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- Swansea City is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game, against Queens Park Rangers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Cardiff City.
Swansea City form and stats
4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Swansea City so far this season. Swansea are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Swansea City's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Reading (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. An impressive turnaround for Swansea City in the match against Reading as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. Fulton scored the final goal. Midfield player Grimes got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Grimes served one assist, hit two key passes and had 132 successful passes (of 141 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Burnley.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 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Goals are flowing in this team's league fixtures, with 5 in a row featuring three goals or more (over 2.5).
The Swansea fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Swansea City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-1-5 (8 played).
Wintle was the last player to score for the away team. Cardiff haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Cardiff City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Queens Park Rangers (placed 1st). Cardiff City goalkeeper Allsop enjoyed a top-notch shift versus Queens Park Rangers, but in spite of achieving seven saves the beating could not be avoided.
A 0-1 loss hosting Coventry City before that.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 17 relevant matches. Results were 6 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cardiff City as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Cardiff's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Swansea City-Cardiff City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Swansea City six wins, Cardiff City three wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 4 goals |  J. Ntcham 3 goals |  H. Darling 3 goals |
Swansea City missing players
Cardiff City missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 20% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 33% |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 12.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10.5 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 32% | 34% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 10 | 9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 13 | 10.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Swansea City have the most points from losing position (10) in Championship
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Burnley | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Millwall | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Reading | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 19 | Hull City | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 17 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
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