Betting preview: Cardiff City faced with a tough challenge when Chelsea visits

Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 13:05 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium

The visiting Chelsea side should be favourites in this visit to Cardiff City, as the away team holds a 29 point advantage from their 30 league games this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cardiff City form and stats

6-2-8 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Cardiff City, who have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Premier League, so far this season.

The Cardiff City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host West Ham United in Premier League and win 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The Premier League match against Manchester City is next on the list for Cardiff City, coming up only three days after this. It is played on a neutral arena.

Cardiff City has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Cardiff City have conceded 31 from these games.

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Chelsea form and stats

The visitors are W8-D1-L6 on the road this term.

Two away games in a row for Chelsea, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Everton in the Premier League. Preceding that game was the away Europa League victory against Dynamo Kyiv with the score of 5-0.

Chelsea are in action again only three days after this game, playing their Premier League at a neutral venue versus Brighton & Hove Albion.

Chelsea find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 21 goals from 15 away fixtures. Chelsea have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Chelsea - Cardiff City 4-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Cardiff City 0 wins, 0 draws and Chelsea 4 victories.

Top Goalscorers

E. Hazard
13 goals / 11 assists
Pedro
8 goals / 1 assists
S. Bamba
4 goals / 1 assists

Cardiff City missing players

Chelsea missing players

Cardiff City Chelsea
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 16 Played 15 30
87% 88% Over 0.5 87% 90%
70% 75% Over 1.5 80% 83%
57% 62% Over 2.5 40% 57%
30% 31% Over 3.5 33% 30%
27% 31% Over 4.5 20% 13%
43% 44% Both teams to score 47% 43%
27% 31% Clean Sheet 47% 40%
43% 38% Failed To Score 20% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 31 23 7 1 70 18 15 13 2 0 44 9 16 10 5 1 26 9 52 76
2 Manchester City 30 24 2 4 79 21 16 15 0 1 53 12 14 9 2 3 26 9 58 74
3 Tottenham Hotspur 30 20 1 9 57 32 14 9 1 4 25 13 16 11 0 5 32 19 25 61
4 Arsenal 30 18 6 6 63 39 16 13 2 1 37 12 14 5 4 5 26 27 24 60
5 Manchester United 30 17 7 6 58 40 14 8 5 1 28 18 16 9 2 5 30 22 18 58
6 Chelsea 30 17 6 7 50 33 15 9 5 1 29 10 15 8 1 6 21 23 17 57
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 12 8 10 38 36 15 7 3 5 22 19 15 5 5 5 16 17 2 44
8 Watford 30 12 7 11 42 44 14 7 2 5 19 19 16 5 5 6 23 25 -2 43
9 West Ham United 31 12 6 13 41 46 16 8 3 5 27 23 15 4 3 8 14 23 -5 42
10 Leicester City 31 12 5 14 40 43 15 6 2 7 19 19 16 6 3 7 21 24 -3 41
11 Everton 31 11 7 13 43 42 16 7 4 5 23 21 15 4 3 8 20 21 1 40
12 AFC Bournemouth 31 11 5 15 43 56 16 7 5 4 28 21 15 4 0 11 15 35 -13 38
13 Newcastle United 31 9 8 14 31 40 16 7 1 8 19 20 15 2 7 6 12 20 -9 35
14 Crystal Palace 30 9 6 15 36 41 15 3 4 8 11 17 15 6 2 7 25 24 -5 33
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 9 6 14 32 42 14 6 4 4 17 15 15 3 2 10 15 27 -10 33
16 Southampton 30 7 9 14 34 50 15 4 6 5 19 22 15 3 3 9 15 28 -16 30
17 Burnley 31 8 6 17 35 59 15 5 2 8 19 28 16 3 4 9 16 31 -24 30
18 Cardiff City 30 8 4 18 27 57 16 6 2 8 18 31 14 2 2 10 9 26 -30 28
19 Fulham 31 4 5 22 29 70 15 4 3 8 19 30 16 0 2 14 10 40 -41 17
20 Huddersfield Town 31 3 5 23 18 57 16 2 2 12 7 24 15 1 3 11 11 33 -39 14

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