A brief peek at the Championship standings point to an edge to Huddersfield Town when they arrive at Cardiff City. Nevertheless; let's play the game before we award the win!
- Cardiff City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cardiff and Huddersfield Town.
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City's results here at Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 6 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
The Cardiff crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Queens Park Rangers here at Cardiff City Stadium in a Championship match. Midfield player Will Vaulks got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Vaulks hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).
A 3-3 draw away before that, with Stoke City the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cardiff have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won two, drawn seven and lost eight.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cardiff here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cardiff defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Huddersfield Town have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.
Huddersfield has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Peterborough United for a Championship game that ended a draw (1-1). Levi Colwill, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.22. Colwill served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 9 duels.
Before that, Huddersfield secured a home win against Millwall with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Huddersfield Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Huddersfield Town, seven draws and seven defeats.
Huddersfield Town find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Huddersfield in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Cardiff victories, three draws and zero Huddersfield Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Flint 4 goals |   D. Ward 4 goals |  R. Colwill 3 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Huddersfield Town missing players
| Cardiff City | Huddersfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 30 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 75% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 11.5 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 9.6 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 35% | 35% |
| 11.7 | 11.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.2 | 10.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Cardiff City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cardiff City have the fewest points (4) at home in Championship
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Cardiff City have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Championship
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cardiff City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Fulham | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 29 | 35 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Stoke City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Millwall | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 18 | Reading | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 23 | Hull City | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 9 |
| 24 | Derby County | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
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