Cardiff City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 10 points and a 17th position in the Championship table. Visiting Barnsley holds 15th place with 10 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cardiff City and Barnsley.
Cardiff City form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Cardiff City have managed 0 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Cardiff City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Queens Park Rangers. 1-1 away at Derby County before that.
The defeat against Queens Park Rangers was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by D. Ball).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bristol City are coming to town in three days.
Cardiff have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Cardiff have conceded 6 from these games.
Barnsley form and stats
0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Barnsley in their Championship matches away. Barnsley has drawn their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Barnsley goalkeeper Jack Walton is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Barnsley had fun at their own home (Cardiff City Stadium) last time out, beating Watford 1-0. Alex Mowatt scored. Before that, Barnsley secured a home win against Queens Park Rangers with the score 3-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Barnsley manager A. Murray as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Derby County.
Barnsley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Barnsley have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Cardiff victories, two draws and one Barnsley win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Cardiff City missing players
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| Cardiff City | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 44% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 104 | 46 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 38 | 99 |
| 26 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 32 |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 31% |
- All of Barnsley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Cardiff City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnsley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barnsley have yet to win a game away.
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cardiff City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cardiff City have yet to win a game at home.
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Reading | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Watford | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Millwall | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Brentford | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 22 | Derby County | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 4 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | -4 |
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