Championship match guide and numbers: Cardiff City fight Nottingham Forest

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 30.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

A quick glance at the Championship table point to an upper hand to Nottingham Forest when they arrive at Cardiff City. But; let's play the match before we pick a winner!

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cardiff City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Cardiff City have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses from their games here at Cardiff City Stadium.

The club members are hoping that Cardiff will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the match against Bristol City (placed 16th). The versatile forward Collins edged out all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Collins scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Blackburn Rovers with the scoreline 0-1.

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

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 (9 from 12 games). Cardiff City have conceded 19 from these games.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Nottingham Forest have produced an overall stat of 6-4-3 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Nottingham Forest hope to make it five in this match.

Nottingham Forest won their last game, 3-0 versus Barnsley played at home. Johnson got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Johnson scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Derby County.

Nottingham Forest are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 13 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other earlier on this campaign: Nottingham Forest - Cardiff City 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff seven wins, zero draws and Nottingham Forest three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
7 goals
Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 6 Played P 5 13 28
6 2 1 Won W 3 6 12
5 1 0 Drew D 2 4 7
15 9 5 Lost L 0 3 9
28 9 2 Scored S 12 19 38
47 19 10 Conceded C 4 11 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
77% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 82%
58% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 50%
31% 25% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 15% 11%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 4%
54% 42% 17% BTTS BTTS 80% 54% 54%
4% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 29%
42% 58% 83% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 25%
 
4.2 4.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.4
4.8 4.2 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.7 3.9
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.6 11.7 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 11.2 11.7
3.9 4.1 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 3.8 3.5
27% 18% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 38% 39%
 
11.5 10.8 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.1 10.5
4.1 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.1 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Cardiff City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest points (7) at home in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nottingham Forest have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cardiff City have scored home.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) 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 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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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 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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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.