Cardiff City go to Stoke City and Bet365 Stadium brimming with confidence, but the home side is not a walk in the park. More news on the match here!
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cardiff City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
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.
Stoke City form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Stoke City have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Bet365 Stadium.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Stoke, as their goalkeeper Jack Bonham has completely shut out the opponents for 260 minutes in the Championship.
Stoke City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Middlesbrough's place. The match ended 2-0 with Rose and Léris scoring. Hoever, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Hoever hit two key passes and won 11 of 16 duels.
Ahead of that match, Stoke City won a home game hosting Leeds United (1-0).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stoke have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Stoke City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Stoke City have conceded 8 goals.
Cardiff City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cardiff City so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Cardiff City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jak Alnwick. It's been 217 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.
Cardiff won their last game, 2-0 versus Bristol City played at home. Ng was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.41. The defender Ng scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Huddersfield Town at their stadium, the result 4-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cardiff City playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 7 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats.
Cardiff City find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Cardiff have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Cardiff City have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (2-4-0) when facing Stoke City.Top Goalscorers
  A. Cunha Vidigal 4 goals |   P. Ng 3 goals |  I. Ugbo 3 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Stoke City | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 18 | 8 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 57% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 86% |
| 36% | 43% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 43% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| 6.2 | 7.9 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.3 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 13.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 36% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 12.6 | 11.3 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 16.1 | 12.2 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stoke 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 | Leicester City | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Southampton | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 5 | Cardiff City | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Hull City | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 16 | Watford | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | Norwich City | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 18 | Millwall | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
| 23 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 8 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 3 |
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