Championship game guide and statistics: Cardiff City host Derby County

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Take hard look at their own tactics or adapt for the opposing team? Both Cardiff City and Derby County must try something separate than earlier. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Championship

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

Cardiff City's struggle is real here at Cardiff City Stadium with only 17 points collected from 17 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 5-2-10.

The Cardiff City followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Cardiff Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Fulham (placed 1st). Defender Ng got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.11/10. Ng won 9 of 13 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Huddersfield Town (1-2).

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 City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost five.

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

The Cardiff fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. Cardiff City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Cardiff has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Derby County form and stats

There's been little loot from Derby County's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 17 away games in the Championship. Derby County only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 6 draws. Bitter travels for Derby County as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Reading match.

Two away games in a row for Derby County, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Luton Town. Bielik got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Bielik had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

A loss against Millwall was the result prior to that, in a home game.

County 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, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Derby County are hosting Barnsley in the Championship only four days away.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Derby County in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cardiff victories, three draws and three Derby County wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
9 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
5 goals
Cardiff CityR. Colwill
R. Colwill
4 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Derby County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 5 17 34
10 5 1 Won W 1 2 10
6 2 1 Drew D 1 6 12
18 10 2 Lost L 3 9 12
40 18 5 Scored S 5 11 34
54 22 3 Conceded C 8 22 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 85%
76% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 59% 62%
56% 41% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 35% 41%
26% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 18%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
53% 41% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 53%
12% 12% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 32%
35% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 47% 29%
 
4.1 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.4 4.4
5 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.9 4.6
2.3 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.1 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
11.3 11.2 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 8.7 9.8
4 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.4 2.8
30% 26% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 27% 36%
 
11 10 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 12.2 12
3.7 3.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
19 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
20 Cardiff City 34 10 6 18 40 54 17 5 2 10 18 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -14 36
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 34 10 12 12 34 38 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 6 9 11 22 -4 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

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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 Fulham 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
19 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
20 Cardiff City 34 10 6 18 40 54 17 5 2 10 18 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -14 36
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 34 10 12 12 34 38 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 6 9 11 22 -4 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

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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.