Cardiff City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Preston North End.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Cardiff City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cardiff City Stadium as Cardiff City have scored 18 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Cardiff City has recorded two wins in a row here at Cardiff City Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Cardiff City manager N. Harris and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Leeds United (placed 2nd) in the Championship. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Brentford.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Leeds United as R. Glatzel's goal in the 87th minute completed a cancellation of 0-3 and secured a point.
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 six games. Cardiff City has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Cardiff City in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. Cardiff City have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Preston North End form and stats
Preston North End have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-2-6 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Preston North End's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The supporters enjoyed Preston North End's previous game versus Luton Town (placed 21st), a Championship 2-1 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Fulham.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Preston North End, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Preston North End as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. Preston North End have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Cardiff City victories, 2 draws and 4 Preston North End wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
D. Johnson
8 goals
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J. Ralls
5 goals
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D. Ward
5 goals
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Cardiff City missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Cardiff City | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 34 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 35 |
| 32 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 14 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 73% |
| 59% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 50% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 10% | 18% |
| 64% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 30% | 55% |
| 23% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| 18% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 5.9 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 278 | 124 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 57 | 99 | 235 |
| 90 | 36 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 34 | 87 |
| 38% | 50% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 40% |
- Cardiff City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Preston North End have scored away.
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Preston North End has the fewest scored goals (6) away
- Preston North End have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Preston North End 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 47 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Fulham | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 34 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Millwall | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 32 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Hull City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | Derby County | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 18 | Reading | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 22 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 21 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 20 |
| 22 | Stoke City | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 18 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 16 |
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