Championship match preview and statistics: Cardiff City fight Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 31.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Cardiff City in 12th and Reading in 15th place.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cardiff City and Reading.

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Cardiff City form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 Championship games here at Cardiff City Stadium for Cardiff City. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.

The Cardiff City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host West Bromwich Albion in Championship and win 2-1. Before that, Cardiff City played out a FA Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Reading.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of N. Harris when Lee Tomlin scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cardiff City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Cardiff City as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Reading are visiting.

Cardiff City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cardiff City Stadium with 21 goals in 14 league matches. 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 14 matches.

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Reading form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Bristol City with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Cardiff City.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were W1-D8-L7.

The schedule is very tough for Reading now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Cardiff City is waiting in only four days.

Reading find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Reading have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Reading - Cardiff City 3-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Cardiff City, 5 draws and 4 wins for Reading. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityL. Tomlin
L. Tomlin
6 goals
ReadingG. Puşcaş
G. Puşcaş
6 goals
Cardiff CityJ. Ralls
J. Ralls
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Reading
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 15 29
10 8 1 Won W 0 4 10
12 5 2 Drew D 1 6 7
7 1 0 Lost L 2 5 12
41 21 5 Scored S 3 16 35
42 11 2 Conceded C 6 15 33
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
72% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 72%
55% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 27% 41%
31% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 13% 17%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
66% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 48%
24% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 28%
21% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 28%
 
4.6 4.4 4 Corners For (avg) C F 4.3 4.5 5.4
6 5.1 5.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 5.9 5.5
1.6 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
342 162 32 Total Shots T S 21 169 361
109 48 12 Shots on Target S O 7 52 112
38% 44% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 31% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 29 16 7 6 46 26 14 8 4 2 22 12 15 8 3 4 24 14 20 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 29 14 11 4 51 33 14 6 6 2 30 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 18 53
3 Nottingham Forest 29 14 9 6 40 28 14 7 3 4 18 15 15 7 6 2 22 13 12 51
4 Fulham 29 14 7 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 14 5 5 4 16 14 12 49
5 Brentford 29 14 5 10 44 22 14 8 3 3 25 10 15 6 2 7 19 12 22 47
6 Bristol City 29 13 8 8 43 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 22 3 47
7 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
8 Swansea City 29 12 9 8 34 33 15 7 3 5 19 16 14 5 6 3 15 17 1 45
9 Millwall 29 11 11 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 15 3 7 5 15 21 3 44
10 Blackburn Rovers 29 12 7 10 42 36 15 7 6 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 23 23 6 43
11 Sheffield Wednesday 29 12 6 11 40 33 14 6 4 4 14 15 15 6 2 7 26 18 7 42
12 Cardiff City 29 10 12 7 41 42 14 8 5 1 21 11 15 2 7 6 20 31 -1 42
13 Hull City 29 11 6 12 41 38 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 5 4 5 19 19 3 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 11 5 13 47 53 15 6 4 5 29 27 14 5 1 8 18 26 -6 38
15 Reading 29 10 7 12 35 33 14 6 1 7 19 18 15 4 6 5 16 15 2 37
16 Derby County 29 9 10 10 31 39 15 8 5 2 19 11 14 1 5 8 12 28 -8 37
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Huddersfield Town 29 8 8 13 33 45 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 4 3 7 17 24 -12 32
20 Stoke City 29 9 4 16 36 42 15 5 3 7 19 20 14 4 1 9 17 22 -6 31
21 Charlton Athletic 29 7 9 13 37 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 30
22 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 44 14 5 4 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 13 26 -17 26
23 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
24 Luton Town 29 7 3 19 37 63 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 2 0 13 14 39 -26 24

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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 Leeds United 29 16 7 6 46 26 14 8 4 2 22 12 15 8 3 4 24 14 20 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 29 14 11 4 51 33 14 6 6 2 30 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 18 53
3 Nottingham Forest 29 14 9 6 40 28 14 7 3 4 18 15 15 7 6 2 22 13 12 51
4 Fulham 29 14 7 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 14 5 5 4 16 14 12 49
5 Brentford 29 14 5 10 44 22 14 8 3 3 25 10 15 6 2 7 19 12 22 47
6 Bristol City 29 13 8 8 43 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 22 3 47
7 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
8 Swansea City 29 12 9 8 34 33 15 7 3 5 19 16 14 5 6 3 15 17 1 45
9 Millwall 29 11 11 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 15 3 7 5 15 21 3 44
10 Blackburn Rovers 29 12 7 10 42 36 15 7 6 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 23 23 6 43
11 Sheffield Wednesday 29 12 6 11 40 33 14 6 4 4 14 15 15 6 2 7 26 18 7 42
12 Cardiff City 29 10 12 7 41 42 14 8 5 1 21 11 15 2 7 6 20 31 -1 42
13 Hull City 29 11 6 12 41 38 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 5 4 5 19 19 3 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 11 5 13 47 53 15 6 4 5 29 27 14 5 1 8 18 26 -6 38
15 Reading 29 10 7 12 35 33 14 6 1 7 19 18 15 4 6 5 16 15 2 37
16 Derby County 29 9 10 10 31 39 15 8 5 2 19 11 14 1 5 8 12 28 -8 37
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Huddersfield Town 29 8 8 13 33 45 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 4 3 7 17 24 -12 32
20 Stoke City 29 9 4 16 36 42 15 5 3 7 19 20 14 4 1 9 17 22 -6 31
21 Charlton Athletic 29 7 9 13 37 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 30
22 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 44 14 5 4 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 13 26 -17 26
23 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
24 Luton Town 29 7 3 19 37 63 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 2 0 13 14 39 -26 24

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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.