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Championship
Referee: Peter Bankes
Cardiff
S S S S S
3–2
Full-time
Birmingham
T T T T T

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Team trends

Cardiff Birmingham
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 42%
83%
0%
Points per game
2,7
0,0
Over 2.5 Ø 25%
17%
33%
Both score Ø 25%
33%
17%
Average goals
1,7
2,3
Scored
1,3
0,2
Conceded
0,3
2,2
Goal diff per game
+1,0
-2,0
This season — Championship · 35/36 matches
Win Ø 41%
60%
22%
Points per game
2,0
0,8
Over 2.5 Ø 36%
43%
28%
Both score Ø 38%
43%
33%
Average goals
2,3
2,1
Scored
1,5
0,6
Conceded
0,8
1,5
Goal diff per game
+0,7
-0,9
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Match stats

Half-time score: 3–0

41% Possession 59%
15 Shots 16
6 Shots on target 7
3 Blocked shots 3
5 Goalkeeper saves 3
6 Corners 12
0 Offside 1
9 Free kicks against 12
4 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Cardiff 2. · Birmingham 22.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Wolves 35 23 7 5 +34 76
2 Cardiff 35 21 7 7 +24 70
3 Fulham 33 17 10 6 +24 61
4 Derby 34 16 12 6 +22 60
5 Aston Villa 32 17 8 7 +22 59
6 Middlesbrough 34 17 6 11 +17 57
7 Bristol City 36 15 12 9 +11 57
8 Preston 36 14 15 7 +10 57
9 Sheffield United 35 17 4 14 +6 55
10 Brentford 35 14 11 10 +11 53
11 Millwall 36 13 13 10 +6 52
12 Ipswich 35 15 6 14 +3 51
13 Leeds 36 14 7 15 -2 49
14 Norwich 35 12 12 11 -3 48
15 Nott'm Forest 36 13 5 18 -11 44
16 QPR 35 10 10 15 -13 40
17 Sheffield Weds 36 8 13 15 -12 37
18 Reading 35 8 11 16 -9 35
19 Bolton 36 8 11 17 -24 35
20 Hull 35 7 12 16 -7 33
21 Barnsley 35 7 11 17 -15 32
22 Birmingham 36 8 6 22 -31 30
23 Burton Albion 35 7 8 20 -36 29
24 Sunderland 36 5 13 18 -27 28

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.

Match report

Cardiff Birmingham
1–0 N. Mendez-Laing
J. Bennett
12′
2–0 C. Bryson
J. Bennett
23′
L. Damour 🔁
↦ C. Bryson
37′
Half-time 2–0
46′
🔁 M. Roberts
↦ C. Jenkinson
3–0 C. Paterson
J. Bennett
48′
54′
C. Gardner 3–1
Marko Grujić 🟨
55′
Sol Bamba 🟨
58′
68′
🟨 Harlee Dean
69′
🔁 Che Adams
↦ L. Jutkiewicz
S. Morrison 🔁
↦ L. Peltier
74′
Neil Etheridge 🟨
78′
79′
🔁 J. Boga
↦ J. Maghoma
G. Halford 🔁
↦ N. Mendez-Laing
81′
88′
🟨 Michael Morrison
Joe Bennett 🟨
90′
95′
M. Colin 3–2
J. Boga
Full-time 3–2

Line-ups

Cardiff

4-3-3
25 N. Etheridge G
2 L. Peltier D
5 B. Écuélé Manga D
14 S. Bamba D
3 J. Bennett D
18 C. Paterson M
21 C. Bryson M
19 N. Mendez-Laing F
24 M. Grujić M
33 J. Hoilett F
10 K. Zohorè F
Bench (7)
20 L. Damour
4 S. Morrison
15 G. Halford
13 A. Pilkington
28 B. Murphy
35 Y. Wildschut
44 G. Madine

Coach: N. Warnock

Birmingham

4-4-2
13 D. Stockdale G
28 M. Morrison D
12 H. Dean D
5 M. Colin D
22 C. Jenkinson D
8 C. Gardner M
6 M. Kieftenbeld M
19 J. Maghoma M
27 Jota Peleteiro M
10 L. Jutkiewicz F
18 S. Gallagher F
Bench (7)
4 M. Roberts
14 Che Adams
20 J. Boga
15 C. Bramall
17 C. N'Doye
21 J. Lowe
29 T. Kuszczak

Coach: G. Monk

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

Over/under goals
O1,5 ✓
O2,5 ✓
O3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja ✓
BLS nei

Referee

Peter Bankes · 118 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
4,1 / match
Above average
⚽ Free kicks
21,9 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,17 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.