Championship preview: Can Cardiff City edge out victory against Charlton Athletic?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 30.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Cardiff City leading Charlton Athletic by 15 points. Match preview to follow:

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.

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Cardiff City form and stats

9-8-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Cardiff City so far this season.

Cardiff are returning here after visiting Preston North End in a Championship game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Robert Glatzel, Joe Ralls and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Cardiff City won a home game hosting Leeds United (2-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cardiff have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost two.

Cardiff are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Bristol City awaits in four days.

Cardiff has scored 28 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. From these home matches, Cardiff have conceded only 17 goals.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Charlton Athletic so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-11 (win-draw-lose).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Dillon Phillips is eager to challenge this, with his 253 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Darren Pratley scored in Charlton's previous match, the home game against Queens Park Rangers that ended 1-0. Prior to that result Charlton won their away game at Hull City. The scoreline was 1-0.

Charlton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

A new game in only three days for Charlton, the Championship home match versus Millwall. Busy days.

The visiting Charlton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 19 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Charlton have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Charlton Athletic - Cardiff City 2-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cardiff, five draws and three wins for Charlton Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticL. Taylor
L. Taylor
11 goals
Charlton AthleticM. Bonne
M. Bonne
8 goals
CardiffJ. Ralls
J. Ralls
7 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 5 19 39
15 9 5 Won W 1 4 12
15 8 1 Drew D 2 4 9
9 2 0 Lost L 2 11 18
57 28 11 Scored S 7 20 46
51 17 6 Conceded C 8 31 54
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
74% 68% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 74% 67%
51% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 63% 56%
31% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 32% 33%
15% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
59% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 80% 58% 54%
28% 32% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 16% 21%
21% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 26% 28%
 
4.9 4.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.4 4.3
5.9 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 7.1 6.7
1.6 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.8 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
468 233 84 Total Shots T S 54 180 335
149 69 22 Shots on Target S O 19 68 126
38% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 29% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 39 22 8 9 59 32 19 12 4 3 29 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 74
2 West Bromwich Albion 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Nottingham Forest 39 17 13 9 52 40 19 9 4 6 23 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 12 64
5 Fulham 39 18 10 11 52 43 20 12 2 6 32 23 19 6 8 5 20 20 9 64
6 Cardiff City 39 15 15 9 57 51 19 9 8 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 60
7 Preston North End 39 16 9 14 52 49 20 11 3 6 36 27 19 5 6 8 16 22 3 57
8 Derby County 39 15 12 12 54 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 19 4 5 10 24 38 2 57
9 Blackburn Rovers 39 15 11 13 55 48 20 9 8 3 27 17 19 6 3 10 28 31 7 56
10 Swansea City 39 14 14 11 49 46 20 8 5 7 24 21 19 6 9 4 25 25 3 56
11 Millwall 39 13 16 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 55
12 Bristol City 39 15 10 14 53 58 19 7 5 7 26 29 20 8 5 7 27 29 -5 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 10 15 49 51 19 7 6 6 17 22 20 7 4 9 32 29 -2 52
14 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 8 17 58 64 20 8 5 7 37 34 19 6 3 10 21 30 -6 50
15 Reading 39 13 10 16 48 45 19 7 3 9 24 25 20 6 7 7 24 20 3 49
16 Birmingham City 39 12 13 14 51 60 19 6 6 7 30 32 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 49
17 Wigan Athletic 39 12 11 16 42 50 19 7 6 6 20 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -8 47
18 Charlton Athletic 39 12 9 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -8 45
19 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
20 Stoke City 39 12 7 20 50 58 20 8 3 9 29 26 19 4 4 11 21 32 -8 43
21 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
22 Huddersfield Town 39 11 9 19 46 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 19 4 4 11 22 36 -17 42
23 Luton Town 39 11 6 22 45 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 20 4 1 15 17 44 -27 39
24 Barnsley 39 9 11 19 43 62 20 5 8 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 38

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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 Leeds United 39 22 8 9 59 32 19 12 4 3 29 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 74
2 West Bromwich Albion 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Nottingham Forest 39 17 13 9 52 40 19 9 4 6 23 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 12 64
5 Fulham 39 18 10 11 52 43 20 12 2 6 32 23 19 6 8 5 20 20 9 64
6 Cardiff City 39 15 15 9 57 51 19 9 8 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 60
7 Preston North End 39 16 9 14 52 49 20 11 3 6 36 27 19 5 6 8 16 22 3 57
8 Derby County 39 15 12 12 54 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 19 4 5 10 24 38 2 57
9 Blackburn Rovers 39 15 11 13 55 48 20 9 8 3 27 17 19 6 3 10 28 31 7 56
10 Swansea City 39 14 14 11 49 46 20 8 5 7 24 21 19 6 9 4 25 25 3 56
11 Millwall 39 13 16 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 55
12 Bristol City 39 15 10 14 53 58 19 7 5 7 26 29 20 8 5 7 27 29 -5 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 10 15 49 51 19 7 6 6 17 22 20 7 4 9 32 29 -2 52
14 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 8 17 58 64 20 8 5 7 37 34 19 6 3 10 21 30 -6 50
15 Reading 39 13 10 16 48 45 19 7 3 9 24 25 20 6 7 7 24 20 3 49
16 Birmingham City 39 12 13 14 51 60 19 6 6 7 30 32 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 49
17 Wigan Athletic 39 12 11 16 42 50 19 7 6 6 20 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -8 47
18 Charlton Athletic 39 12 9 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -8 45
19 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
20 Stoke City 39 12 7 20 50 58 20 8 3 9 29 26 19 4 4 11 21 32 -8 43
21 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
22 Huddersfield Town 39 11 9 19 46 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 19 4 4 11 22 36 -17 42
23 Luton Town 39 11 6 22 45 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 20 4 1 15 17 44 -27 39
24 Barnsley 39 9 11 19 43 62 20 5 8 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 38

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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.