Football betting preview: Cardiff City vs Brentford

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Cardiff City have their presumed home advantage while Brentford are ahead 6 points in the Championship table.

It's no vacation for neither Cardiff City nor Brentford 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.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City have played 17 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Cardiff City haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 215 minutes ago. K. Naismith (own goal) scored that one.

Cardiff City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Nottingham Forest (placed 4th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Stoke City (0-2).

Cardiff City has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Cardiff City have conceded only 15 goals.

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Brentford form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Brentford playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Brentford, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Luton Town (placed 24th). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Blackburn Rovers.

Brentford have scored 26 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far).

Head 2 Head

Brentford - Cardiff City 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Cardiff City five wins, one draw and Brentford three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Brentford
O. Watkins
22 goals
BrentfordM. Benrahma
M. Benrahma
10 goals
Cardiff City
L. Tomlin
7 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Brentford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Brentford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 18 35
12 8 1 Won W 2 7 16
14 7 2 Drew D 1 3 8
9 2 2 Lost L 2 8 11
48 24 3 Scored S 8 26 57
48 15 4 Conceded C 5 16 31
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
71% 65% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 61% 63%
51% 41% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 46%
29% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 22% 29%
17% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
60% 59% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 39% 46%
26% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 29%
23% 24% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 39% 31%
 
5 4.8 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 6.1 6.5
5.9 5.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.6 4.4
1.6 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
430 215 55 Total Shots T S 57 232 488
131 61 13 Shots on Target S O 26 79 169
37% 39% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 33% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 35 19 8 8 50 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 18 9 4 5 26 17 20 65
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 35 11 8 16 48 54 18 6 3 9 27 29 17 5 5 7 21 25 -6 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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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 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 35 19 8 8 50 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 18 9 4 5 26 17 20 65
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 35 11 8 16 48 54 18 6 3 9 27 29 17 5 5 7 21 25 -6 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.