Boasting a 10 point dominance in the league table, Stoke City supporters wish to see their adored players earn maximum points from this fixture hosting Cardiff City.
- Stoke City have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Championship
- Cardiff City have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Championship
The hosts Stoke City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Carabao Cup. This match was also played here at Bet365 Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cardiff City have had more rest.
Stoke City form and stats
Stoke City are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Bet365 Stadium. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Stoke has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. O'Neill and the players.
The Stoke fans got no joy from their last match, a Carabao Cup game also here at Bet365 Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Brentford. Midfield player Romaine Sawyers got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, the max score being 10. Sawyers scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).
A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Millwall.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stoke handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and two defeats.
There will be little rest for Stoke City after this match as they are travelling to Blackpool for a Championship game in only four days.
Stoke has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Stoke are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bet365 Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
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). Football is a nightmare at the moment for Cardiff who have suffered through a eight match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.
Cardiff are looking to quickly end their 482 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.
The manager M. McCarthy was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff (Caerdydd)). Cardiff City suffered a 0-2 loss to Middlesbrough (placed 6th). Midfielder Ryan John Giles was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Giles hit four key passes.
A 0-2 defeat away at Fulham before that.Cardiff City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
A new game in only four days for Cardiff, the Championship home match versus Queens Park Rangers. Busy days.
Cardiff are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Cardiff have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stoke City four wins, four draws and Cardiff City two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Powell 5 goals |   A. Flint 4 goals |  J. Brown 3 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Stoke City | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 57% | 50% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 29% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 7% |
| 57% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 7% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 50% |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | 24% |
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Cardiff City have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Championship
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Championship
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Fulham | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 29 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Millwall | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 13 | Reading | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
| 22 | Hull City | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
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