This match features two teams living in the basement of the Professional Development League, Cardiff U23 holding 9th place and Swansea City U23 lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Cardiff U23 has the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Development League
- Swansea City U23 has the most conceded goals (32) in Professional Development League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cardiff U23 form and stats
Cardiff U23, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Development League, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Professional Development League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Cardiff International Sports Stadium.
Cardiff faced defeat in their previous match, away at Charlton U23 (0-4). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Queens Park Rangers U23 in a game that was won 1-0.
Cardiff were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The Cardiff U23 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Cardiff U23 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cardiff International Sports Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Swansea City U23 form and stats
Swansea City U23, who have the most conceded goals (32) in Professional Development League, are still without points from their Professional Development League away games. 5 games, 5 defeats. Bitter travels for Swansea as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stoke City U23 match.
Swansea delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Millwall U23 (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Professional Development League game. A 2-3 loss hosting Watford U23 before that.
The attacking power of Swansea when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Swansea City U23 can't defend away. 17 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Swansea City U23 - Cardiff U23 5-1.Cardiff U23 missing players
Swansea City U23 missing players
| Cardiff U23 | Swansea City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 21 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 73% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 18% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 45% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.6 | 3 |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 47% |
- All of Swansea City U23's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cardiff U23 has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 has the fewest scored goals (8) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cardiff U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City U23 has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Professional Development League
- Swansea City U23 has the fewest points (0) away in Professional Development League
- Swansea City U23 has the most conceded goals (32) in Professional Development League
- Swansea City U23 has the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Professional Development League
- Swansea City U23 has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Professional Development League
- Swansea City U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Swansea City U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Swansea City U23 have lost all their away matches so far.
- Swansea City U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Swansea City U23 have scored more than double the goals of Cardiff U23.
- Swansea City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Millwall U23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Ipswich U23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Charlton U23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Watford U23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -15 | 11 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 7 | Colchester U23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 10 |
| 8 | Swansea City U23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 8 |
| 9 | Cardiff U23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -13 | 7 |