Cardiff City vs Nottingham Forest: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Cardiff City leading Nottingham Forest by 16 points.

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cardiff City form and stats

7-4-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Cardiff City so far this season.

Cardiff are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Cardiff against Swansea City the last match, as Aden Flint were on target. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Stoke City that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cardiff City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cardiff City as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Cardiff has won two of these, drawn seven and lost six.

The manager M. McCarthy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sheffield Wednesday in only three days.

Cardiff City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cardiff Stadium with 32 goals in 19 league matches. Cardiff have conceded 21 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Nottingham Forest have produced an overall stat of 5-5-9 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Brentford (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Norwich City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Nottingham in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Nottingham Forest, ten draws and seven defeats.

A new game in only three days for Nottingham, the Championship home match versus Queens Park Rangers. Busy days.

The attacking power of Nottingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 19 league matches away. Nottingham have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nottingham Forest - Cardiff City 0-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Cardiff, one draw and two wins for Nottingham Forest. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
16 goals
Cardiff CityS. Morrison
S. Morrison
5 goals
Cardiff CityO. Ojo
O. Ojo
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 7 19 38
16 7 4 Won W 0 5 10
10 4 0 Drew D 1 5 12
12 8 1 Lost L 6 9 16
55 32 13 Scored S 2 14 30
37 21 5 Conceded C 11 20 38
92% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
76% 84% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 63% 63%
45% 58% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 16% 21%
21% 32% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
8% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 29% 37% 39%
37% 32% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 29%
24% 26% 20% Failed to Score F T 71% 42% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1.5 1.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.9 11.6 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9.9 11.3
3.9 4.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.9 2.4 2.9
37% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 31% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cardiff City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nottingham Forest have scored away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 38 25 8 5 56 27 19 12 6 1 27 10 19 13 2 4 29 17 29 83
2 Watford 38 22 9 7 55 26 19 15 2 2 38 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 29 75
3 Swansea City 37 20 9 8 45 29 19 11 5 3 23 11 18 9 4 5 22 18 16 69
4 Brentford 37 19 11 7 65 39 18 10 6 2 35 19 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 68
5 Barnsley 38 19 7 12 49 42 19 10 4 5 24 19 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 64
6 Reading 38 18 8 12 52 41 19 11 1 7 29 21 19 7 7 5 23 20 11 62
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Cardiff City 38 16 10 12 55 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 19 9 6 4 23 16 18 58
9 Middlesbrough 38 16 8 14 46 39 19 10 3 6 25 18 19 6 5 8 21 21 7 56
10 Millwall 38 12 16 10 38 36 19 5 10 4 18 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 2 52
11 Stoke City 38 13 13 12 42 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 0 52
12 Queens Park Rangers 37 13 11 13 39 43 19 8 4 7 21 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -4 50
13 Luton Town 37 14 8 15 31 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 19 7 2 10 9 21 -10 50
14 Bristol City 38 15 4 19 39 50 19 7 2 10 15 22 19 8 2 9 24 28 -11 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 10 16 50 42 19 6 7 6 25 21 19 6 3 10 25 21 8 46
16 Preston North End 38 13 5 20 39 49 19 5 4 10 15 18 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 44
17 Nottingham Forest 38 10 12 16 30 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 19 5 5 9 14 20 -8 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 41 52 18 8 4 6 25 18 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 42
19 Derby County 38 10 10 18 27 42 19 5 6 8 14 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -15 40
20 Coventry City 37 9 12 16 32 48 19 7 7 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 39
21 Birmingham City 38 9 11 18 28 50 19 4 3 12 14 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -22 38
22 Rotherham United 34 10 5 19 38 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 17 6 2 9 17 21 -9 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 37 10 8 19 28 47 18 6 6 6 15 14 19 4 2 13 13 33 -19 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 38 6 9 23 25 61 19 4 5 10 12 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -36 27

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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 Norwich City 38 25 8 5 56 27 19 12 6 1 27 10 19 13 2 4 29 17 29 83
2 Watford 38 22 9 7 55 26 19 15 2 2 38 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 29 75
3 Swansea City 37 20 9 8 45 29 19 11 5 3 23 11 18 9 4 5 22 18 16 69
4 Brentford 37 19 11 7 65 39 18 10 6 2 35 19 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 68
5 Barnsley 38 19 7 12 49 42 19 10 4 5 24 19 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 64
6 Reading 38 18 8 12 52 41 19 11 1 7 29 21 19 7 7 5 23 20 11 62
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Cardiff City 38 16 10 12 55 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 19 9 6 4 23 16 18 58
9 Middlesbrough 38 16 8 14 46 39 19 10 3 6 25 18 19 6 5 8 21 21 7 56
10 Millwall 38 12 16 10 38 36 19 5 10 4 18 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 2 52
11 Stoke City 38 13 13 12 42 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 0 52
12 Queens Park Rangers 37 13 11 13 39 43 19 8 4 7 21 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -4 50
13 Luton Town 37 14 8 15 31 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 19 7 2 10 9 21 -10 50
14 Bristol City 38 15 4 19 39 50 19 7 2 10 15 22 19 8 2 9 24 28 -11 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 10 16 50 42 19 6 7 6 25 21 19 6 3 10 25 21 8 46
16 Preston North End 38 13 5 20 39 49 19 5 4 10 15 18 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 44
17 Nottingham Forest 38 10 12 16 30 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 19 5 5 9 14 20 -8 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 41 52 18 8 4 6 25 18 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 42
19 Derby County 38 10 10 18 27 42 19 5 6 8 14 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -15 40
20 Coventry City 37 9 12 16 32 48 19 7 7 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 39
21 Birmingham City 38 9 11 18 28 50 19 4 3 12 14 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -22 38
22 Rotherham United 34 10 5 19 38 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 17 6 2 9 17 21 -9 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 37 10 8 19 28 47 18 6 6 6 15 14 19 4 2 13 13 33 -19 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 38 6 9 23 25 61 19 4 5 10 12 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -36 27

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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.