FA Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Cardiff City - Preston North End game

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sun 09.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cardiff City or Preston North End that keep their silverware dream alive.

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.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

Cardiff City's struggle is real here at Cardiff City Stadium with only 7 points collected from 11 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-8.

An away draw last time out for Cardiff, facing West Bromwich Albion in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Ralls got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Ralls served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Heartbreak before that as Cardiff City lost 0-3 at AFC Bournemouth's place.

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 Cardiff have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost eight.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cardiff here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cardiff City defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Preston North End form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

There's been little loot from Preston North End's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Championship. Preston North End only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Preston North End, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Stoke City in the Championship last time out. Midfielder Browne was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Browne hit two key passes.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Barnsley in the Championship.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Preston North End, four draws and seven defeats.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Preston have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for Cardiff City, one draw and three wins for Preston North End. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
8 goals
Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
5 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
4 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Preston North End
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
7 3   Won W   4 10
4 0   Drew D   3 7
14 9   Lost L   6 8
28 11   Scored S   15 33
46 21   Conceded C   19 30
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
80% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 76%
60% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 52%
32% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 20%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 12%
52% 42%   BTTS BTTS   54% 60%
4% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 20%
44% 58%   Failed to Score F T   46% 32%
 
4.2 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.8
5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.6
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.5 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 10.8
3.6 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.6
31% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 37%
 
11.8 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.6
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.4

  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 25 14 7 4 41 20 12 7 3 2 26 13 13 7 4 2 15 7 21 49
2 Blackburn Rovers 25 13 7 5 43 28 14 9 3 2 30 17 11 4 4 3 13 11 15 46
3 Fulham 23 13 6 4 51 19 12 7 3 2 24 8 11 6 3 2 27 11 32 45
4 West Bromwich Albion 25 11 9 5 31 19 12 7 5 0 18 6 13 4 4 5 13 13 12 42
5 Queens Park Rangers 24 12 5 7 37 30 12 6 3 3 16 11 12 6 2 4 21 19 7 41
6 Huddersfield Town 26 11 7 8 32 29 12 7 2 3 18 14 14 4 5 5 14 15 3 40
7 Middlesbrough 25 11 6 8 29 24 13 7 2 4 18 12 12 4 4 4 11 12 5 39
8 Stoke City 24 10 5 9 28 25 13 6 3 4 17 13 11 4 2 5 11 12 3 35
9 Nottingham Forest 25 9 7 9 32 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 12 5 4 3 18 11 4 34
10 Coventry City 23 9 7 7 29 27 12 7 2 3 20 11 11 2 5 4 9 16 2 34
11 Millwall 24 8 9 7 27 27 11 5 4 2 14 11 13 3 5 5 13 16 0 33
12 Blackpool 26 9 6 11 27 32 14 6 2 6 12 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 33
13 Sheffield United 22 9 5 8 29 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 12 5 3 4 14 17 1 32
14 Preston North End 23 8 7 8 26 29 11 5 4 2 15 12 12 3 3 6 11 17 -3 31
15 Bristol City 25 8 6 11 30 39 14 4 5 5 15 17 11 4 1 6 15 22 -9 30
16 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
17 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
18 Birmingham City 24 7 6 11 23 32 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 3 3 6 10 16 -9 27
19 Hull City 24 6 5 13 20 29 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 3 2 8 9 15 -9 23
20 Cardiff City 24 6 5 13 26 43 11 2 1 8 9 18 13 4 4 5 17 25 -17 23
21 Reading 23 8 4 11 29 36 12 4 4 4 18 18 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 22
22 Peterborough United 23 5 4 14 20 44 11 4 4 3 14 11 12 1 0 11 6 33 -24 19
23 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14
24 Derby County 25 7 11 7 23 24 12 5 5 2 14 11 13 2 6 5 9 13 -1 11

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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 AFC Bournemouth 25 14 7 4 41 20 12 7 3 2 26 13 13 7 4 2 15 7 21 49
2 Blackburn Rovers 25 13 7 5 43 28 14 9 3 2 30 17 11 4 4 3 13 11 15 46
3 Fulham 23 13 6 4 51 19 12 7 3 2 24 8 11 6 3 2 27 11 32 45
4 West Bromwich Albion 25 11 9 5 31 19 12 7 5 0 18 6 13 4 4 5 13 13 12 42
5 Queens Park Rangers 24 12 5 7 37 30 12 6 3 3 16 11 12 6 2 4 21 19 7 41
6 Huddersfield Town 26 11 7 8 32 29 12 7 2 3 18 14 14 4 5 5 14 15 3 40
7 Middlesbrough 25 11 6 8 29 24 13 7 2 4 18 12 12 4 4 4 11 12 5 39
8 Stoke City 24 10 5 9 28 25 13 6 3 4 17 13 11 4 2 5 11 12 3 35
9 Nottingham Forest 25 9 7 9 32 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 12 5 4 3 18 11 4 34
10 Coventry City 23 9 7 7 29 27 12 7 2 3 20 11 11 2 5 4 9 16 2 34
11 Millwall 24 8 9 7 27 27 11 5 4 2 14 11 13 3 5 5 13 16 0 33
12 Blackpool 26 9 6 11 27 32 14 6 2 6 12 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 33
13 Sheffield United 22 9 5 8 29 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 12 5 3 4 14 17 1 32
14 Preston North End 23 8 7 8 26 29 11 5 4 2 15 12 12 3 3 6 11 17 -3 31
15 Bristol City 25 8 6 11 30 39 14 4 5 5 15 17 11 4 1 6 15 22 -9 30
16 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
17 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
18 Birmingham City 24 7 6 11 23 32 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 3 3 6 10 16 -9 27
19 Hull City 24 6 5 13 20 29 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 3 2 8 9 15 -9 23
20 Cardiff City 24 6 5 13 26 43 11 2 1 8 9 18 13 4 4 5 17 25 -17 23
21 Reading 23 8 4 11 29 36 12 4 4 4 18 18 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 22
22 Peterborough United 23 5 4 14 20 44 11 4 4 3 14 11 12 1 0 11 6 33 -24 19
23 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14
24 Derby County 25 7 11 7 23 24 12 5 5 2 14 11 13 2 6 5 9 13 -1 11

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