Cardiff City have played well so far, sitting at 7th place in the table. Bristol City can look both ways from their 12th place.
- Cardiff City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cardiff City form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Championship games here at Cardiff City Stadium for Cardiff City. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Happy days for Cardiff City in their previous game, a fixture away at Huddersfield Town (placed 21st) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Finally, a league victory after three matches without. As mentioned above, Cardiff City "killed" Huddersfield Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Defender Goutas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 9.03/10. Goutas scored one goal and won 4 of 7 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Blackburn Rovers.This is expected to be a close game, with Cardiff City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cardiff City as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Cardiff has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.
The Cardiff City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches.
Bristol City form and stats
Playing away, Bristol City have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season.
Bristol City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ipswich Town proved too strong as Bristol City slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Ashton Gate Stadium.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Coventry City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Bristol City in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Bristol, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Bristol City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Cardiff City won four, Bristol City were winners in six and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bell 4 goals |   I. Ugbo 3 goals |  A. Ramsey 3 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Bristol City missing players
| Cardiff City | Bristol City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 62% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 31% |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 6.2 | 5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 11.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 40% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 37% | 36% |
| 12.5 | 8.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
- All of Cardiff City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cardiff City 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 | Leicester City | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 5 | Southampton | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Hull City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Norwich City | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Millwall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
| 23 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 8 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 3 |
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