Championship preview: Can Stoke City edge out victory against Cardiff City?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Season ticket holders at Bet365 Stadium haven't seen too many victories this season, with Stoke City languishing in the 21st position so far. The guesting Cardiff City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City have played 17 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-8 (wins-draws-losses).

Stoke City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Queens Park Rangers. Preceding that match was a defeat to Preston North End (0-2).

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Queens Park Rangers) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-4. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stoke City 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 two wins, three draws and three defeats.

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

The Stoke City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 17 matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Playing away, Cardiff City have won 4 games, drawn 7 and suffered 6 defeats in the Championship this season. Cardiff City love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Cardiff City played 2-2 against Wigan Athletic in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Huddersfield Town with the score of 3-0.

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

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

Cardiff City have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff City have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Cardiff City - Stoke City 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Stoke City victories, four draws and two Cardiff City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityS. Clucas
S. Clucas
8 goals
Cardiff CityL. Tomlin
L. Tomlin
7 goals
Stoke CityJ. McClean
J. McClean
6 goals

Stoke City missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Cardiff City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 5 17 33
10 6 2 Won W 2 4 12
4 3 3 Drew D 2 7 14
19 8 1 Lost L 1 6 7
41 22 8 Scored S 10 24 48
53 23 6 Conceded C 7 31 45
91% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
76% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 73%
61% 59% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 65% 55%
30% 24% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 41% 30%
15% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 24% 18%
52% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 64%
21% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 24% 27%
36% 35% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 18%
 
4.8 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5 4.9
4.1 4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.6 6
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
406 241 87 Total Shots T S 67 205 401
122 68 20 Shots on Target S O 21 68 125
34% 32% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 35% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 West Bromwich Albion 33 17 12 4 59 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 63
2 Leeds United 33 17 8 8 48 30 16 9 4 3 23 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 18 59
3 Fulham 33 16 8 9 47 36 17 10 2 5 29 21 16 6 6 4 18 15 11 56
4 Brentford 33 16 7 10 54 27 16 9 4 3 29 13 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 55
5 Nottingham Forest 33 15 10 8 45 33 16 8 3 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 55
6 Preston North End 33 15 8 10 47 37 17 10 3 4 32 20 16 5 5 6 15 17 10 53
7 Bristol City 33 15 8 10 48 46 16 7 4 5 24 23 17 8 4 5 24 23 2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 33 14 8 11 48 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 16 6 2 8 26 24 10 50
9 Cardiff City 33 12 14 7 48 45 16 8 7 1 24 14 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 50
10 Millwall 33 12 13 8 40 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 17 4 8 5 16 21 2 49
11 Swansea City 33 12 12 9 41 41 17 7 4 6 21 19 16 5 8 3 20 22 0 48
12 Sheffield Wednesday 33 12 8 13 41 38 16 6 5 5 14 18 17 6 3 8 27 20 3 44
13 Derby County 33 11 11 11 41 45 17 9 6 2 24 12 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 44
14 Birmingham City 33 12 8 13 42 49 16 6 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 44
15 Reading 33 11 9 13 41 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 17 5 7 5 20 16 4 42
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 12 6 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 16 5 2 9 18 28 -7 42
17 Hull City 33 11 8 14 47 51 17 6 3 8 27 28 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 41
18 Middlesbrough 33 8 13 12 34 43 17 6 7 4 16 16 16 2 6 8 18 27 -9 37
19 Charlton Athletic 33 9 9 15 41 47 17 6 5 6 22 21 16 3 4 9 19 26 -6 36
20 Huddersfield Town 33 9 9 15 38 52 17 5 5 7 18 24 16 4 4 8 20 28 -14 36
21 Stoke City 33 10 4 19 41 53 17 6 3 8 22 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -12 34
22 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 33 50 16 5 5 6 17 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -17 31
23 Luton Town 33 9 3 21 39 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 17 3 0 14 15 41 -27 30
24 Barnsley 33 6 10 17 40 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -18 28

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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 West Bromwich Albion 33 17 12 4 59 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 63
2 Leeds United 33 17 8 8 48 30 16 9 4 3 23 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 18 59
3 Fulham 33 16 8 9 47 36 17 10 2 5 29 21 16 6 6 4 18 15 11 56
4 Brentford 33 16 7 10 54 27 16 9 4 3 29 13 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 55
5 Nottingham Forest 33 15 10 8 45 33 16 8 3 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 55
6 Preston North End 33 15 8 10 47 37 17 10 3 4 32 20 16 5 5 6 15 17 10 53
7 Bristol City 33 15 8 10 48 46 16 7 4 5 24 23 17 8 4 5 24 23 2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 33 14 8 11 48 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 16 6 2 8 26 24 10 50
9 Cardiff City 33 12 14 7 48 45 16 8 7 1 24 14 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 50
10 Millwall 33 12 13 8 40 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 17 4 8 5 16 21 2 49
11 Swansea City 33 12 12 9 41 41 17 7 4 6 21 19 16 5 8 3 20 22 0 48
12 Sheffield Wednesday 33 12 8 13 41 38 16 6 5 5 14 18 17 6 3 8 27 20 3 44
13 Derby County 33 11 11 11 41 45 17 9 6 2 24 12 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 44
14 Birmingham City 33 12 8 13 42 49 16 6 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 44
15 Reading 33 11 9 13 41 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 17 5 7 5 20 16 4 42
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 12 6 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 16 5 2 9 18 28 -7 42
17 Hull City 33 11 8 14 47 51 17 6 3 8 27 28 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 41
18 Middlesbrough 33 8 13 12 34 43 17 6 7 4 16 16 16 2 6 8 18 27 -9 37
19 Charlton Athletic 33 9 9 15 41 47 17 6 5 6 22 21 16 3 4 9 19 26 -6 36
20 Huddersfield Town 33 9 9 15 38 52 17 5 5 7 18 24 16 4 4 8 20 28 -14 36
21 Stoke City 33 10 4 19 41 53 17 6 3 8 22 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -12 34
22 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 33 50 16 5 5 6 17 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -17 31
23 Luton Town 33 9 3 21 39 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 17 3 0 14 15 41 -27 30
24 Barnsley 33 6 10 17 40 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -18 28

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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.