Championship duel: Close contest expected between Cardiff City and AFC Bournemouth

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City Stadium: Blow the trumpet for a football party when Cardiff City tie their boots for AFC Bournemouth. Read all about the fixture at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • All of Cardiff City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • AFC Bournemouth have not yet lost a game.

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.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City have collected 4 points from their Championship home games so far after 1-1-1.

In their previous game, the manager M. McCarthy led his Cardiff City to a defeat in the Championship match away at Coventry City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cardiff City Stadium. Aden Flint, defender, was given a rating of 8.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Flint won 7 of 11 duels.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Nottingham Forest.

The Cardiff fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Cardiff have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

AFC Bournemouth are happy with their away performances in the Championship so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.

Bournemouth won their last game, 2-1 versus Queens Park Rangers played at home. Attacker Jaidon Anthony got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Anthony scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Barnsley.

AFC Bournemouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). The Bournemouth defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cardiff City victories, two draws and four AFC Bournemouth wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
5 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
4 goals
CardiffR. Colwill
R. Colwill
2 goals

Cardiff City missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Cardiff City AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
11 5 0 Scored S 2 4 13
8 4 0 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 86%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
57% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 71%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 43%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
3.9 2.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 4.4
3.7 3.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.6
1.6 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.6 13.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.7 10.3
4.7 5.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.4
33% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 36% 42%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have not yet lost a game.
  • AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • All of Cardiff City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cardiff City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 7 5 1 1 17 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 3 0 1 11 4 12 16
2 AFC Bournemouth 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 15
3 West Bromwich Albion 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 7 15
4 Coventry City 7 5 0 2 8 5 4 4 0 0 7 2 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 15
5 Stoke City 7 4 2 1 10 8 4 3 1 0 7 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 14
6 Huddersfield Town 7 4 1 2 13 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 13
7 Queens Park Rangers 7 3 3 1 15 10 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 10 7 5 12
8 Blackburn Rovers 7 3 3 1 11 8 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 12
9 Cardiff City 7 3 2 2 11 8 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 11
10 Birmingham City 7 3 2 2 10 7 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 2 1 0 7 1 3 11
11 Bristol City 7 2 3 2 8 8 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 6 5 0 9
12 Middlesbrough 7 2 3 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 9
13 Luton Town 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 -2 9
14 Preston North End 7 2 2 3 8 10 3 2 0 1 5 5 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 8
15 Millwall 7 1 4 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 3 1 3 5 -2 7
16 Derby County 7 1 4 2 4 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 7
17 Barnsley 7 1 4 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 3 1 4 7 -3 7
18 Reading 7 2 1 4 13 17 4 2 1 1 10 8 3 0 0 3 3 9 -4 7
19 Sheffield United 7 1 3 3 9 11 4 1 1 2 9 7 3 0 2 1 0 4 -2 6
20 Swansea City 7 1 3 3 4 8 4 0 3 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -4 6
21 Hull City 7 1 2 4 4 9 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 -5 5
22 Blackpool 7 1 2 4 5 11 4 1 0 3 1 6 3 0 2 1 4 5 -6 5
23 Peterborough United 7 1 1 5 7 17 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 3 13 -10 4
24 Nottingham Forest 7 0 1 6 5 12 4 0 0 4 3 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 -7 1

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.