Cardiff City vs Huddersfield Town match preview: Even contest expected at Cardiff City Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Huddersfield Town have recuperated following their 1-1-fixture vs Sunderland and are ready to meet Cardiff City. Get all the information!

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Cardiff City are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture.

Cardiff have less rest than Huddersfield Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Rotherham United.

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Cardiff City form and stats

6-7-9 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Cardiff City so far this season. When Cardiff City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Reading and Blackpool), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

Happy days for Cardiff City in their previous game, a fixture away at Rotherham United (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Defender Ng got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Ng served one assist, hit two key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.

In the match before that, Cardiff City hosted Stoke City and drew the game 1-1.

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 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 7.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cardiff City here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (19 from 22 games). Cardiff has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 6 of 6 times.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huddersfield Town so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-13 (win-draw-lose).

Huddersfield Town has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sunderland for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Rudoni was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Rudoni hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Swansea City before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Huddersfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 1 Huddersfield Town win, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Huddersfield, the Championship home match versus Sheffield United. Busy days.

The attacking power of Huddersfield Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 19 goals scored from 22 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Huddersfield Town have conceded 36 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Huddersfield is visiting a side on the bottom half, 5 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Reading, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool.

Head 2 Head

Cardiff City and Huddersfield Town have faced off previously this season: Huddersfield Town - Cardiff City 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Cardiff City victories, three draws and two 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

CardiffS. Kaba
S. Kaba
8 goals
Cardiff CityC. Robinson
C. Robinson
5 goals
Huddersfield TownM. Pearson
M. Pearson
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 43
13 6 3 Won W 1 4 11
10 7 3 Drew D 1 5 11
21 9 0 Lost L 4 13 21
40 19 5 Scored S 7 19 42
53 22 2 Conceded C 11 36 61
91% 91% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
59% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 68% 67%
32% 23% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 50% 44%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 23%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 7%
41% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 83% 50% 47%
27% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 19%
41% 27% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 45% 42%
 
4.7 5.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.3
4.8 4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.2 5.6
1.8 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.8 14 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.1 9.2
3.2 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.1
29% 27% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 32%
 
10.9 9.5 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 15.5 14.1
3.3 2.4 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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 Burnley 44 27 14 3 82 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 22 12 8 2 36 19 48 95
2 Sheffield United 43 26 7 10 67 36 22 15 3 4 43 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 31 85
3 Luton Town 44 21 15 8 56 38 22 10 8 4 31 21 22 11 7 4 25 17 18 78
4 Middlesbrough 44 22 8 14 83 54 22 13 6 3 45 18 22 9 2 11 38 36 29 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Sunderland 44 17 14 13 63 53 22 7 8 7 31 31 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 65
7 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 44 19 8 17 47 50 22 13 3 6 26 18 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 65
9 West Bromwich Albion 44 17 12 15 55 49 22 10 7 5 29 19 22 7 5 10 26 30 6 63
10 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Cardiff City 44 13 10 21 40 53 22 6 7 9 19 22 22 7 3 12 21 31 -13 49
19 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
20 Rotherham United 44 10 16 18 48 60 22 8 6 8 36 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -12 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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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 Burnley 44 27 14 3 82 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 22 12 8 2 36 19 48 95
2 Sheffield United 43 26 7 10 67 36 22 15 3 4 43 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 31 85
3 Luton Town 44 21 15 8 56 38 22 10 8 4 31 21 22 11 7 4 25 17 18 78
4 Middlesbrough 44 22 8 14 83 54 22 13 6 3 45 18 22 9 2 11 38 36 29 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Sunderland 44 17 14 13 63 53 22 7 8 7 31 31 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 65
7 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 44 19 8 17 47 50 22 13 3 6 26 18 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 65
9 West Bromwich Albion 44 17 12 15 55 49 22 10 7 5 29 19 22 7 5 10 26 30 6 63
10 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Cardiff City 44 13 10 21 40 53 22 6 7 9 19 22 22 7 3 12 21 31 -13 49
19 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
20 Rotherham United 44 10 16 18 48 60 22 8 6 8 36 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -12 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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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.