Liverpool vs Cardiff City in FA Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Liverpool & Cardiff City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Championship game only four days ago. That game, against Barnsley, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Cardiff City.

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Liverpool form and stats

Last season, Liverpool's FA Cup journey ended in the 4th round.

Liverpool have performed here at Anfield this season with 7 wins from 10 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

A good away victory last time out for Liverpool, who won 3-1 against Crystal Palace. Defender Robertson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.42/10. Robertson signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Liverpool as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Leicester City are visiting.

Goals decide football matches and Liverpool are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Liverpool have conceded only 6 goals.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round last season.

The visitors are W5-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Two away matches in a row for Cardiff City, whose manager Morison could celebrate last time after the win against Barnsley. Flint was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Flint served one assist, hit one key pass and won 11 of 15 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Nottingham Forest in the Championship.

A new game in only three days for Cardiff City, the Championship home match versus Peterborough United. Busy days.

The visiting Cardiff have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 15 games. Cardiff City have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Liverpool-Cardiff City H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Liverpool five wins, Cardiff City zero wins, one draw. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
16 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
10 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
8 goals

Liverpool missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liverpool Cardiff City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
17 8   Won W   4 7
6 4   Drew D   3 3
2 0   Lost L   6 15
63 30   Scored S   16 25
22 9   Conceded C   26 45
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 72%
68% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 60%
60% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 24%
28% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 16%
48% 42%   BTTS BTTS   62% 52%
48% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 4%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   31% 44%
 
6.5 7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.1
2.9 2.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
17 18.2   Shots (avg) S (   11 11
6 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.6
42% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 28%
 
7.4 6.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 11.4
2.9 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 23 18 3 2 55 14 11 9 1 1 32 6 12 9 2 1 23 8 41 57
2 Liverpool 22 14 6 2 58 19 10 7 3 0 25 6 12 7 3 2 33 13 39 48
3 Chelsea 24 13 8 3 48 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 12 7 3 2 21 8 30 47
4 Manchester United 22 11 5 6 36 30 11 6 1 4 18 15 11 5 4 2 18 15 6 38
5 West Ham United 23 11 4 8 41 31 11 5 2 4 22 18 12 6 2 4 19 13 10 37
6 Arsenal 21 11 3 7 33 25 11 7 2 2 18 8 10 4 1 5 15 17 8 36
7 Tottenham Hotspur 20 11 3 6 26 24 10 7 1 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 10 14 2 36
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 10 4 7 19 16 10 4 2 4 8 8 11 6 2 3 11 8 3 34
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 6 12 4 23 23 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 3 7 1 13 12 0 30
10 Leicester City 20 7 5 8 34 37 11 5 2 4 19 16 9 2 3 4 15 21 -3 26
11 Aston Villa 21 8 2 11 28 32 10 4 2 4 17 16 11 4 0 7 11 16 -4 26
12 Southampton 22 5 10 7 26 34 11 3 7 1 14 10 11 2 3 6 12 24 -8 25
13 Crystal Palace 22 5 9 8 31 34 12 4 5 3 21 15 10 1 4 5 10 19 -3 24
14 Brentford 23 6 5 12 26 38 12 4 1 7 14 17 11 2 4 5 12 21 -12 23
15 Leeds United 21 5 7 9 24 40 11 3 4 4 13 17 10 2 3 5 11 23 -16 22
16 Everton 20 5 4 11 24 35 10 4 1 5 15 17 10 1 3 6 9 18 -11 19
17 Norwich City 22 4 4 14 13 45 11 2 2 7 7 20 11 2 2 7 6 25 -32 16
18 Newcastle United 21 2 9 10 21 43 11 1 6 4 14 23 10 1 3 6 7 20 -22 15
19 Watford 20 4 2 14 23 40 11 2 1 8 11 25 9 2 1 6 12 15 -17 14
20 Burnley 18 1 9 8 16 27 7 1 4 2 8 8 11 0 5 6 8 19 -11 12
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 29 9 11 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 38
14 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
15 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Swansea City 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 29 9 11 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 38
14 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
15 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Swansea City 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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