Brentford will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Cardiff City.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Brentford form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Brentford at their home stadium (Griffin Park) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Brentford here at Griffin Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Brentford's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Cardiff City (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sheffield Wednesday (1-2).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Brentford matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats (from six games).
Brentford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Griffin Park with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Brentford have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cardiff City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cardiff City so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Cardiff City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Brentford in the Championship. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Barnsley.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cardiff City playing away, we found two games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
Cardiff City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff City have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Brentford won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Cardiff City has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 1Top Goalscorers
 
O. Watkins
12 goals
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J. Dasilva
6 goals
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J. Ralls
5 goals
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Brentford missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Brentford | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 32 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 29 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | 95% |
| 57% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 71% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 64% | 57% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 45% | 33% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 62% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | 24% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 19% |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 13 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 277 | 145 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 59 | 141 | 265 |
| 99 | 55 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 49 | 85 |
| 32% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | 36% |
- Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cardiff 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 | Leeds United | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 45 |
| 3 | Fulham | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Millwall | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Hull City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | Derby County | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 25 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Reading | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 20 |
| 22 | Stoke City | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 12 |