Fulham manager S. Parker looking for three points in Cardiff City showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Thu 30.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

The Fulham & Cardiff City managers S. Parker and N. Harris are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.

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 Fulham and Cardiff City.

Fulham are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions.

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Fulham form and stats

47 points is a decent return from 23 Championship games here at Craven Cottage for Fulham. The data says 15 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Fulham here at Craven Cottage, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Fulham enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cardiff City's place. The match ended 2-0 with Neeskens Kebano and Joshua Onomah scoring. 1-1 away at Wigan Athletic before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fulham handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and zero defeats.

A decent goal production from Fulham in their home games so far, with 40 goals from 23 league matches. On the other hand, Fulham have conceded 26 goals.

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Cardiff City form and stats

The visitors are W8-D7-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Cardiff's previous game was their home loss versus Fulham (0-2). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Hull City.

We have checked recent matches where Cardiff have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were four victories, zero draws and seven defeats.

Cardiff are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 33 away goals from 23 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff have conceded 37 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cardiff City - Fulham 0-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Fulham won five, Cardiff City won one and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
26 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
8 goals
Cardiff CityL. Tomlin
L. Tomlin
8 goals

Fulham missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Cardiff City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
47 23 6 Played P 6 23 47
24 15 3 Won W 1 8 19
12 2 1 Drew D 2 7 16
11 6 2 Lost L 3 8 12
66 40 9 Scored S 9 33 68
48 26 6 Conceded C 12 37 60
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 96% 91%
72% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 74%
43% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 51%
15% 22% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 30%
11% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 15%
47% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 55%
38% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 26% 30%
21% 13% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 22% 23%
 
5.7 6.7 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 4.6
4.6 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 5.6
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.5
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
622 338 80 Total Shots T S 69 269 550
213 118 32 Shots on Target S O 26 87 175
31% 34% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 38% 39%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Leeds United 46 28 9 9 77 35 23 15 5 3 40 14 23 13 4 6 37 21 42 93
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 17 7 77 45 23 10 10 3 44 27 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 83
3 Brentford 46 24 9 13 80 38 23 14 5 4 44 18 23 10 4 9 36 20 42 81
4 Fulham 46 23 12 11 64 48 23 15 2 6 40 26 23 8 10 5 24 22 16 81
5 Cardiff City 46 19 16 11 68 58 23 11 9 3 35 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 10 73
6 Swansea City 46 18 16 12 62 53 23 10 5 8 27 23 23 8 11 4 35 30 9 70
7 Nottingham Forest 46 18 16 12 58 50 23 10 5 8 27 27 23 8 11 4 31 23 8 70
8 Millwall 46 17 17 12 57 51 23 10 8 5 33 25 23 7 9 7 24 26 6 68
9 Preston North End 46 18 12 16 59 54 23 12 4 7 39 29 23 6 8 9 20 25 5 66
10 Derby County 46 17 13 16 62 64 23 11 8 4 33 21 23 6 5 12 29 43 -2 64
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 12 17 66 63 23 10 9 4 33 24 23 7 3 13 33 39 3 63
12 Bristol City 46 17 12 17 60 65 23 8 7 8 30 33 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 63
13 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 57 56 23 10 7 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 59
14 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 67 76 23 9 5 9 42 42 23 7 5 11 25 34 -9 58
15 Reading 46 15 11 20 59 58 23 7 4 12 26 34 23 8 7 8 33 24 1 56
16 Stoke City 46 16 8 22 62 68 23 11 3 9 36 26 23 5 5 13 26 42 -6 56
17 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 11 20 58 66 23 7 7 9 19 30 23 8 4 11 39 36 -8 56
18 Middlesbrough 46 13 14 19 48 61 23 6 8 9 20 29 23 7 6 10 28 32 -13 53
19 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 52 70 23 8 6 9 26 30 23 5 6 12 26 40 -18 51
20 Luton Town 46 14 9 23 54 82 23 8 7 8 33 37 23 6 2 15 21 45 -28 51
21 Birmingham City 46 12 14 20 54 75 23 6 7 10 33 42 23 6 7 10 21 33 -21 50
22 Barnsley 46 12 13 21 49 69 23 7 9 7 29 33 23 5 4 14 20 36 -20 49
23 Charlton Athletic 46 12 12 22 50 65 23 8 6 9 28 27 23 4 6 13 22 38 -15 48
24 Hull City 46 12 9 25 57 87 23 7 3 13 29 37 23 5 6 12 28 50 -30 45

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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 Leeds United 46 28 9 9 77 35 23 15 5 3 40 14 23 13 4 6 37 21 42 93
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 17 7 77 45 23 10 10 3 44 27 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 83
3 Brentford 46 24 9 13 80 38 23 14 5 4 44 18 23 10 4 9 36 20 42 81
4 Fulham 46 23 12 11 64 48 23 15 2 6 40 26 23 8 10 5 24 22 16 81
5 Cardiff City 46 19 16 11 68 58 23 11 9 3 35 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 10 73
6 Swansea City 46 18 16 12 62 53 23 10 5 8 27 23 23 8 11 4 35 30 9 70
7 Nottingham Forest 46 18 16 12 58 50 23 10 5 8 27 27 23 8 11 4 31 23 8 70
8 Millwall 46 17 17 12 57 51 23 10 8 5 33 25 23 7 9 7 24 26 6 68
9 Preston North End 46 18 12 16 59 54 23 12 4 7 39 29 23 6 8 9 20 25 5 66
10 Derby County 46 17 13 16 62 64 23 11 8 4 33 21 23 6 5 12 29 43 -2 64
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 12 17 66 63 23 10 9 4 33 24 23 7 3 13 33 39 3 63
12 Bristol City 46 17 12 17 60 65 23 8 7 8 30 33 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 63
13 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 57 56 23 10 7 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 59
14 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 67 76 23 9 5 9 42 42 23 7 5 11 25 34 -9 58
15 Reading 46 15 11 20 59 58 23 7 4 12 26 34 23 8 7 8 33 24 1 56
16 Stoke City 46 16 8 22 62 68 23 11 3 9 36 26 23 5 5 13 26 42 -6 56
17 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 11 20 58 66 23 7 7 9 19 30 23 8 4 11 39 36 -8 56
18 Middlesbrough 46 13 14 19 48 61 23 6 8 9 20 29 23 7 6 10 28 32 -13 53
19 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 52 70 23 8 6 9 26 30 23 5 6 12 26 40 -18 51
20 Luton Town 46 14 9 23 54 82 23 8 7 8 33 37 23 6 2 15 21 45 -28 51
21 Birmingham City 46 12 14 20 54 75 23 6 7 10 33 42 23 6 7 10 21 33 -21 50
22 Barnsley 46 12 13 21 49 69 23 7 9 7 29 33 23 5 4 14 20 36 -20 49
23 Charlton Athletic 46 12 12 22 50 65 23 8 6 9 28 27 23 4 6 13 22 38 -15 48
24 Hull City 46 12 9 25 57 87 23 7 3 13 29 37 23 5 6 12 28 50 -30 45

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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.