Cardiff City vs Preston North End: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City are leaning on their home following to assist them during this fixture against Preston North End. Who wins at Cardiff City Stadium?

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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

Cardiff City have played 18 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-10 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Cardiff City against Queens Park Rangers the last match, as Davies and Colwill were on target.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Derby County.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cardiff, as the Championship home game vs Stoke City is only four days away.

Cardiff City has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cardiff City have conceded 22 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Archer and Riis scored in Preston North End's previous match, the home game against AFC Bournemouth that ended 2-1. The attacker Archer got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Archer scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Coventry City.

The schedule is very tough for Preston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Luton Town is waiting in only four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Preston North End as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. Preston have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads played each other previously this season; Preston North End - Cardiff City 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff City six wins, one draw and Preston North End three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
13 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
5 goals
CardiffR. Colwill
R. Colwill
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
12 6 3 Won W 2 6 12
6 2 1 Drew D 2 5 14
18 10 1 Lost L 1 7 10
43 19 8 Scored S 3 16 40
55 22 7 Conceded C 2 19 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 83% 83%
75% 61% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 56% 67%
56% 39% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 39% 44%
25% 22% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 19%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
53% 39% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 39% 56%
14% 17% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 33% 31%
33% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 31%
 
4.1 4.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5 4.9
5.1 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.8
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.3 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 8.4 10.5
4 4.1 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.4 3.1
30% 26% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 35%
 
11.1 9.9 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11 11.5
3.6 3.3 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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.