Soccer betting preview: Swansea City welcomes Cardiff City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

It's advantage Swansea City so far with their 3rd position in the Championship table, welcoming Cardiff City who are placed 9th.

Insights:
  • Swansea City have the most clean sheets (18) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Swansea and Cardiff City.

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Swansea City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Liberty Stadium as Swansea City, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Championship, have scored 23 goals to get 38 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 11-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Swansea City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Championship game against AFC Bournemouth (placed 7th). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Luton Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Swansea City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Swansea as a small favourite), we find nine games. Swansea City has won seven of these, drawn one and lost one.

The Swansea fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 18 matches. From these home matches, Swansea City have conceded only 10 goals.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Playing away, Cardiff City have won 8 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season. Cardiff are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Cardiff City played 0-0 against Stoke City in their previous match. A 1-2 loss hosting Watford before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cardiff playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were six Cardiff City wins, seven draws and three defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cardiff have scored 22 goals in 18 league games away. It's not easy to score on Cardiff City as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cardiff City - Swansea City 0-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Swansea wins - draws - Cardiff City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
16 goals
Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
14 goals
SwanseaJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
9 goals

Swansea City missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Cardiff City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
20 11 4 Won W 2 8 15
9 5 0 Drew D 2 6 10
7 2 1 Lost L 1 4 12
45 23 9 Scored S 6 22 54
28 10 4 Conceded C 6 16 37
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
72% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 78%
28% 28% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 46%
8% 6% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 11% 22%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
42% 39% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 49%
50% 61% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 39% 35%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.9 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10 10.3 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.3 11
3.3 3.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.9
38% 37% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Championship
  • Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Swansea City have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Championship
  • Swansea City have the most clean sheets (18) 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 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
14 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
14 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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.