Manchester City are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Cardiff City

Competition: England Premier League
Date: Wed 03.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

It's no vacation for neither Manchester City nor Cardiff City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups. Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Manchester City form and stats

15-0-1 is the performance here at Etihad Stadium so far, giving Manchester City a total of 45 from their 16 games here. Outstanding results! The Manchester City fans aren't used to losing here at Etihad Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Manchester City has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. Manchester City haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Newcastle United.

Happy days for Manchester City in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Fulham that ended with a 2-0 victory. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Swansea City.

Everyone expects Manchester City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 17 games: 15 home wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Manchester City have won with at least two goals margin 13 times in similar situations. There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Manchester City, as the FA Cup home game vs Brighton & Hove Albion is only two days away.

Manchester City always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 53 goals in 16 games. Manchester City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Etihad Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City, who have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Premier League, has only collected 8 points from their away games after 2-2-10 (14 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Chelsea with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, Cardiff City secured a home win against West Ham United with the score 2-0.

Nobody expects Cardiff City to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 20 times before, with the overall statistics of won 4, draw 3 and lost 13. When defeated, 7 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cardiff City as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff City have conceded 26 goals on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cardiff City - Manchester City 0-5. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 3 - 0 - 1 (Manchester City wins - draws - Cardiff City wins).

Top Goalscorers

S. Agüero
19 goals / 7 assists
R. Sterling
15 goals / 9 assists
L. Sané
8 goals / 9 assists

Manchester City missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Manchester City Cardiff City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 16 Played 14 31
81 53 Scored 9 28
21 12 Conceded 26 59
97% 100% Over 0.5 86% 87%
87% 94% Over 1.5 64% 71%
68% 88% Over 2.5 50% 58%
42% 62% Over 3.5 29% 29%
19% 31% Over 4.5 21% 26%
48% 62% Both teams to score 43% 45%
48% 38% Clean Sheet 21% 26%
6% 0% Failed To Score 50% 42%
Key stats this season:
  • Manchester City hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Manchester City is involved in more goals home, than away.
  • Manchester City has scored in all of their 16 home matches.

  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 32 24 7 1 72 19 16 14 2 0 46 10 16 10 5 1 26 9 53 79
2 Manchester City 31 25 2 4 81 21 16 15 0 1 53 12 15 10 2 3 28 9 60 77
3 Arsenal 31 19 6 6 65 39 17 14 2 1 39 12 14 5 4 5 26 27 26 63
4 Tottenham Hotspur 31 20 1 10 58 34 14 9 1 4 25 13 17 11 0 6 33 21 24 61
5 Manchester United 31 18 7 6 60 41 15 9 5 1 30 19 16 9 2 5 30 22 19 61
6 Chelsea 31 18 6 7 52 34 15 9 5 1 29 10 16 9 1 6 23 24 18 60
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 12 8 11 38 38 15 7 3 5 22 19 16 5 5 6 16 19 0 44
8 Leicester City 32 13 5 14 42 43 16 7 2 7 21 19 16 6 3 7 21 24 -1 44
9 Everton 32 12 7 13 45 42 16 7 4 5 23 21 16 5 3 8 22 21 3 43
10 Watford 31 12 7 12 43 46 14 7 2 5 19 19 17 5 5 7 24 27 -3 43
11 West Ham United 32 12 6 14 41 48 17 8 3 6 27 25 15 4 3 8 14 23 -7 42
12 AFC Bournemouth 32 11 5 16 43 58 16 7 5 4 28 21 16 4 0 12 15 37 -15 38
13 Crystal Palace 31 10 6 15 38 41 16 4 4 8 13 17 15 6 2 7 25 24 -3 36
14 Newcastle United 32 9 8 15 31 42 16 7 1 8 19 20 16 2 7 7 12 22 -11 35
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 9 6 15 32 43 15 6 4 5 17 16 15 3 2 10 15 27 -11 33
16 Southampton 31 8 9 14 35 50 15 4 6 5 19 22 16 4 3 9 16 28 -15 33
17 Burnley 32 9 6 17 37 59 16 6 2 8 21 28 16 3 4 9 16 31 -22 33
18 Cardiff City 31 8 4 19 28 59 17 6 2 9 19 33 14 2 2 10 9 26 -31 28
19 Fulham 32 4 5 23 29 72 16 4 3 9 19 32 16 0 2 14 10 40 -43 17
20 Huddersfield Town 32 3 5 24 18 59 16 2 2 12 7 24 16 1 3 12 11 35 -41 14

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