The season has been strenuous for Cardiff City up to now, while Blackburn Rovers have taken lots of points. Will the travellers get another win at Cardiff City Stadium?
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Blackburn Rovers.
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City have collected 8 points from their Championship home games so far after 2-2-1.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Cardiff City, who played 1-1 against Burnley. That match was also played at this venue (Cardiff Stadium). The forward Robinson outdid all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Robinson scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Huddersfield Town.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 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Cardiff are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Wigan Athletic awaits in four days.
Cardiff City aren't scoring a lot here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. From these home matches, Cardiff have conceded only 3 goals.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Playing away, Blackburn Rovers have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.
Blackburn Rovers had fun at their own home (Cardiff City Stadium) last time out, beating Millwall 2-1. Díaz and Dolan scored. Midfield player Morton was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Morton hit three key passes and had 74 successful passes (of 87 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Luton Town's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Blackburn Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Blackburn Rovers, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Blackburn are hosting Rotherham United in the Championship only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Blackburn Rovers as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Blackburn Rovers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Blackburn Rovers have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (3-4-0) when facing Cardiff.Top Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 5 goals |   C. O'Dowda 2 goals |  R. Sawyers 2 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Blackburn Rovers missing players
| Cardiff City | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 40% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 36% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 36% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 13.6 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 8.2 | 10.3 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 40% | 38% |
| 10.1 | 7.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Blackburn Rovers 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 | Sheffield United | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Reading | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 4 | Burnley | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Watford | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Hull City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
- Cardiff City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
- Blackburn Rovers
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)
