Huddersfield Town vs Cardiff City fact sheet

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 23.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Huddersfield Town - Cardiff City. 5th place versus 19th place. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield Town nor Cardiff City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Huddersfield Town at their home stadium (The John Smith's Stadium) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Huddersfield Town haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Middlesbrough, 88 days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Huddersfield, who won 2-1 against Fulham (placed 1st).

In the match before that, Huddersfield Town hosted Sheffield United and drew the game 0-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Huddersfield as they are travelling to their away game against Birmingham City in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

Huddersfield Town has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches.

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Cardiff City form and stats

5-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cardiff City in their Championship matches away.

There were no winners in Cardiff City's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Blackpool (placed 15th). Doyle got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Doyle hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Coventry City.

A new game in only three days for Cardiff City, the Championship home match versus Fulham. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cardiff have scored 21 goals in 16 league games away. In the opposite end, Cardiff City have conceded 30 goals in their away games. Cardiff City has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered history featuring both these teams is the Cardiff City - Huddersfield 2-1 played previously this season. Huddersfield Town-Cardiff City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield Town zero wins, Cardiff City seven wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
11 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Holmes
D. Holmes
5 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Sinani
D. Sinani
5 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
14 8 3 Won W 1 5 10
11 5 2 Drew D 0 4 6
8 3 0 Lost L 3 7 16
42 22 9 Scored S 3 21 39
35 16 1 Conceded C 11 30 51
85% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 78%
39% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 69% 56%
18% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 28%
15% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 19% 12%
48% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 53%
39% 50% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
27% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 34%
 
4.1 4.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.9 4.1
4.6 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.6
1.7 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.8 11.4 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.3 11.3
3.6 4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 3.9
35% 34% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 36% 31%
 
13 11.2 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 11.9 10.9
4.4 4.6 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 3.7
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 (7) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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  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 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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.