Delightful dogfight as daring Cardiff City duels with determined Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Cardiff City leading Wigan Athletic by 19 points.

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 Wigan Athletic.

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Cardiff City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cardiff City Stadium as Cardiff City have scored 22 goals to get 30 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 8-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Cardiff City, as their goalkeeper Stefan Oakes has completely shut out the opponents for 262 minutes in the Championship.

Cardiff City are returning here after visiting Huddersfield Town in a Championship game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Callum Paterson, Josh Murphy and Will Vaulks scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting Luton Town and winning 1-0.

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 nine games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost two.

Cardiff City has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. From these home matches, Cardiff City have conceded only 12 goals.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-4-10 (16 played).

There were no winners in Wigan Athletic's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 2-2 vs Middlesbrough (placed 18th). A loss against Preston North End was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Wigan Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, six draws and ten defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Wigan Athletic as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Wigan Athletic have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic - Cardiff City 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cardiff City, one draw and three wins for Wigan Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityL. Tomlin
L. Tomlin
7 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Dunkley
C. Dunkley
6 goals
Cardiff CityJ. Ralls
J. Ralls
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 6 Played P 5 16 32
12 8 6 Won W 1 2 7
13 6 0 Drew D 1 4 9
7 1 0 Lost L 3 10 16
46 22 12 Scored S 3 14 31
43 12 4 Conceded C 8 26 48
91% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
72% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 72%
53% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 50%
28% 13% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 25%
19% 13% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
62% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 53%
28% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 19%
19% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 34%
 
4.7 4.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.2 5.9
5.8 5.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5
1.6 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
386 181 74 Total Shots T S 54 178 361
120 52 20 Shots on Target S O 19 56 117
38% 42% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 25% 26%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (31)
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (17)
  • Wigan Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (29)
  • Wigan Athletic 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 West Bromwich Albion 32 17 11 4 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 20 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 62
2 Leeds United 32 16 8 8 47 30 15 8 4 3 22 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 17 56
3 Fulham 32 16 8 8 47 33 16 10 2 4 29 18 16 6 6 4 18 15 14 56
4 Brentford 32 16 6 10 53 26 16 9 4 3 29 13 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 54
5 Nottingham Forest 32 15 9 8 43 31 16 8 3 5 20 16 16 7 6 3 23 15 12 54
6 Preston North End 32 15 8 9 47 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 53
7 Bristol City 32 15 8 9 48 45 16 7 4 5 24 23 16 8 4 4 24 22 3 53
8 Cardiff City 32 12 13 7 46 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 49
9 Blackburn Rovers 32 13 8 11 46 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 8 47
10 Swansea City 32 12 11 9 37 37 17 7 4 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 47
11 Millwall 32 11 13 8 39 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 16 3 8 5 15 21 1 46
12 Sheffield Wednesday 32 12 8 12 41 35 15 6 5 4 14 15 17 6 3 8 27 20 6 44
13 Derby County 32 11 10 11 40 44 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 43
14 Birmingham City 32 12 7 13 41 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 43
15 Hull City 32 11 7 14 43 47 16 6 2 8 23 24 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 40
16 Reading 32 10 9 13 38 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 4 7 5 17 16 1 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 11 6 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 39
18 Middlesbrough 32 8 13 11 34 42 16 6 7 3 16 15 16 2 6 8 18 27 -8 37
19 Charlton Athletic 32 9 9 14 41 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 36
20 Huddersfield Town 32 9 8 15 37 51 17 5 5 7 18 24 15 4 3 8 19 27 -14 35
21 Stoke City 32 10 4 18 39 49 17 6 3 8 22 23 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 34
22 Wigan Athletic 32 7 9 16 31 48 16 5 5 6 17 22 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 30
23 Luton Town 32 8 3 21 38 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -28 27
24 Barnsley 32 5 10 17 37 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 15 1 3 11 12 27 -21 25

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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 West Bromwich Albion 32 17 11 4 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 20 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 62
2 Leeds United 32 16 8 8 47 30 15 8 4 3 22 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 17 56
3 Fulham 32 16 8 8 47 33 16 10 2 4 29 18 16 6 6 4 18 15 14 56
4 Brentford 32 16 6 10 53 26 16 9 4 3 29 13 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 54
5 Nottingham Forest 32 15 9 8 43 31 16 8 3 5 20 16 16 7 6 3 23 15 12 54
6 Preston North End 32 15 8 9 47 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 53
7 Bristol City 32 15 8 9 48 45 16 7 4 5 24 23 16 8 4 4 24 22 3 53
8 Cardiff City 32 12 13 7 46 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 49
9 Blackburn Rovers 32 13 8 11 46 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 8 47
10 Swansea City 32 12 11 9 37 37 17 7 4 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 47
11 Millwall 32 11 13 8 39 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 16 3 8 5 15 21 1 46
12 Sheffield Wednesday 32 12 8 12 41 35 15 6 5 4 14 15 17 6 3 8 27 20 6 44
13 Derby County 32 11 10 11 40 44 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 43
14 Birmingham City 32 12 7 13 41 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 43
15 Hull City 32 11 7 14 43 47 16 6 2 8 23 24 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 40
16 Reading 32 10 9 13 38 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 4 7 5 17 16 1 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 11 6 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 39
18 Middlesbrough 32 8 13 11 34 42 16 6 7 3 16 15 16 2 6 8 18 27 -8 37
19 Charlton Athletic 32 9 9 14 41 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 36
20 Huddersfield Town 32 9 8 15 37 51 17 5 5 7 18 24 15 4 3 8 19 27 -14 35
21 Stoke City 32 10 4 18 39 49 17 6 3 8 22 23 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 34
22 Wigan Athletic 32 7 9 16 31 48 16 5 5 6 17 22 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 30
23 Luton Town 32 8 3 21 38 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -28 27
24 Barnsley 32 5 10 17 37 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 15 1 3 11 12 27 -21 25

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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.