Ace Football previews the Championship round 8 match between Cardiff and Charlton and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Form hasn’t been great recently for Cardiff, who hope to turn things around against Charlton on Saturday. This is a round 8 match in the current Championship campaign, and they face each other at Cardiff City Stadium.
Cardiff are number 21 in the table on four points after seven matches. Charlton rank as number 6 with 12 points after seven matches played.
Form: Cardiff vs Charlton
Cardiff Form
In their last three matches, Cardiff lost 2-0 against Portsmouth, drew 1-1 with Stoke, before losing to Bolton by 1-0. Cardiff did not win any of their last six Championship matches at the Cardiff City Stadium. They came through these matches with a record of three draws and one defeats, in which they conceded nine and scored 13 goals.
Charlton Form
Charlton only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Championship. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by 11 goals to six.
Betting facts for Cardiff and Charlton
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Cardiff and Charlton played across all tournaments.
- In 19 of the last 21 Cardiff home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Cardiff home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Cardiff home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 3 Cardiff matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 4 Cardiff matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 19 of the last 21 Charlton matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Charlton away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Charlton matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Charlton away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Charlton matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players in form: Cardiff vs Charlton
Cian Ashford is the most prolific Championship marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Charlton look to Tyreece Campbell, hoping he can add to his current total of two Championship goals in his latest games.
Popular markets: Cardiff vs Charlton
Full-time result
Cardiff claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing two. Charlton won four of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost three of the games in this run. Charlton did not lose any of their last 5 matches at home. Cardiff have not lost to Charlton in 4 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Cardiff scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Interestingly, Charlton scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Charlton have failed to score in 3 consecutive games. Charlton should be able to score at least once this coming Saturday as Cardiff failed in keeping a single clean sheet in those last 10 outings. Charlton managed three clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Cardiff’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Charlton, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of one time goals per game. Cardiff conceded a goal in their last 8 matches. Charlton did not score a single goal in 3 consecutive games
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