Ace Football previews the Championship game between Cardiff and Derby who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Cardiff and Derby will be desperate for points on Saturday, as both are very eager to escape their current disappointing position. The question is, whether either team has the guts to go all-out pursuing an important win, or a cautious draw is on the cards instead?
Form: Cardiff vs Derby
Cardiff Form
Cardiff are unbeaten in their last three games after drawing 1-1 with Watford, beating Swansea 3-0 and drawing 2-2 with Millwall. Cardiff just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Championship matches at the Cardiff City Stadium. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded eight goals.
Derby Form
A draw is all that prevents Derby from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They claimed this single draw against Leyton Orient as the match ended 1-1 before getting trounced against Watford by a 0-2 score. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Sunderland won the game and the exact score was 0-1. Derby came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by ten goals to four.
Betting stats and facts for Cardiff and Derby
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Cardiff and Derby. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Cardiff home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Cardiff home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 6 Cardiff matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 Cardiff matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Cardiff home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 18 of the last 20 Derby matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 15 of the last 17 Derby away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Derby away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Derby have lost 3 of the last 4 matches in the Championship while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Derby have lost 3 of the last 4 matches in the Championship and the sum of goals was under 2.5
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Full-time result
Cardiff claimed four wins, drew two and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Derby won one, drew four and lost five of their last 10 games away. Cardiff are without defeat in 6 matches on the spin. Derby lost their last 5 matches. Cardiff have not lost to Derby in 4 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Cardiff scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Derby scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Derby have failed to score in 3 consecutive games. Cardiff managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Cardiff have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Derby.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Cardiff, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Derby, who managed to score one time in those matches. Derby conceded a goal in their last 7 matches.
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