Cardiff U23 vs Birmingham U23: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Date: Mon 26.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

The Professional Development League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Cardiff U23 and Birmingham U23 promises to be an interesting one.

Cardiff U23 and Birmingham U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cardiff U23 form and stats

Cardiff U23's first home game here ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 14 matches.

In their previous game, led his Cardiff U23 to a defeat in the Professional Development League match away at Barnsley U23. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Ahead of that match, Cardiff U23 lost 1-3 at home to Sheffield Utd U23.

Cardiff U23 are traveling soon after this match as the Professional Development League match at Nottingham U23 awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cardiff U23 at home. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Birmingham U23 form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham U23 playing as the away team this season.

Birmingham U23 delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Charlton U23 in their previous match; a Professional Development League game. Before that, Birmingham U23 travelled to Crystal Palace U23 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ipswich U23 in just four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Birmingham U23 has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's {0 Cardiff U23 victories}, 0 draws and {2 Birmingham U23 wins}. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Cardiff U23 missing players

Birmingham U23 missing players

Cardiff U23 Birmingham U23
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored 0 1 3
6 3 0 Conceded 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 8
5 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Cardiff U23 Last season Birmingham U23
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played 5 16 30
8 6 0 Won 4 8 15
8 4 1 Drew 0 3 7
12 4 4 Lost 1 5 8
41 30 6 Scored 10 23 50
43 18 11 Conceded 3 12 25
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 88% 87%
82% 93% 80% Over 1.5 80% 69% 77%
57% 64% 80% Over 2.5 40% 44% 53%
39% 50% 60% Over 3.5 20% 12% 23%
18% 21% 20% Over 4.5 20% 6% 7%
57% 64% 80% BTTS 40% 31% 40%
25% 29% 0% Clean Sheets 40% 50% 47%
21% 7% 20% Failed To Score 20% 31% 27%
 
4.9 5.2 5.6 Corners For (avg) 6.5 5.6 5.9
4.8 4.4 5.8 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 4.5 4.4
1.6 1.9 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.5 1.4 1.3
5 2 1 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Cardiff U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cardiff U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Cardiff U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup
All Home Away
29-03-19 PDL Watford U23 0 - 0 Cardiff U23
06-04-19 PDL Birmingham U23 3 - 1 Cardiff U23
15-04-19 PDL Cardiff U23 3 - 2 Bolton U23
12-08-19 PDL Cardiff U23 1 - 3 Sheffield Utd U23
20-08-19 PDL Barnsley U23 3 - 1 Cardiff U23
26-08-19 PDL Cardiff U23 18:00 Birmingham U23
30-08-19 PDL Nottingham U23 18:00 Cardiff U23
09-09-19 PDL Cardiff U23 12:00 Bolton U23
16-09-19 PDL Sheffield Wed U23 12:00 Cardiff U23
23-09-19 PDL Coventry U23 12:00 Cardiff U23
Birmingham U23
All Professional Development League Premier League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
19-04-19 PDL Hull City U23 0 - 2 Birmingham U23
30-04-19 PDL Ipswich U23 0 - 3 Birmingham U23
06-05-19 PDL Leeds U23 0 - 0 Birmingham U23
12-08-19 PDL Crystal Palace U23 1 - 1 Birmingham U23
16-08-19 PDL Birmingham U23 2 - 2 Charlton U23
26-08-19 PDL Cardiff U23 18:00 Birmingham U23
30-08-19 PDL Birmingham U23 12:30 Ipswich U23
09-09-19 PDL Bristol City U23 12:00 Birmingham U23
13-09-19 PDL Birmingham U23 12:30 Coventry U23
23-09-19 PDL Birmingham U23 12:30 Sheffield Utd U23

  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 Watford U23 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 6
2 Coventry U23 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3 Bristol City U23 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
4 Charlton U23 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
5 Crystal Palace U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Millwall U23 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
7 Ipswich U23 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
8 Colchester U23 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
9 Cardiff U23 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
10 Queens Park Rangers U23 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
Last season 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 Ipswich U23 28 15 7 6 67 38 14 11 2 1 47 17 14 4 5 5 20 21 29 52
2 Coventry U23 28 13 6 9 49 38 14 9 3 2 33 15 14 4 3 7 16 23 11 45
3 Crystal Palace U23 28 12 6 10 55 49 14 8 3 3 31 13 14 4 3 7 24 36 6 42
4 Charlton U23 28 11 7 10 44 41 14 7 5 2 25 16 14 4 2 8 19 25 3 40
5 Bristol City U23 28 11 5 12 45 49 14 8 1 5 28 19 14 3 4 7 17 30 -4 38
6 Millwall U23 28 10 7 11 32 31 14 5 4 5 15 10 14 5 3 6 17 21 1 37
7 Cardiff U23 28 8 8 12 41 43 14 6 4 4 30 18 14 2 4 8 11 25 -2 32
8 Queens Park Rangers U23 28 8 7 13 54 61 14 5 4 5 33 33 14 3 3 8 21 28 -7 31
9 Watford U23 28 6 6 16 32 50 14 3 5 6 19 24 14 3 1 10 13 26 -18 24
10 Colchester U23 28 6 2 20 30 77 14 4 1 9 14 30 14 2 1 11 16 47 -47 20

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