This campaign has been demanding for Cardiff City up to now, while Queens Park Rangers have played well. Will the travellers triumph again at Cardiff City Stadium?
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
This looks to be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City have played 12 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Cardiff City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, Birmingham City, Sheffield United, Watford and Burnley), they have won 3 of 7 matches!
The spoils were shared in Cardiff City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Blackpool (placed 22nd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The forward Etete won the honour of being "man of the match" for Cardiff with a rating of 7.91/10. Etete scored one goal and hit two key passes.
2-2 away at Stoke City before that.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 City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 6.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cardiff City as they are travelling to their away game against Coventry City in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Cardiff have scored {10 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. Cardiff City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Queens Park Rangers playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Queens Park Rangers, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Preston North End (placed 7th) last time out. Yippee; their first win in the league after six games not winning. Dunne, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.22. Dunne scored one goal and won 9 of 12 duels.
A loss against Burnley was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for QPR, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Luton Town in just three days.
As opposed to that, Queens Park Rangers have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Queens Park Rangers - Cardiff City 3-0. Cardiff City-Queens Park Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cardiff City three wins, Queens Park Rangers seven wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Willock 6 goals |  L. Dykes 6 goals |   C. Robinson 4 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Queens Park Rangers missing players
| Cardiff City | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 7 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 91% | 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 57% | 42% | 29% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 65% |
| 35% | 25% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 48% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 39% | 42% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 30% | 42% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 39% | 25% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 39% |
| 5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 14.5 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.3 | 13.7 |
| 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 32% | 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 29% |
| 10.3 | 8.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.8 | 11 |
| 3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
- Cardiff City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Burnley | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Watford | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 37 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Millwall | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Reading | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -4 | 29 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 21 | Hull City | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 26 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 24 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -11 | 24 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
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