Another action-packed fixture in Championship as Cardiff City welcome Leeds United

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Cardiff City have their presumed home advantage while Leeds United are ahead 17 points in the Championship table.

Cardiff City and Leeds United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cardiff City form and stats

8-8-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Cardiff City so far this season.

Happy days for Cardiff City in their previous game, a Championship match away at Barnsley (placed 24th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Brentford.

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

Cardiff City has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Cardiff City have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leeds United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Leeds United have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Leeds United love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The Leeds United goalkeeper Illan Meslier is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 515 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Luke Ayling and Patrick Bamford scored in Leeds United's previous match, the home game against Huddersfield Town that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hull City at their stadium, the result 4-0.

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

Leeds United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 19 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Leeds United as they have only conceded 17 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Leeds United - Cardiff City 3-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Cardiff City, one draw and three wins for Leeds United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
13 goals
Cardiff City
L. Tomlin
7 goals
Cardiff CityJ. Ralls
J. Ralls
6 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Leeds United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Leeds United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 7 Played P 4 19 37
13 8 1 Won W 2 10 21
15 8 4 Drew D 1 4 8
9 2 2 Lost L 1 5 8
52 26 6 Scored S 6 30 56
50 17 7 Conceded C 5 17 30
92% 89% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 95% 97%
73% 67% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 74% 68%
51% 44% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 37% 30%
30% 22% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 16% 16%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 5% 8%
59% 61% 57% BTTS BTTS 25% 42% 38%
27% 28% 14% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 46%
22% 22% 43% Failed to Score F T 50% 21% 19%
 
5 4.7 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 8.8 7.7 7.7
5.8 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.8 4.2
1.6 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
448 226 79 Total Shots T S 59 297 600
141 67 24 Shots on Target S O 15 98 197
37% 39% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (30)
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13)
  • Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (11)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (17)
  • Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (26)
  • Leeds United has the most scored goals in the second half (37)
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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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 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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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.