The Championship standings tell a tale about these teams to this date, with AFC Bournemouth leading Cardiff City by 24 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Championship
These are busy days for the home side, as they were in action only three days ago in the Championship. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Queens Park Rangers.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
All-inclusive Championship statistics at home this season for AFC Bournemouth are 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Bournemouth against Queens Park Rangers the last match, as Solanke were on target. Solanke, who plays in attack, was the top player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 8.05 (out of 10). Solanke scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Middlesbrough.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AFC Bournemouth, as the Championship home game vs Peterborough United is only four days away.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 11 games), Bournemouth's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Bournemouth have conceded 13 goals.
Cardiff City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Birmingham City (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 2-2. Cardiff's last match (vs Birmingham City) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by McGuinness. Flint was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Flint hit one key pass and won 19 of 25 duels.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Sheffield United.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cardiff manager Morison as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against West Bromwich Albion.
Cardiff have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, Cardiff rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. Cardiff has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled earlier this season: Cardiff City - Bournemouth 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bournemouth five wins, two 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
  D. Solanke 17 goals |  P. Billing 7 goals |  J. Anthony 6 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 38 | 23 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 20 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | 39 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 77% |
| 50% | 91% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 59% |
| 21% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 32% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 18% | 14% |
| 46% | 64% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 55% |
| 46% | 27% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 41% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 11.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 37% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 28% |
| 10 | 9.5 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of AFC Bournemouth's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Championship
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Championship
- Cardiff City 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 46 |
| 2 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Millwall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 21 | Reading | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 7 |
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Cardiff City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
