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Championship
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Aston Villa
T T U S T
1–0
Full-time
Cardiff
S S S U T

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Team trends

Aston Villa Cardiff
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 50%
33%
67%
Points per game
1,2
2,2
Over 2.5 Ø 67%
67%
67%
Both score Ø 67%
50%
83%
Average goals
2,8
3,2
Scored
1,5
2,0
Conceded
1,3
1,2
Goal diff per game
+0,2
+0,8
This season — Championship · 38/40 matches
Win Ø 55%
50%
60%
Points per game
1,7
2,0
Over 2.5 Ø 49%
53%
45%
Both score Ø 48%
47%
48%
Average goals
2,7
2,4
Scored
1,6
1,6
Conceded
1,0
0,9
Goal diff per game
+0,6
+0,7
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Match stats

Half-time score: 0–0

59% Possession 41%
13 Shots 11
4 Shots on target 4
1 Blocked shots 2
5 Goalkeeper saves 3
8 Corners 3
2 Offside 1
13 Free kicks against 19
4 Yellow cards 5
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Aston Villa 5. · Cardiff 2.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Wolves 41 27 8 6 +38 89
2 Cardiff 40 24 8 8 +28 80
3 Fulham 38 21 11 6 +30 74
4 Derby 38 18 13 7 +23 67
5 Aston Villa 38 19 9 10 +23 66
6 Middlesbrough 39 19 8 12 +20 65
7 Millwall 41 17 14 10 +13 65
8 Bristol City 41 16 14 11 +9 62
9 Sheffield United 41 18 8 15 +7 62
10 Brentford 41 16 13 12 +10 61
11 Preston 41 15 15 11 +6 60
12 Norwich 41 14 13 14 -6 55
13 Leeds 41 15 9 17 -4 54
14 Ipswich 41 15 8 18 -3 53
15 QPR 41 13 11 17 -12 50
16 Sheffield Weds 41 11 14 16 -7 47
17 Nott'm Forest 40 13 7 20 -15 46
18 Hull 41 10 14 17 -2 44
19 Reading 41 10 12 19 -14 42
20 Birmingham 41 11 7 23 -27 40
21 Bolton 41 9 12 20 -28 39
22 Barnsley 40 8 13 19 -18 37
23 Sunderland 41 6 14 21 -29 32
24 Burton Albion 41 7 11 23 -42 32

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

Aston Villa Cardiff
Conor Hourihane 🟨
20′
J. Bree 🔁
↦ A. Tuanzebe
26′
37′
🟨 Callum Paterson
Robert Snodgrass 🟨
45′
Half-time 0–0
J. Kodjia 🔁
↦ A. Adomah
60′
68′
🔁 G. Madine
↦ K. Zohorè
78′
🟨 Aron Gunnarsson
81′
🟨 Joe Bennett
1–0 J. Grealish
85′
C. Samba 🔁
↦ C. Hourihane
88′
88′
🔁 J. Ward
↦ J. Hoilett
89′
🟨 Jamie Ward
Jonathan Kodjia 🟨
90′
Sam Johnstone 🟨
90′
90′
🟨 Lee Peltier
90′
🔁 A. Pilkington
↦ N. Mendez-Laing
Full-time 1–0

Line-ups

Aston Villa

4-1-4-1
1 S. Johnstone G
5 J. Chester D
28 A. Tuanzebe D
6 G. Whelan M
15 M. Jedinak M
27 Ahmed El Mohamady D
7 R. Snodgrass M
37 A. Adomah M
14 C. Hourihane M
10 J. Grealish M
45 L. Grabban F
Bench (7)
16 J. Bree
22 J. Kodjia
4 C. Samba
8 H. Lansbury
9 S. Hogan
18 J. Onomah
31 M. Bunn

Coach: S. Bruce

Cardiff

4-3-3
25 N. Etheridge G
2 L. Peltier D
14 S. Bamba D
4 S. Morrison D
3 J. Bennett D
18 C. Paterson M
17 A. Gunnarsson M
19 N. Mendez-Laing F
24 M. Grujić M
33 J. Hoilett F
10 K. Zohorè F
Bench (7)
44 G. Madine
29 J. Ward
13 A. Pilkington
5 B. Écuélé Manga
21 C. Bryson
28 B. Murphy
32 A. Traoré

Coach: N. Warnock

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

Jeremy Simpson · 104 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,9 / match
Above average
⚽ Free kicks
21,2 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,20 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.