Football match betting preview: Cardiff City U21 vs Millwall U21

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Tue 21.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff International Sports Stadium (1875 seats)

This should be an exciting game as Cardiff City U21 have their expected home advantage, while Millwall U21 lead them by 10 points in the Professional Development League table.

Insights:
  • Cardiff City U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall U21 have the most scored goals (48) in Professional Development League

Millwall U21 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Professional Development League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Ipswich Town U21. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Cardiff City U21 form and stats

Cardiff City U21 have played 8 Professional Development League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Cardiff City U21 travelled for their previous game, a trip to Swansea City U21 that ended 2-2.

Heartbreak before that as Cardiff lost 0-3 at Colchester United U21's place.

Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 15 of the 18 most recent league games with this side has contained at least three goals.

The Cardiff City U21 manager Purse has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league.

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Millwall U21 form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Professional Development League.

Millwall play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Ipswich Town U21 (placed 6th). Those three points felt nice as this club had gone four league matches without winning.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Watford U21.

Take note that 13 of this club's 17 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Millwall U21 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 9 away matches. As opposed to that, Millwall have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Millwall U21 - Cardiff City U21 5-0.

Cardiff City U21 missing players

Millwall U21 missing players

Cardiff City U21 Millwall U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 9 18
9 5 2 Won W 1 6 11
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 2 2
29 17 3 Scored S 1 19 48
37 16 1 Conceded C 2 12 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 89%
83% 88% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 72%
39% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 61%
28% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 44% 50%
56% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 72%
22% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 22%
22% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 11% 6%
 
4.8 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6.4 5.8
5.3 5.1 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.1 4.2
1.1 0.6 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 8.4 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 12.6 12.3
3.4 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.9 5.9
45% 52% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 48%
 
12.1 12.4 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9 7.6
5.1 4.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.1
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • Cardiff City U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cardiff City U21 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cardiff City U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Millwall U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Millwall U21 have the most scored goals (19) away in Professional Development League
  • Millwall U21 have the most scored goals (48) in Professional Development League
  • Millwall U21 have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Professional Development League
  • Millwall U21 have the the best goal difference (+26) in Professional Development League
  • Millwall U21 have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Professional Development League
  • Millwall U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Millwall U21 18 11 5 2 48 22 9 5 4 0 29 10 9 6 1 2 19 12 26 38
2 Bristol City U21 17 12 2 3 33 13 8 6 1 1 21 6 9 6 1 2 12 7 20 38
3 Reading U21 16 10 1 5 28 19 8 6 0 2 13 6 8 4 1 3 15 13 9 31
4 Cardiff City U21 18 9 1 8 29 37 8 5 0 3 17 16 10 4 1 5 12 21 -8 28
5 Swansea City U21 16 7 4 5 38 23 8 6 1 1 24 8 8 1 3 4 14 15 15 25
6 Ipswich Town U21 15 7 3 5 35 33 8 6 0 2 19 16 7 1 3 3 16 17 2 24
7 Charlton Athletic U21 18 6 5 7 35 36 9 3 4 2 20 19 9 3 1 5 15 17 -1 23
8 Colchester United U21 15 5 3 7 27 33 6 3 2 1 12 7 9 2 1 6 15 26 -6 18
9 Queens Park Rangers U21 15 4 5 6 30 32 7 2 1 4 12 14 8 2 4 2 18 18 -2 17
10 Watford U21 15 2 1 12 10 41 5 0 0 5 2 15 10 2 1 7 8 26 -31 7