Cardiff City and Norwich City are keen to display their new people and skills: It's the first game of the Championship season.
Cardiff City form and stats
The previous season, Cardiff City's league statistics were 15 wins, 8 draws and 23 losses, producing 18th place in the Championship. During these 46 matches they scored 50 goals and let in 68. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Cardiff City managed 7-4-12 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 29 conceded.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Cardiff City, who have participated in five training matches. Cardiff City have won 4 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Norwich City form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Norwich City as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 5 victories from 38 games, relegation was a fact. Norwich City's manager Smith are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Norwich have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from seven fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Cardiff City, zero draws and seven wins for Norwich City. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Cardiff City missing players
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| Cardiff City | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiff City | Last season | Norwich City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Lost | L | 13 | 26 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 68 | 29 | Conceded | C | 41 | 84 | ||
| 98% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 61% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 29% | ||
| 9% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 50% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 32% | 37% | ||
| 15% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 16% | ||
| 37% | 48% | Failed to Score | F T | 63% | 58% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 29% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 22% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.6 | 16.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Birmingham City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Blackpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Burnley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Coventry City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hull City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Millwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Norwich City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Reading | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Sheffield United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Sunderland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Watford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 106 | 43 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 63 | 90 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 74 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 35 | 88 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 82 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 73 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 33 | 80 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 75 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 75 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 70 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 69 |
| 9 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 69 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 67 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 1 | 66 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 1 | 64 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -4 | 64 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 62 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 41 | -10 | 61 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -4 | 60 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 77 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 48 | -15 | 55 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 50 | 68 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 39 | -18 | 53 |
| 19 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 26 | -13 | 51 |
| 20 | Birmingham City | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 50 | 75 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -25 | 47 |
| 21 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 87 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 43 | -33 | 41 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 46 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 87 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 54 | -44 | 37 |
| 23 | Derby County | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 31 | -8 | 34 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 46 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 73 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 44 | -40 | 30 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 99 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 73 | 93 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 38 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 68 | 92 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 43 | 74 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 29 | 71 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 69 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 57 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 58 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 56 |
| 8 | Leicester City | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 3 | 52 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 21 | -2 | 51 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 18 | -5 | 51 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 62 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -18 | 49 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 48 |
| 13 | Brentford | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -8 | 46 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 54 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 15 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 43 | -24 | 40 |
| 16 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 66 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 41 | -23 | 39 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 79 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 41 | -37 | 38 |
| 18 | Burnley | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -19 | 35 |
| 19 | Watford | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 77 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -43 | 23 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 84 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -61 | 22 |
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