Bristol City have taken 17 of their 30 in total here in their home stadium. Will more points be won against Cardiff City?
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Championship
- Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Championship
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an active game!
Bristol City form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Bristol City have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.
In their previous game, the manager Pearson led his Bristol City to a defeat in the Championship match away at Fulham. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ashton Gate Stadium. As you see from the result above, Bristol City suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The attacker Semenyo won the honour of being "man of the match" for Bristol City with the rating of 8.43/10. Semenyo scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Preceding that match was a FA Cup defeat to Fulham (after extra-time) (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol City as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Bristol City has won six of these, drawn three and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bristol City as they are travelling to their away game against Luton Town in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Bristol City has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Bristol City have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Cardiff City form and stats
Playing away, Cardiff City have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Blackburn Rovers with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ralls got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Ralls hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 59 successful passes (of 69 total).
Before that, Cardiff City secured a home win against Preston North End (after extra-time) with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Cardiff City in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Cardiff City, four draws and three defeats.
Cardiff City have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Cardiff City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head encounter ended Cardiff City - Bristol City 1-2, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Bristol won four games, zero matches ended in a draw and Cardiff City got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  A. Weimann 12 goals |  C. Martin 5 goals |   K. Moore 5 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Bristol City | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 11 | 17 | 26 |
| 45 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 44 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 76% |
| 58% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 69% | 56% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 31% | 28% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | 12% |
| 65% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 62% | 52% |
| 12% | 21% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 4% |
| 27% | 21% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 44% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 11.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 35% | 27% |
| 14.5 | 13.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.2 | 11.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Championship
- Bristol City have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Championship
- 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 (3) 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 | Fulham | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 43 | 51 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 11 | Millwall | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 32 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -13 | 30 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 28 |
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
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