Cardiff City vs Fulham: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 27.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Cardiff City - Fulham!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Fulham is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Cardiff City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Cardiff City have managed 11 wins, 9 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 23 games. Cardiff City has recorded two wins in a row here at Cardiff Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A nice win for Cardiff last time playing, versus Hull City. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Daniel Ward, Sean Morrison and Junior Hoilett scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Middlesbrough with a 3-1 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cardiff as they are travelling to their away game against Fulham in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Cardiff in their home games so far, with 35 goals from 23 league matches. Cardiff City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cardiff Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 21 from 23 matches.

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Fulham form and stats

Playing away, Fulham have won 8 games, drawn 10 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season. Fulham has drawn their two previous away games.

Fulham are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Wigan Athletic. Prior to that match, a home win 5-3 against Sheffield Wednesday.

Goalkeeper Marek Rodák made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Wigan Athletic. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cardiff City in just three days.

Fulham have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, from 23 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (22 so far).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
26 goals
CardiffL. Tomlin
L. Tomlin
8 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
8 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Fulham missing players

Cardiff City Fulham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
46 23 6 Played P 6 23 46
19 11 2 Won W 2 8 23
16 9 3 Drew D 2 10 12
11 3 1 Lost L 2 5 11
68 35 7 Scored S 4 24 64
58 21 5 Conceded C 6 22 48
91% 87% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 87% 93%
74% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 72%
52% 48% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 43%
30% 22% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 15%
15% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 11%
57% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 52% 48%
30% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 37%
22% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 22%
 
4.7 4.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.7 5.7
5.7 5.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.3 4.7
1.5 1.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
544 275 73 Total Shots T S 56 271 609
172 85 24 Shots on Target S O 17 91 209
40% 41% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 26% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have won significantly less corners away then 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 Leeds United 46 28 9 9 77 35 23 15 5 3 40 14 23 13 4 6 37 21 42 93
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 17 7 77 45 23 10 10 3 44 27 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 83
3 Brentford 46 24 9 13 80 38 23 14 5 4 44 18 23 10 4 9 36 20 42 81
4 Fulham 46 23 12 11 64 48 23 15 2 6 40 26 23 8 10 5 24 22 16 81
5 Cardiff City 46 19 16 11 68 58 23 11 9 3 35 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 10 73
6 Swansea City 46 18 16 12 62 53 23 10 5 8 27 23 23 8 11 4 35 30 9 70
7 Nottingham Forest 46 18 16 12 58 50 23 10 5 8 27 27 23 8 11 4 31 23 8 70
8 Millwall 46 17 17 12 57 51 23 10 8 5 33 25 23 7 9 7 24 26 6 68
9 Preston North End 46 18 12 16 59 54 23 12 4 7 39 29 23 6 8 9 20 25 5 66
10 Derby County 46 17 13 16 62 64 23 11 8 4 33 21 23 6 5 12 29 43 -2 64
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 12 17 66 63 23 10 9 4 33 24 23 7 3 13 33 39 3 63
12 Bristol City 46 17 12 17 60 65 23 8 7 8 30 33 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 63
13 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 57 56 23 10 7 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 59
14 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 67 76 23 9 5 9 42 42 23 7 5 11 25 34 -9 58
15 Reading 46 15 11 20 59 58 23 7 4 12 26 34 23 8 7 8 33 24 1 56
16 Stoke City 46 16 8 22 62 68 23 11 3 9 36 26 23 5 5 13 26 42 -6 56
17 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 11 20 58 66 23 7 7 9 19 30 23 8 4 11 39 36 -8 56
18 Middlesbrough 46 13 14 19 48 61 23 6 8 9 20 29 23 7 6 10 28 32 -13 53
19 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 52 70 23 8 6 9 26 30 23 5 6 12 26 40 -18 51
20 Luton Town 46 14 9 23 54 82 23 8 7 8 33 37 23 6 2 15 21 45 -28 51
21 Birmingham City 46 12 14 20 54 75 23 6 7 10 33 42 23 6 7 10 21 33 -21 50
22 Barnsley 46 12 13 21 49 69 23 7 9 7 29 33 23 5 4 14 20 36 -20 49
23 Charlton Athletic 46 12 12 22 50 65 23 8 6 9 28 27 23 4 6 13 22 38 -15 48
24 Hull City 46 12 9 25 57 87 23 7 3 13 29 37 23 5 6 12 28 50 -30 45

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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.