Championship game prognosis and preview for the Derby County vs Cardiff City meet

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

Important clash in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Derby County and Cardiff City feeling more stress than joy. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team at 22nd and the visiting team in 19th position.

Insights:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship

Derby County have had a bad season and will be relegated from Championship. For Cardiff most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Derby County form and stats

11 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Derby County have to build on here at Pride Park Stadium in the Championship. When Derby County hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United), they have won 4 of 6 matches!

Happy days for Derby County in their previous game, a fixture away at Blackpool (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Defender Cashin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Cashin scored one goal and won 8 of 19 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Bristol City that was lost 1-3.

County has scored 30 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. From these home matches, Derby County have conceded only 21 goals.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Playing away, Cardiff City have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 11 defeats in the Championship this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Cardiff City are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Cardiff's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Birmingham City that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Cardiff City drew the match against Birmingham City. Manager Morison brought on Vaulks to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Vaulks got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Vaulks scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).

Prior to that match, the Cardiff City manager Morison faced defeat when travelling to Middlesbrough and losing 0-2.

Cardiff City find the net regularly in their away games. 27 goals from 22 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff have conceded 39 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Cardiff City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 5 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Bristol City and Peterborough United.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Cardiff City - Derby County 1-0, played this season. Derby County-Cardiff City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Derby County two wins, Cardiff City five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
11 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
6 goals
Cardiff CityR. Colwill
R. Colwill
5 goals

Derby County missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derby County Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
14 11 4 Won W 2 7 14
13 7 1 Drew D 2 4 8
18 4 1 Lost L 2 11 23
45 30 10 Scored S 10 27 49
52 21 6 Conceded C 10 39 68
89% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
64% 68% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 86% 73%
40% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 68% 53%
18% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 22%
4% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 14% 9%
51% 59% 50% BTTS BTTS 83% 64% 51%
31% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 9% 13%
29% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 38%
 
4.3 4.5 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.8 4.5
5 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.9 5
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.3
7 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 11 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 11
2.9 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.7 3.8
35% 39% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 33% 28%
 
12.4 12.5 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.8 11
3.9 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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