Balanced ball game between Preston North End and Cardiff City expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Most would pick Preston North End in this match vs Cardiff City, but the guests will fight to the finish. Here's our complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (27) in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Preston North End form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Preston North End have only managed 4 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Deepdale.

Preston are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 213 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Cannon). The Preston North End goalkeeper Freddie Woodman is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 243 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

The Preston manager Lowe and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Watford (placed 9th). Defender Cunningham got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Cunningham won 5 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Coventry City that ended 0-0.

There will be little rest for Preston North End after this match as they are travelling to Rotherham United for a Championship game in only three days.

Preston North End have scored {12 league goals} here from 18 matches, not a lot. 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cardiff City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cardiff City so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-10 (win-draw-lose).

Cardiff had fun at their own home (Deepdale) last time out, beating Bristol City 2-0. Philogene-Bidace and Kaba scored. Philogene-Bidace got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, top player of the team. Philogene-Bidace scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at Norwich City before that.

Few goals the story here? 12 of this club's most recent 13 league rounds have had two goals or less.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cardiff City are hosting West Bromwich Albion in the Championship only four days away.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Cardiff have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cardiff City have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (5-3-0) when playing Preston North End.

Cardiff City - Preston North End 0-0 was the outcome when these contenders previously played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
7 goals
Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
5 goals
Cardiff CityC. Robinson
C. Robinson
5 goals

Preston North End missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 6 Played P 6 17 35
12 4 2 Won W 1 4 10
11 6 1 Drew D 2 3 8
12 8 3 Lost L 3 10 17
30 12 4 Scored S 4 12 27
38 22 5 Conceded C 7 22 38
74% 78% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 89%
51% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 51%
37% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 26%
14% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 14%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
37% 39% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 24% 31%
43% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 34%
46% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 65% 46%
 
3.9 3.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 4.9
5.6 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.5 4.6
2.3 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.5 11.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.6 11.7
3.3 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.5 2.9
26% 21% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 27%
 
13.3 12.3 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.4 10.8
3.7 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 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 matches over the total-line (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (27) 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 (26) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Championship

  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 35 22 11 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 40 77
2 Sheffield United 34 19 7 8 55 31 17 11 3 3 35 16 17 8 4 5 20 15 24 64
3 Middlesbrough 35 18 6 11 61 40 17 10 5 2 31 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 21 60
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 18 4 13 39 38 17 12 1 4 23 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 1 58
5 Luton Town 35 15 12 8 43 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 9 57
6 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
7 Millwall 35 15 9 11 45 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 18 6 4 8 18 23 7 54
8 Coventry City 35 14 10 11 41 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 52
9 Watford 35 13 12 10 41 38 17 8 5 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 51
10 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 34 13 9 12 44 38 17 8 5 4 24 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 6 48
12 Preston North End 35 12 11 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -8 47
13 Hull City 35 12 9 14 40 48 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -8 45
14 Bristol City 34 11 11 12 43 43 18 7 5 6 22 18 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 44
15 Reading 34 13 5 16 38 53 16 10 3 3 27 18 18 3 2 13 11 35 -15 44
16 Stoke City 35 12 7 16 44 42 17 5 4 8 20 19 18 7 3 8 24 23 2 43
17 Swansea City 35 11 10 14 47 52 17 7 3 7 27 25 18 4 7 7 20 27 -5 43
18 Rotherham United 35 9 13 13 40 47 17 7 5 5 29 21 18 2 8 8 11 26 -7 40
19 Birmingham City 35 10 9 16 39 47 18 5 5 8 20 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -8 39
20 Queens Park Rangers 35 10 9 16 36 52 17 5 4 8 19 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -16 39
21 Cardiff City 35 10 8 17 27 38 18 6 5 7 15 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -11 38
22 Blackpool 35 7 11 17 33 51 17 4 6 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 32
23 Wigan Athletic 34 7 11 16 31 53 18 3 5 10 13 31 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 32
24 Huddersfield Town 34 8 7 19 30 51 17 6 3 8 16 20 17 2 4 11 14 31 -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 35 22 11 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 40 77
2 Sheffield United 34 19 7 8 55 31 17 11 3 3 35 16 17 8 4 5 20 15 24 64
3 Middlesbrough 35 18 6 11 61 40 17 10 5 2 31 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 21 60
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 18 4 13 39 38 17 12 1 4 23 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 1 58
5 Luton Town 35 15 12 8 43 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 9 57
6 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
7 Millwall 35 15 9 11 45 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 18 6 4 8 18 23 7 54
8 Coventry City 35 14 10 11 41 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 52
9 Watford 35 13 12 10 41 38 17 8 5 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 51
10 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 34 13 9 12 44 38 17 8 5 4 24 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 6 48
12 Preston North End 35 12 11 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -8 47
13 Hull City 35 12 9 14 40 48 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -8 45
14 Bristol City 34 11 11 12 43 43 18 7 5 6 22 18 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 44
15 Reading 34 13 5 16 38 53 16 10 3 3 27 18 18 3 2 13 11 35 -15 44
16 Stoke City 35 12 7 16 44 42 17 5 4 8 20 19 18 7 3 8 24 23 2 43
17 Swansea City 35 11 10 14 47 52 17 7 3 7 27 25 18 4 7 7 20 27 -5 43
18 Rotherham United 35 9 13 13 40 47 17 7 5 5 29 21 18 2 8 8 11 26 -7 40
19 Birmingham City 35 10 9 16 39 47 18 5 5 8 20 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -8 39
20 Queens Park Rangers 35 10 9 16 36 52 17 5 4 8 19 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -16 39
21 Cardiff City 35 10 8 17 27 38 18 6 5 7 15 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -11 38
22 Blackpool 35 7 11 17 33 51 17 4 6 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 32
23 Wigan Athletic 34 7 11 16 31 53 18 3 5 10 13 31 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 32
24 Huddersfield Town 34 8 7 19 30 51 17 6 3 8 16 20 17 2 4 11 14 31 -21 31

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