The Championship season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Cardiff City and AFC Bournemouth promises to be an interesting one.
It's no vacation for neither Cardiff City nor AFC Bournemouth 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.
Cardiff City form and stats
Two Championship home games so far for Cardiff City, who are yet to win here at Cardiff City Stadium. Only 0 points so far. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cardiff, their manager N. Harris and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Cardiff goalkeeper Alex Smithies is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
A good away victory last time out for Cardiff, who won 1-0 against Preston North End (placed 18th). 0-0 away at Blackburn Rovers before that.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Middlesbrough are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Cardiff City's 2 home games: 1 goal, 4 conceded.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
AFC Bournemouth are still undefeated on their travels in the Championship. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
AFC Bournemouth delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Queens Park Rangers (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Prior to that result Bournemouth won their away game at Coventry City. The scoreline was 3-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bournemouth manager J. Tindall as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Watford.
It's early days yet, but AFC Bournemouth has scored 4 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Cardiff City, one draw and four wins for AFC Bournemouth. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Moore 2 goals |   D. Gosling 2 goals |  J. Lerma Solís 2 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
AFC Bournemouth missing players
| Cardiff City | AFC Bournemouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 18 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 29 | 60 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 31% | 17% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 36% |
- AFC Bournemouth have not yet lost a game.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored in all their away matches so far.
- All of AFC Bournemouth's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Cardiff City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cardiff City have lost all their home matches so far.
| Cardiff City | Last season | AFC Bournemouth | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 48 | 24 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 14 | 22 | ||
| 70 | 35 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 61 | 23 | Conceded | C | 35 | 65 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 75% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 74% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 61% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 34% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 55% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 13% | ||
| 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 563 | 281 | Total Shots | T S | 178 | 370 | ||
| 182 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 116 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Watford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
- Cardiff City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)