Cardiff City and Birmingham City have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Cardiff City nor Birmingham City 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
The story so far in the Championship for Cardiff City at their home stadium (Cardiff City Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The Cardiff crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Swansea City here at Cardiff City Stadium in a Championship match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Stoke City and winning 2-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cardiff City handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and three defeats.
The manager N. Harris will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Norwich City in only three days.
Cardiff are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Cardiff have conceded 9 goals.
Birmingham City form and stats
Playing away, Birmingham City have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Championship this season. Momentum is building for Birmingham City in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Birmingham City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Watford proved too strong as Birmingham slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at St. Andrew's Stadium. Prior to that result Birmingham won their away game at Reading. The scoreline was 2-1.
We have checked recent matches where Birmingham City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were five victories, three draws and nine defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Middlesbrough in just three days.
The attacking power of Birmingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff three wins, five draws and Birmingham City two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Moore 8 goals |  J. Ralls 3 goals |  O. Ojo 3 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Cardiff City | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 72% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 33% | 44% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 11% | 11% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 39% | 33% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 12.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 38% | 33% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 32% |
- Birmingham City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Championship
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Norwich City | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Watford | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Reading | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Brentford | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 22 |
| 17 | Millwall | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 22 | Derby County | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 13 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
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