Hull City vs Cardiff City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

Pay more attention to their own game plan or switch tactics dependant on the opposition? Both Hull City and Cardiff City should try something separate than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Hull City form and stats

Hull City's struggle is real here at KCOM Stadium with only 18 points collected from 20 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 5-3-12. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at KCOM Stadium, with the home team losing six in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Swansea City game.

A strong away win for Hull City against Middlesbrough the last match, as Lewis-Potter were on target. Greaves, defender, was given a rating of 7.52/10 in that game, top of the team. Greaves hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Huddersfield Town (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Hull City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hull City as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Hull City has won five of these, drawn three and lost five.

There will be little rest for Hull after this match as they are travelling to Millwall for a Championship game in only three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Hull City here at KCOM Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 20 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Hull City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cardiff City form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Cardiff City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cardiff City, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Cardiff play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Reading (placed 21st). Vaulks came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Reading last time out, making the manager Morison feel like a tactical genius. Drameh was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.71. The defender Drameh won 12 of 16 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Swansea City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cardiff City playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were six Cardiff City wins, four draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Luton Town in just three days.

Cardiff City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 26 goals have been scored. Cardiff have conceded 34 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Cardiff City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 5 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Cardiff City - Hull 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hull City four wins, three draws and Cardiff City three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityK. Lewis-Potter
K. Lewis-Potter
9 goals
Hull CityG. Honeyman
G. Honeyman
5 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
5 goals

Hull City missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 5 19 40
12 5 1 Won W 2 7 14
8 3 1 Drew D 2 4 7
21 12 3 Lost L 1 8 19
34 16 5 Scored S 9 26 47
45 26 7 Conceded C 8 34 61
90% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
63% 70% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 89% 75%
24% 30% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 74% 57%
12% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 26% 25%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 16% 10%
27% 30% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 68% 52%
34% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 11% 15%
49% 50% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 35%
 
4.8 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.7 4.3
4.9 4.4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.8 5
1.7 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.2
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.3 10.8 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 11.1 11.2
3.1 3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 3.9
27% 27% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 36% 30%
 
12.9 12.6 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 12.2 11
4.6 5.2 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hull City have the fewest points (18) at home in Championship
  • Hull City have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Championship
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (22) 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 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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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 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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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.