Cardiff City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Bristol City.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Cardiff City Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
The Cardiff City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Birmingham City in Championship and win 4-2. Heartbreak before that as Cardiff City lost 0-1 at Swansea City's place.
A goal frenzy last time out for Cardiff City, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Birmingham City. Fun stuff to watch! Joe Ralls was absolutely essential when Cardiff City beat Birmingham City 4-2, scoring 3 goals.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cardiff City handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D0-L2.
Goals decide football matches and Cardiff City are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Cardiff City have conceded only 6 goals.
Bristol City form and stats
3-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bristol City, who have the most scored goals (14) away in Championship, in their Championship matches away.
Bristol City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Barnsley (placed 24th). A draw for Bristol City before that, at their own venue hosting Wigan Athletic (2-2).
It looked so good for Bristol City vs Barnsley, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
We have checked recent matches where Bristol City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W1-D2-L4.
Bristol City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bristol City have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff City 7 wins, 1 draw and Bristol City 2 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Weimann 6 goals |   J. Ralls 5 goals |  D. Ward 4 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Bristol City missing players
| Cardiff City | Bristol City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 40% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 73% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- All of Bristol City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cardiff City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cardiff City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cardiff City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Fulham | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Brentford | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Millwall | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Derby County | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 17 | Reading | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 23 | Stoke City | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 9 |