With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Cardiff City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Stoke City.
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.
Cardiff City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cardiff City Stadium as Cardiff City have scored 14 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Cardiff City manager N. Harris and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Charlton Athletic (placed 13th) in the Championship. Preceding that match was a defeat to Bristol City (0-1).
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Charlton Athletic last time out, but a goal from L. Tomlin completed a comeback to a draw result for Cardiff City.
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 five matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 2.
The manager N. Harris will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nottingham Forest in only four days.
Cardiff City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cardiff City Stadium with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Cardiff City have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stoke City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stoke City so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Stoke City won their last game, 2-1 versus Wigan Athletic played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Barnsley at their stadium, the result 4-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Stoke City, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Stoke City return home for a Championship game against Blackburn Rovers. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Stoke City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Stoke City have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff City 2 wins, 4 draws and Stoke City 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Ralls
5 goals
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S. Clucas
5 goals
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D. Ward
4 goals
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Cardiff City missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Cardiff City | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 25 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 82% |
| 59% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 18% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 231 | 105 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 85 | 210 |
| 76 | 31 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 28 | 61 |
| 33% | 45% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 31% |
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stoke City 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Fulham | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Brentford | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Millwall | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Derby County | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | Hull City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Cardiff City | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 18 | Reading | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 22 | Luton Town | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 14 |
| 23 | Stoke City | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 9 |
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