Cardiff City vs Birmingham City: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City battle against Birmingham City for acclaim and triumph.

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 only played one Championship game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 23 matches.

Cardiff City's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 0-3 vs Portsmouth (in Carabao Cup). Until that game this club had gone seven consecutive league fixtures without losing. Midfielder Ralls was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.81 (out of ten) in that game. Ralls had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Reading in the Championship.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cardiff City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 5.

There will be little rest for Cardiff City after this match as they are travelling to West Bromwich Albion for a Championship game in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Cardiff City's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Birmingham City form and stats

One match played away so far in the Championship for Birmingham City and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses from 23 games.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Norwich City in their previous outing. The Carabao Cup duel ended 2-2. That win felt sweet as this side had gone three league rounds without winning. Leko, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.4. Leko scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that, Birmingham secured a home win against Huddersfield Town with the score 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Birmingham City playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 3 Birmingham City wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Watford in just three days.

0 goals so far away for Birmingham City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Cardiff have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (4-3-0) when playing Birmingham City.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityC. O'Dowda
C. O'Dowda
1 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
1 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Birmingham City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
1.5 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 6
4 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9 8
4.5 6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 14.5
1.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4.5
67% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 22%
 
7.5 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15 12
1.5 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.5
Cardiff City Last season Birmingham City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
15 7   Won W   4 11
8 4   Drew D   8 14
23 12   Lost L   11 21
50 22   Scored S   23 50
68 29   Conceded C   42 75
98% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
72% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
52% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 54%
22% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 28%
9% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 11%
50% 39%   BTTS BTTS   48% 48%
15% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 30%
37% 48%   Failed to Score F T   39% 35%
 
4.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.3
5.1 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.3
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.9 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 11.6
3.8 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 3.6
29% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 30%
 
11.1 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.1
3.6 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blackburn Rovers 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Sunderland 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
3 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Burnley 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Hull City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Watford 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Sheffield United 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
10 Millwall 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
11 Reading 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Blackpool 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 West Bromwich Albion 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Luton Town 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
16 Wigan Athletic 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
17 Preston North End 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Coventry City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
19 Rotherham United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
21 Norwich City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
22 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
23 Bristol City 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
24 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
Last season 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 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blackburn Rovers 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Sunderland 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
3 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Burnley 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Hull City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Watford 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Sheffield United 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
10 Millwall 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
11 Reading 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Blackpool 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 West Bromwich Albion 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Luton Town 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
16 Wigan Athletic 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
17 Preston North End 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Coventry City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
19 Rotherham United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
21 Norwich City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
22 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
23 Bristol City 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
24 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0

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