Swansea City are longing to add to their points total at their own ground in this upcoming match hosting Cardiff City.
- Swansea City have the most clean sheets (6) in Championship
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Championship
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Swansea City form and stats
Swansea City, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Championship, have played 5 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Swansea, facing Derby County in a game that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Ben Hamer got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.04 out of ten. Hamer stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that, an away loss at Fulham.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 Swansea City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Swansea, as the Championship home game vs West Bromwich Albion is only three days away.
Swansea City have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. Swansea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Swansea.com Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Cardiff City form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. It's looking increasingly bleak for Cardiff who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Nottingham Forest was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Cardiff are looking to quickly end their 212 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.
Cardiff City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Reading proved too strong as Cardiff City slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff (Caerdydd)). Midfielder Ryan John Giles was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Giles hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against West Bromwich Albion.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cardiff City in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Cardiff, four draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Fulham.
Cardiff are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Cardiff have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Swansea won five games, one match ended in a draw and Cardiff City managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 5 goals |   A. Flint 4 goals |  J. Paterson 3 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Swansea City | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 55% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 36% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 10 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.8 | 12.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 27% |
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Swansea City have scored home.
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Championship
- Swansea City have the most clean sheets (6) in Championship
- Swansea City have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Coventry City | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Stoke City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Fulham | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Reading | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Millwall | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Hull City | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -11 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
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