Cardiff City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Brentford.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brentford has the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Championship
Brentford could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Carabao Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City have played 10 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager N. Harris led his Cardiff to a defeat in the Championship match away at Norwich City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cardiff City Stadium. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Birmingham City in a game that was won 3-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cardiff City as they are travelling to their away game against Wycombe Wanderers in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Cardiff City in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Cardiff's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brentford form and stats
Playing away, Brentford have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. Things are running smoothly for Brentford who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Stoke City.
Joshua Da Silva scored in Brentford's previous match, the home game against Newcastle United that ended 1-0. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Reading in the Championship.
A new game in only four days for Brentford, the Championship home match versus AFC Bournemouth. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Brentford's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Brentford as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Cardiff City-Brentford H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cardiff City five wins, Brentford three wins, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 16 goals |   K. Moore 8 goals | M. Forss 5 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Brentford missing players
| Cardiff City | Brentford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 20 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 75% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 35% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 40% | 40% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 12.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.6 | 12.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 42% | 43% |
- Brentford has the most scored goals in the first half (15) 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |