Cardiff City receive Preston North End for another interesting Championship fixture here at Cardiff City Stadium.
- Cardiff City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (1) in Championship
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Carabao Cup. That game, against Wolverhampton Wanderers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Preston North End.
Cardiff City form and stats
Perfect Championship season at home so far for Cardiff City 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Cardiff are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 253 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Philogene-Bidace).
In their previous game, the manager Morison led his Cardiff City to a defeat away at Bristol City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cardiff City Stadium. Midfield player Wintle got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Wintle hit two key passes.
Before that, Cardiff City played out a draw 0-0 when visiting West Bromwich Albion.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cardiff have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Luton Town are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cardiff City at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Preston North End form and stats
Four points from two away games for Preston North End, meaning one draw and one victory in the Championship so far.
Preston North End aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 252 league minutes without a goal. Potts was the last player to find the net. Preston have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Freddie Woodman. It's been 492 minutes since they last conceded .
Two away games in a row for Preston North End, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup. Goalkeeper Cornell got the top player rating of the team with 8.2/10. Cornell saved a penalty.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Watford in the Championship.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston North End playing away and similar expectations, we found 21 relevant matches. Results were 8 Preston North End wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league matches in a row with this team have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.
Preston have another match away in just four sleeps, a Championship fixture against Coventry City. A hard programme for the visitors!
Preston North End have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Cardiff City have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (5-2-0) when playing Preston North End.Top Goalscorers
  C. O'Dowda 1 goals |  J. Philogene-Bidace 1 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Cardiff City | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 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% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 3 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 5.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.5 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 4.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.8 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.5 | 13.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 4% |
| 9.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 17.5 | 12 |
| 2.6 | 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Cardiff City have scored more than double the goals of Preston North End.
- Cardiff City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cardiff City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Preston North End have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Preston North End have not yet conceded a single goal in all their games.
- Preston North End have not yet lost a game.
- Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (1) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (2) away in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (5) in Championship
- Preston North End have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Cardiff City | Last season | Preston North End | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 52 | ||
| 68 | 29 | Conceded | C | 28 | 56 | ||
| 98% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 85% | ||
| 72% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 67% | ||
| 52% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 9% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 11% | ||
| 50% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 35% | 54% | ||
| 15% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 37% | 48% | Failed to Score | F T | 52% | 33% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 11 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 29% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Reading | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Hull City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Burnley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 20 | Swansea City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 5 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 23 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
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