Cardiff City are believing in their home following to assist them in this match versus Rotherham United. Who wins at Cardiff City Stadium?
- Cardiff City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Championship
The visiting Rotherham United played their last game only four days ago, a Championship match. That game was also an away game, at Coventry City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cardiff City form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Cardiff City have to build on here at Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Cardiff to get some points in this home game.
Stress levels are on the rise for Cardiff City's attacking players as they have now played 270 minutes without scoring in a league game. Wintle was their last goal scorer.
Cardiff City lost their last game at Swansea City (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The attacker O'Dowda was named "man of the match" for Cardiff with a rating of 7.03/10. O'Dowda hit one key pass.
Heartbreak before that as Cardiff City lost 0-3 at Queens Park Rangers's place.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 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Cardiff City as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Watford are visiting.
Cardiff aren't scoring a lot here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. Cardiff City have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rotherham United form and stats
There's been little loot from Rotherham United's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Championship. Rotherham United only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.
Rotherham United has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Coventry City for a 2-2 draw. Peltier, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.44. Peltier hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Hull City.Rotherham have another game away in just four nights, a Championship match vs Burnley. A gruelling itinerary for the guests!
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by Rotherham United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cardiff have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when facing Rotherham United.Top Goalscorers
  R. Wood 4 goals |  C. Ogbene 4 goals | G. Kelly 3 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Rotherham United missing players
| Cardiff City | Rotherham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 88% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 88% |
| 56% | 29% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 81% |
| 31% | 14% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 44% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 19% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 44% |
| 31% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 38% |
| 50% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 57% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 14 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.7 | 9.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.4 | 3 |
| 34% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 40% | 42% |
| 10.5 | 7.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 18 | 14.5 |
| 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
- Cardiff City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cardiff City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Championship
- Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Watford | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
