Cardiff City vs Luton Town betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

The season has been demanding for Cardiff City so far, while Luton Town have enjoyed success. Will the visiting team take another scalp at Cardiff City Stadium?

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) 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

The story so far in the Championship for Cardiff City at their home stadium (Cardiff City Stadium) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats.

Cardiff are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Hull City. Midfield player Vaulks got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Vaulks hit three key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 72 total).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Reading.

Cardiff City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

8 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Luton Town playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Naismith scored in Luton Town's previous match, the home game against Nottingham Forest that ended 1-0. Goalkeeper Shea got the top player rating of the team with 7.31/10. Shea topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Huddersfield Town's place.

Luton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 21 games (in the league). 26 goals have been conceded by Luton in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: Luton Town - Cardiff City 1-2. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Cardiff won six, Luton Town were winners in two and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
15 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
10 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
6 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 21 7 Played P 7 21 42
14 7 2 Won W 3 8 19
7 3 0 Drew D 3 5 11
20 11 5 Lost L 1 8 12
48 21 6 Scored S 10 25 60
63 27 10 Conceded C 8 26 47
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 90%
76% 62% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 81% 74%
59% 43% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 43% 50%
24% 24% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 19% 26%
10% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 12%
54% 38% 43% BTTS BTTS 57% 43% 43%
15% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 33% 40%
34% 48% 57% Failed to Score F T 14% 29% 26%
 
4.3 4.9 4.9 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.5 4.9
5 4.3 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.1 4.8
2.2 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 2.4 2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.2 11.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.9 10.3 10.7
3.9 4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
30% 25% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 33% 39%
 
10.9 9.9 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.2 11
3.5 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.1 3.6 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship

  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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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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.