Cardiff City - Stoke City: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Important clash in the lower section of the Championship, with both Cardiff City and Stoke City suffering more tension than bliss. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the hosts at 19th and the visiting team in 17th place.

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Stoke City.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City have played 21 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-9 (wins-draws-losses). When Cardiff City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Reading, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 2 of 5 matches! The Cardiff City manager Lamouchi might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

A strong away win for Cardiff against Watford the last match, as Kaba, Kipré and Etete were on target. Defender Kipré got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.35/10. Kipré scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Sheffield United.

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 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 7.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 20 league games, 15 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cardiff City here at Cardiff Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (18 from 21 games). Cardiff City has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

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Stoke City form and stats

8-5-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stoke City in their Championship matches away.

Stoke City have much to play for after their surprise defeat (0-1) to Wigan Athletic in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. Fox was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Fox won 3 of 6 duels.

A loss against West Bromwich Albion 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 Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Stoke, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Stoke City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 21 league away games 29 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Stoke have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cardiff City have not lost in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) against Stoke City.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Stoke City - Cardiff 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
9 goals
Cardiff CityS. Kaba
S. Kaba
7 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
7 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Stoke City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 5 Played P 6 21 43
12 6 2 Won W 1 8 14
9 6 3 Drew D 2 5 10
21 9 0 Lost L 3 8 19
37 18 4 Scored S 5 29 54
51 21 2 Conceded C 8 24 50
90% 90% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 91%
57% 48% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 67%
31% 24% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 48% 47%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 30%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
38% 43% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 48% 42%
29% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 30%
43% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 37%
 
4.7 5.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.7
4.8 4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.5 5
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.8 14.3 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 13 12.9
3.1 3.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.7 4.6
29% 27% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 30% 27%
 
11.1 9.7 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.3 10
3.3 2.5 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 42 26 14 2 80 32 21 15 6 0 45 13 21 11 8 2 35 19 48 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Millwall 43 18 11 14 50 42 22 11 6 5 31 18 21 7 5 9 19 24 8 65
6 Blackburn Rovers 42 19 7 16 46 48 21 13 3 5 26 17 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 64
7 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
8 Coventry City 43 16 15 12 53 44 21 9 7 5 26 23 22 7 8 7 27 21 9 63
9 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
10 Norwich City 43 17 11 15 56 48 21 8 5 8 27 23 22 9 6 7 29 25 8 62
11 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 43 51 21 7 6 8 19 24 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 62
12 Watford 43 15 14 14 52 50 22 10 6 6 33 23 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 59
13 Swansea City 43 16 11 16 61 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 21 6 7 8 26 31 0 59
14 Bristol City 43 13 14 16 50 53 21 8 7 6 27 21 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 53
15 Birmingham City 43 14 11 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 22 7 5 10 23 32 -7 53
16 Hull City 43 13 14 16 49 60 21 8 5 8 22 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -11 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 10 19 54 50 22 6 5 11 25 26 21 8 5 8 29 24 4 52
18 Rotherham United 42 10 16 16 46 56 21 8 6 7 35 28 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 46
19 Cardiff City 42 12 9 21 37 51 21 6 6 9 18 21 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
21 Queens Park Rangers 43 11 11 21 41 68 22 6 5 11 21 33 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 44
22 Reading 43 13 10 20 44 63 22 10 7 5 30 23 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 43
23 Blackpool 43 9 11 23 44 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 21 3 5 13 18 38 -25 38
24 Wigan Athletic 43 9 13 21 35 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 22 5 7 10 20 29 -28 37

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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 Burnley 42 26 14 2 80 32 21 15 6 0 45 13 21 11 8 2 35 19 48 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Millwall 43 18 11 14 50 42 22 11 6 5 31 18 21 7 5 9 19 24 8 65
6 Blackburn Rovers 42 19 7 16 46 48 21 13 3 5 26 17 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 64
7 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
8 Coventry City 43 16 15 12 53 44 21 9 7 5 26 23 22 7 8 7 27 21 9 63
9 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
10 Norwich City 43 17 11 15 56 48 21 8 5 8 27 23 22 9 6 7 29 25 8 62
11 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 43 51 21 7 6 8 19 24 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 62
12 Watford 43 15 14 14 52 50 22 10 6 6 33 23 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 59
13 Swansea City 43 16 11 16 61 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 21 6 7 8 26 31 0 59
14 Bristol City 43 13 14 16 50 53 21 8 7 6 27 21 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 53
15 Birmingham City 43 14 11 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 22 7 5 10 23 32 -7 53
16 Hull City 43 13 14 16 49 60 21 8 5 8 22 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -11 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 10 19 54 50 22 6 5 11 25 26 21 8 5 8 29 24 4 52
18 Rotherham United 42 10 16 16 46 56 21 8 6 7 35 28 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 46
19 Cardiff City 42 12 9 21 37 51 21 6 6 9 18 21 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
21 Queens Park Rangers 43 11 11 21 41 68 22 6 5 11 21 33 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 44
22 Reading 43 13 10 20 44 63 22 10 7 5 30 23 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 43
23 Blackpool 43 9 11 23 44 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 21 3 5 13 18 38 -25 38
24 Wigan Athletic 43 9 13 21 35 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 22 5 7 10 20 29 -28 37

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