The AFC Bournemouth & Cardiff City managers J. Woodgate and M. McCarthy are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
- Cardiff City is in the best form (5-1-0)
It's no vacation for neither Bournemouth nor Cardiff City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
30 points is a decent return from 15 Championship games here at Vitality Stadium for AFC Bournemouth. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Vitality Stadium.
Bournemouth are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Queens Park Rangers. Before that, Bournemouth had a home game versus Rotherham United which ended with a victory 1-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bournemouth handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and one defeat.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bournemouth, as the Championship home game vs Watford is only three days away.
The AFC Bournemouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Bournemouth have conceded only 14 goals.
Cardiff City form and stats
7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cardiff City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus AFC Bournemouth. Having won their last three away games Cardiff City has no reason to fear anyone.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cardiff goalkeeper Dillon Phillips is eager to challenge this, with his 189 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Cardiff City go into this game after a win, the home game against Preston North End that ended 4-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Luton Town.
As you can tell from the results above, Cardiff was very dominant against Preston North End, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Kieffer Moore, Marlon Pack, Josh Murphy and Mark Harris providing the goals.
We have checked recent matches where Cardiff have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were five victories, zero draws and six defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cardiff manager M. McCarthy as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Middlesbrough.
Cardiff City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Cardiff as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bournemouth and Cardiff City have met before this season: Cardiff City - AFC Bournemouth 1-1. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Bournemouth, two draws and three wins for Cardiff City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Moore 14 goals |   D. Solanke 10 goals |  J. Stanislas 9 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 45 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 46 |
| 30 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 33 |
| 87% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 61% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 81% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 23% |
| 16% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 52% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 47% | 48% |
| 39% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 11.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 38% |
- Cardiff City is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 64 |
| 2 | Brentford | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Watford | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 57 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Reading | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 45 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 45 |
| 11 | Millwall | 31 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 39 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 39 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | -8 | 39 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -13 | 39 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 37 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 36 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -7 | 36 |
| 19 | Derby County | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 34 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 34 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -15 | 31 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -11 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -29 | 20 |
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