League One: Huddersfield vs Cardiff – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Huddersfield and Cardiff who meet up this coming Tuesday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

When Cardiff come to John Smith’s Stadium for the League One match on Tuesday, Huddersfield will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

While Cardiff are chasing the lead in the League One after collecting 81 points in 41 rounds, Huddersfield trail by 62 points after 42 rounds, leaving them as number 8 in the table.

Team form: Huddersfield vs Cardiff

Huddersfield Form

Huddersfield are unbeaten in their last three games after drawing 1-1 with Reading, beating Leyton Orient 1-2 and drawing 3-3 with Wycombe. Huddersfield managed to win two of their past six home matches in the League One. In the remaining four, they drew four and lost zero, as they scored 11 and conceded nine goals.

Cardiff Form

In their last three matches, Cardiff drew 0-0 with Blackpool, 1-1 with Peterborough and beat Bolton by 2-0. Cardiff won three of a possible six away matches in the League One, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 15 while also conceding seven times.

Betting stats for Huddersfield and Cardiff

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 Huddersfield and Cardiff played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Huddersfield vs Cardiff

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Rubin Colwill has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Tuesday, it is because Cardiff bank on him to build on these numbers against Huddersfield. The latter relies on Ryan Ledson, who found the target three times in six games.

Popular betting markets: Huddersfield vs Cardiff

Full-time result

Huddersfield won five of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing five in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Cardiff won four of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing five and losing one. Amazingly, Huddersfield are on a streak of 14 home matches without defeat.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Huddersfield only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Cardiff scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Both teams have scored in last 5 consecutive Huddersfield games Cardiff managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Huddersfield’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Cardiff’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.8 goals in these matches.