. Fisher (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.05. Fisher topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Peterborough United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swansea City playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were five Swansea City wins, three draws and five defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Swansea City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Millwall is waiting in only three days.

The attacking power of Swansea City when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored from 19 league matches away. Swansea's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 32 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the match result Swansea City - Cardiff City 3-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff City four wins, one draw and Swansea City five 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
15 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
9 goals
Swansea CityM. Obafemi
M. Obafemi
7 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 20 7 Played P 6 19 37
13 7 4 Won W 3 5 13
7 3 2 Drew D 1 4 9
18 10 1 Lost L 2 10 15
45 21 10 Scored S 7 18 41
56 23 8 Conceded C 6 32 52
97% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 84%
74% 60% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 74% 65%
55% 40% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 51%
24% 20% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 32% 32%
11% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 14%
53% 40% 57% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 43%
16% 20% 29% Clean Sheets C S 50% 26% 38%
34% 45% 29% Failed to Score F T 33% 42% 35%
 
4.2 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 3.9
5.1 4.3 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 1.8 4.2 4.4
2.2 2.1 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.3 11.4 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10.5 10.5
4 4.2 3.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.5
29% 25% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 28% 32%
 
11 9.8 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 11 10.4
3.6 3.2 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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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 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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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.