Betting preview: Cardiff City faced with a tough challenge when Fulham visits

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City come from a 1-2 scoreline versus Huddersfield Town last week, a match to remember. Next is this fit Fulham team.

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (81) 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

When playing at home in the Championship, Cardiff City have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 16 games.

Cardiff lost their last game at Huddersfield Town (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Doyle (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.5/10. Doyle scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Blackpool.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cardiff City, as the Championship home game vs Derby County is only three days away.

The Cardiff fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. Cardiff City have conceded 21 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fulham form and stats

Fulham's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Fulham collect 30 points from their 14 away matches in the Championship. 9 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Coventry City game have they lost an away game, meaning Fulham has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Fulham had fun at their own home (Cardiff City Stadium) last time out, beating Peterborough United 2-1. Mitrović (2) scored. Midfielder Seri was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.24. Seri hit six key passes and had 101 successful passes (of 114 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Huddersfield Town.

Fulham create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 38 goals in 14 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the squads met earlier this campaign; Fulham - Cardiff City 2-0. Cardiff-Fulham H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cardiff City two wins, Fulham five wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
33 goals
FulhamF. Carvalho
F. Carvalho
8 goals
FulhamN. Kebano
N. Kebano
8 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Fulham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Fulham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 14 32
10 5 1 Won W 4 9 20
6 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
17 9 5 Lost L 0 2 5
40 18 4 Scored S 13 38 81
53 21 9 Conceded C 1 13 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 84%
58% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 59%
27% 25% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 38%
12% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 31%
55% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 59%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 36% 34%
33% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 9%
 
4 4.3 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.3 6.4
4.8 3.9 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.7 3.6
2.3 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.3 11.4 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 14.4 16.3
4 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 6.1 6.3
31% 28% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 45% 40%
 
11 9.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.6 8.9
3.8 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 2.9 3
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.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Cardiff City.
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (38) away in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (81) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+25) away in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+52) in Championship
  • Fulham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fulham 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 Fulham 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 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 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

Cardiff City:
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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 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 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 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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