Norwich City manager Wagner looking for three points in Cardiff City showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

The home fans look for three points in this game, and the home advantage should be put to good use versus a stumbling visitor. Norwich City are in 9th spot while the guesting Cardiff City worry at 21st.

Insights:
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (25) in Championship

These are busy days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Birmingham City, was also a home game here at Carrow Road. The away team is better rested.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City have played 17 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). Norwich has recorded two wins in a row here at Carrow Road, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A nice win for Norwich City last time playing, versus Birmingham City. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Tzolis and Núñez (2) scoring for the victors. Midfielder Núñez was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.53 (out of ten) in that game. Núñez scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

0-0 away at Wigan Athletic before that.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Norwich City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

The Norwich City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Cardiff City form and stats

There's been little loot from Cardiff City's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Championship. Cardiff City only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cardiff goalkeeper Ryan Allsop is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Cardiff City had fun at their own home (Carrow Road) last time out, beating Reading 1-0. Sawyers scored. The end of the last match, against Reading, was very satisfying as Sawyers scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Sawyers was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Sawyers scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 53 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Birmingham City.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's latest 11 league matches have had two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cardiff as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. Cardiff City have conceded 20 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Cardiff City - Norwich City 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Norwich City seven wins, zero draws and Cardiff City three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorwichJ. Sargent
J. Sargent
11 goals
Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
10 goals
Norwich CityK. Dowell
K. Dowell
5 goals

Norwich City missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Norwich City Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 6 16 33
14 7 3 Won W 0 4 9
7 4 2 Drew D 2 3 8
12 6 0 Lost L 4 9 16
46 25 9 Scored S 1 12 25
37 21 4 Conceded C 7 20 36
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 88%
70% 82% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 48%
52% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 31% 27%
24% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 15%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
55% 59% 80% BTTS BTTS 17% 25% 33%
24% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 33%
27% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 83% 62% 45%
 
6.6 6.1 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.9 5
3.9 3.2 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.6 4.8
2.1 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.7 15.2 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.6 11.8
4.2 4.6 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.6 2.8
33% 32% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 27%
 
10.8 9.9 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.4 10.7
3.6 3.4 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 3.1
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 (25) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norwich City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cardiff City have scored 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 Burnley 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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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 Burnley 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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