Cardiff U23 are listed as favourites to win this home fixture against Swansea City U23, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Swansea City U23 have scored away.
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 U23 form and stats
Home games in the Professional Development League have been a walk in the park for Cardiff U23 so far, with 21 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 185 minutes without scoring a league goal. Bagan was the last player to find the net.
The Cardiff U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Ipswich U23 here at Cardiff International Sports Stadium in a Professional Development League match.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Millwall U23 (0-1).Cardiff can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Defensively Cardiff U23 have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Swansea City U23 form and stats
There's been little loot from Swansea City U23's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Professional Development League. Swansea City U23 only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. The last three matches for Swansea have all ended in a draw.
Swansea City U23 delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Bristol City U23 (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Professional Development League game.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Exeter U23 in the Premier League Cup.After this away game Swansea City U23 return home for a Professional Development League game against Colchester U23. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Swansea City U23 have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other earlier this season: Swansea City U23 - Cardiff 1-3. Statistics for the last three meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Cardiff U23, zero draws and one win for Swansea City U23. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Cardiff U23 missing players
Swansea City U23 missing players
| Cardiff U23 | Swansea City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 93% |
| 85% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 54% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 38% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 8% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 46% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 9.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 56% | 51% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 34% |
| 6.5 | 5.1 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 4 |
- Cardiff U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cardiff U23 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Swansea City U23 have scored away.
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the most clean sheets (6) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the most points (21) at home in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 have the the best goal difference (+21) in Professional Development League
- Cardiff U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cardiff U23 is in the best form (4-0-2) in Professional Development League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cardiff U23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Ipswich U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Millwall U23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Charlton U23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Colchester U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Swansea City U23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 8 | Watford U23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 10 |
