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Championship
Referee: Andy Davies
Cardiff
U U S T U
1–0
Full-time
Aston Villa
S T S S U

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Team trends

Cardiff Aston Villa
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 34%
17%
50%
Points per game
1,0
1,7
Over 2.5 Ø 42%
67%
17%
Both score Ø 58%
83%
33%
Average goals
3,3
1,7
Scored
1,5
0,8
Conceded
1,8
0,8
Goal diff per game
-0,3
+0,0
This season — Championship · 23/24 matches
Win Ø 30%
26%
33%
Points per game
1,0
1,5
Over 2.5 Ø 43%
57%
29%
Both score Ø 60%
61%
58%
Average goals
2,8
2,0
Scored
1,1
1,1
Conceded
1,7
1,0
Goal diff per game
-0,5
+0,1
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Match stats

Half-time score: 1–0

37% Possession 63%
20 Shots 12
5 Shots on target 2
5 Blocked shots 5
2 Goalkeeper saves 3
7 Corners 9
1 Offside 2
18 Free kicks against 14
4 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Cardiff 21. · Aston Villa 9.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Newcastle 24 17 1 6 +29 52
2 Brighton 23 15 6 2 +24 51
3 Reading 22 13 4 5 +8 43
4 Huddersfield 23 13 4 6 +2 43
5 Leeds 24 13 3 8 +7 42
6 Derby 24 11 7 6 +9 40
7 Sheffield Weds 23 11 5 7 +3 38
8 Barnsley 24 10 5 9 +5 35
9 Aston Villa 24 8 11 5 +3 35
10 Birmingham 24 9 8 7 -3 35
11 Norwich 24 10 4 10 +1 34
12 Fulham 22 8 9 5 +7 33
13 Preston 24 9 6 9 +0 33
14 Ipswich 24 8 7 9 -3 31
15 Brentford 24 8 6 10 -1 30
16 Wolves 24 7 7 10 -2 28
17 Bristol City 24 8 3 13 -1 27
18 Nott'm Forest 24 7 5 12 -7 26
19 QPR 24 7 5 12 -13 26
20 Burton Albion 24 6 7 11 -7 25
21 Cardiff 23 6 6 11 -12 24
22 Blackburn 24 5 6 13 -12 21
23 Wigan 24 4 7 13 -10 19
24 Rotherham 24 3 4 17 -27 13

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Recent head-to-head meetings

26. Nov -16 Aston Villa – Cardiff 3–1

Match report

Cardiff Aston Villa
1–0 J. Ralls
16′
Joe Ralls 🟨
27′
C. Noone 🔁
↦ J. Hoilett
37′
41′
🟨 James Chester
Half-time 1–0
46′
🔁 A. Tshibola
↦ A. Westwood
46′
🔁 G. Agbonlahor
↦ G. Gardner
Aron Gunnarsson 🟨
57′
60′
🟨 Jack Grealish
Sol Bamba 🟨
64′
Lee Peltier 🟨
74′
78′
🟨 Leandro Bacuna
82′
🔁 R. Hepburn-Murphy
↦ R. McCormack
M. Connolly 🔁
↦ J. Bennett
83′
85′
🟨 Alan Hutton
Full-time 1–0

Line-ups

Cardiff

5-4-1
28 B. Murphy G
2 L. Peltier D
5 B. Écuélé Manga D
14 S. Bamba D
4 S. Morrison D
3 J. Bennett D
17 A. Gunnarsson M
24 K. Harris M
8 J. Ralls M
33 J. Hoilett F
26 K. Zohorè F
Bench (7)
11 C. Noone
16 M. Connolly
6 J. Richards
13 A. Pilkington
19 R. Lambert
25 E. Huws
30 B. Wilson

Coach: N. Warnock

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1
31 M. Bunn G
21 A. Hutton D
12 J. Chester D
2 N. Baker D
23 J. Amavi D
37 A. Adomah M
15 A. Westwood M
7 L. Bacuna M
22 G. Gardner M
40 J. Grealish M
44 R. McCormack F
Bench (7)
8 A. Tshibola
11 G. Agbonlahor
29 R. Hepburn-Murphy
1 P. Gollini
6 T. Elphick
10 J. Ayew
28 A. Cissokho

Coach: S. Bruce

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

Over/under goals
U1,5 ✓
U2,5 ✓
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja
BLS nei ✓

Referee

Andy Davies · 87 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,8 / match
Average
⚽ Free kicks
20,2 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,15 per match

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.