Struggling Cardiff City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Liverpool in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Cardiff City form and stats
Cardiff City have played 17 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-9 (wins-draws-losses).Happy days for Cardiff City in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Brighton & Hove Albion that ended with a 2-0 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Burnley (0-2).
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Cardiff City had similar winning odds as today, and found two games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Cardiff City lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
Cardiff City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 19 goals in 17 matches. Cardiff City have conceded 33 from these games.
Liverpool form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (38) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 5 draws and only 1 loss. In general it has been a productive period now for Liverpool as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Wolverhampton Wanderers game have they lost an away game, meaning Liverpool has taken points from seven away matches in a row.Liverpool are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premier League against Chelsea. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Porto in the Champions League.
As mentioned earlier, Liverpool will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 6 wins (3 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 2 surprising defeats.
Liverpool has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 29 goals from 17 games. It's not easy to score on Liverpool as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Liverpool - Cardiff City 4-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Cardiff City-Liverpool H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Cardiff City 0 wins, Liverpool 4 wins, 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
  Mohamed Salah 19 goals / 7 assists |  S. Mané 18 goals / 1 assists |  Roberto Firmino 12 goals / 6 assists |
Cardiff City missing players
Liverpool missing players
| Cardiff City | Liverpool | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | Played | 17 | 34 |
| 30 | 19 | Scored | 29 | 77 |
| 63 | 33 | Conceded | 10 | 20 |
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 88% | 91% |
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | 76% | 79% |
| 53% | 65% | Over 2.5 | 47% | 56% |
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 18% | 32% |
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 15% |
| 41% | 47% | Both teams to score | 53% | 47% |
| 26% | 29% | Clean Sheet | 47% | 53% |
| 44% | 35% | Failed To Score | 12% | 9% |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| 6.9 | 5.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 2 |
- Cardiff City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 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 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 57 | 85 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 33 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 86 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 64 | 83 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 33 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 64 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 30 | 67 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 66 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 66 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 64 |
| 7 | Leicester City | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 47 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 47 |
| 9 | Everton | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 46 |
| 10 | Watford | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | -1 | 46 |
| 11 | West Ham United | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 52 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 27 | -10 | 42 |
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 49 | 61 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 37 | -12 | 41 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 26 | -6 | 39 |
| 14 | Burnley | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 60 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -18 | 39 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 38 |
| 16 | Southampton | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -15 | 36 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 30 | -21 | 33 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 30 | -33 | 31 |
| 19 | Fulham | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 32 | 76 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 44 | -44 | 20 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 39 | -48 | 14 |
