Preview match

MATCH REPORT

England - Championship - 02/20/24 14:45 - 29.Round

Stadium Cardiff City Stadium
Capacity 26828
Surface grass
Referee Leigh Doughty

0-0 [90‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘

0-0 [90‘]

45‘+1
Hyam
0-0 HT
57‘
Moran Abbas Ayari
61‘
Buckley Garrett
61‘
Dolan Gallagher
66‘
Tronstad
Bowler Tanner
67‘
75‘
Buckley
Colwill Turnbull
79‘
Etete Diédhiou
79‘
Goutas
90‘+3
Wintle
90‘+3
0-0 FT

Goals and Highlights

0-0

Match stats

CARDS 2 0

Ball possession
40%
60%

CARDS 3 0

Total shots
11
4
On goal
5
1
Corners
4
1
Dangerous attack
32
29
Attack
99
128
Passes total
419
624
Accurate passes
309 (74%)
499 (80%)
Key passes
9
2
Crosses
2/7(29%)
0/7(0%)
Dribbles
11/20 (55%)
6/14(43%)

ODDS

Match
1 X 2
Opening odds 145 230 180
Pre match odds 225 225 130
Asian handicap
Line 1 2 Line
+0.25 -133 100 -0.25
+0 114 -139 -0
-0.25 146 -200 +0.25
Goals
Line Under Over
2.5 -125 100
Corners
Line Under Over
10.5 100 -125

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Cardiff City

Status: Confirmed lineup

Blackburn Rovers

Missings

Callum O'Dowda
LB 3
31
O'Dowda
532‘ 10 1+2
Callum Robinson
AM 2
6
Robinson
842‘ 23 1+2
Mark McGuinness
CB 1
3
McGuinness
2595‘ 29 2+0
Jak Alnwick
GK 1
2
Alnwick
2160‘ 24 0+0
Aaron Ramsey
AM
1
Ramsey
716‘ 13 3+0
Yakou Meite
CF 1
1
Meite
2162‘ 38 2+1
+9 Out of selection
Harry Pickering
LB 1
5
Pickering
2915‘ 35 1+1
Hayden Carter
CB 1
5
Carter
2462‘ 30 0+2
Joe Rankin-Costello
CM 1
1
Rankin-Costello
1586‘ 26 2+3
John Fleck
CM
Fleck
17‘ 1 0+0
Ryan Hedges
RW
Hedges
986‘ 17 2+3
+3 Out of selection

Lineups

  • no photo 1
    2
    Horvath
    1350‘ 15 0+0 7.0
  • no photo 17
    1
    Collins
    2985‘ 36 1+4 7.0
    no photo 4
    1
    Goutas
    4037‘ 45 4+0 7.2
    no photo 12
    2
    Phillips
    1442‘ 17 0+0 7.0
    no photo 2
    2
    Romeo
    706‘ 14 0+0 7.1
  • no photo 6
    1
    Wintle
    2539‘ 41 2+4 6.5
    no photo 23
    1
    Siopis
    3207‘ 41 0+0 6.8
  • no photo 16
    1
    Grant
    3128‘ 39 6+2 7.8
    no photo 27
    2
    Colwill
    1570‘ 35 1+2 6.9
    no photo 14
    1
    Bowler
    2304‘ 37 5+1 6.6
  • no photo 9
    2
    Etete
    1090‘ 28 3+0 6.7
  • no photo 9
    1
    Gallagher
    1629‘ 23 3+3 6.7
  • no photo 8
    Szmodics
    3819‘ 43 25+4 6.7
    no photo 44
    3
    Abbas Ayari
    321‘ 9 0+1 6.1
  • no photo 2
    1
    Brittain
    3538‘ 43 1+5 7.5
    no photo 6
    1
    Tronstad
    2850‘ 35 0+1 7.5
    no photo 30
    2
    Garrett
    771‘ 20 1+1 6.9
    no photo 45
    2
    Chrisene
    723‘ 15 0+0 6.2
  • no photo 5
    1
    Hyam
    3018‘ 35 1+0 7.0
    no photo 55
    3
    McFadzean
    810‘ 11 0+0 7.6
    no photo 16
    2
    Wharton
    2080‘ 28 2+0 7.3
  • no photo 1
    1
    Pears
    2222‘ 25 0+0 8.0
4-2-3-1
Coach: E. Bulut
3-4-2-1
Coach J. Eustace

Stats:

shots

Player Grant 3
Player Goutas 2
Player Hyam 1
Player Dolan 1
Player Siopis 1
Player Bowler 1

Acc. Passes

Player Dolan 100% (18)
Player Colwill 93% (29)
Player McFadzean 92% (78)
Player Tronstad 87% (73)
Player Wharton 85% (92)
Player Brittain 83% (48)

dribbles

Player Colwill 7 (4)
Player Chrisene 4 (0)
Player Grant 4 (4)
Player Abbas Ayari 3 (1)
Player Etete 3 (1)
Player Siopis 2 (1)

Key Passes

Player Etete 2
Player Colwill 2
Player Wintle 2
Player Romeo 1
Player Moran 1
Player Grant 1

goals

Grant 6
Ng 6
Bowler 5
Ugbo 4
Goutas 4
Etete 3

goals

Szmodics 25
Dolan 5
Sigurðsson 5
Gallagher 3
Leonard 3
Hedges 2

assists

Ralls 7
Ng 4
Collins 4
Wintle 4
O'Dowda 2
Colwill 2

assists

Moran 6
Brittain 5
Szmodics 4
Dolan 4
Rankin-Costello 3
Wharton 3

Yellow Cards

Collins 9
Ng 9
Goutas 8
Meite 7
Siopis 6
Bowler 5

Yellow Cards

Carter 11
Dolan 8
Travis 7
Szmodics 7
Tronstad 7
Hyam 6

Key Passes

Wintle 47
Ralls 43
Ng 34
Grant 28
Bowler 22
Turnbull 19

Key Passes

Szmodics 46
Brittain 41
Moran 38
Dolan 37
Wharton 36
Pickering 33

Acc. Passes

Giles 92%
Conte 86%
McGuinness 84%
Goutas 82%
Wintle 82%
Siopis 80%

Acc. Passes

Bloxham 85%
Wharton 82%
Dolan 81%
Hyam 81%
Brittain 78%
Szmodics 78%

Total Shots

Grant 43 (1.1)
Meite 35 (0.95)
Bowler 30 (0.91)
Goutas 22 (0.5)
Ng 22 (0.56)
Etete 18 (0.69)

Total Shots

Szmodics 101 (2.35)
Dolan 24 (0.69)
Gallagher 24 (1.14)
Brittain 22 (0.54)
Rankin-Costello 21 (0.95)
Sigurðsson 20 (0.67)

BENCH

Josh Wilson-Esbrand
LB 2
30 Wilson-Esbrand
671‘ 11 0+0
Joe Ralls
CM
8 Ralls
2336‘ 35 1+7
Famara Diédhiou
CF 2
20 Diédhiou
478‘ 15 2+0 6.4
Romaine Sawyers
CM 3
19 Sawyers
27‘ 2 0+0
Matthew Turner
GK 3
41 Turner
0‘ 0 0+0
Ollie Tanner
LB 3
32 Tanner
1141‘ 35 1+0 6.4
David Turnbull
AM 3
15 Turnbull
791‘ 16 0+1 6.4
Cian Ashford
LW 3
45 Ashford
220‘ 4 1+0
Perry Ng
RB
1
38 Ng
3405‘ 39 6+4
Leopold Wahlstedt
GK 2
12 Wahlstedt
1828‘ 21 0+0
Andrew Moran
CM 2
24 Moran
1852‘ 35 2+6 6.8
Arnór Sigurðsson
LW 1
7 Sigurðsson
1454‘ 29 5+2
Semir Telalovic
CF 3
33 Telalovic
295‘ 17 0+0
Dilan Markanday
RW 3
18 Markanday
756‘ 21 1+0
Tyrhys Dolan
LW
10 Dolan
2254‘ 35 5+4 6.7
Connor O'Riordan
CB 3
4 O'Riordan
40‘ 2 0+0
Billy Koumetio
LB 3
3
14 Koumetio
0‘ 0 0+0
John Buckley
CM 3
8
21 Buckley
497‘ 10 0+1 6.7
Goal fact

Cardiff City

  • Ng is back. Boost for the team

    Good news for the team. Key player Perry Ng (39 matches, 6 goals, 4 assists) is back after his missing.

  • Second absence for Aaron Ramsey

    Coach E. Bulut is still without his key player Aaron Ramsey (13 matches, 3 goals, 0 assists). Reason: injury.

  • First-choice goalkeeper Jak Alnwick will miss

    Team is without first-choice goalkeeper Jak Alnwick with 2160 minutes played. Reason: injury.

  • Bad results in last matches for Cardiff City

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach E. Bulut as the form record is (1W, 0D, 4L) with their average of 2.2 goals conceded per game.

  • 3 games lost in row. Time to tactic change?

    Bad period for Cardiff City. Coach E. Bulut can not be satisfied with 3 games losing streak. It is highly possible that the coach will make a tactical change.

  • The form at the home stadium is not good

    4 losses in 5 games. (0W, 1D, 4L) is the record at home ground Cardiff City Stadium. With their average of 2 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (5) matches at home

    Cardiff City have fail to win 5 matches in a row at home stadium. Last win was against Millwall (1-0) on 9.12.23

Blackburn Rovers

  • Ryan Hedges is a fresh missing

    Coach J. Eustace is without his key player Ryan Hedges (17 matches, 2 goals, 3 assists). Reason: not available. His absence can be a big blow for the team.

  • Bad results in last matches for Blackburn Rovers

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach J. Eustace as the form record is (1W, 2D, 2L) with their average of 1.4 goals conceded per game.

  • Poor form in away games

    4 losses in 5 games. (0W, 1D, 4L) is the record in away games. With their average of 2.6 goals conceded per game.

Cardiff City

Summary

Blackburn Rovers

H2H

1
5

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

1
1
2

FORM

0.5
0.83

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

0.67
0.17
Cardiff City

Team Strength

Blackburn Rovers
58% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 67%
3 Changes (vs. last game) 3
1 Fresh important missings 1
4 Missings 5

Head to head

Cardiff City 17%
1wins
0 draws
5 wins
6 matches
83% Blackburn Rovers
OVER 1.5
33% 2/6 times
OVER 2.5
33% 2/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
33% 2/6 times
CARDS
4.2 Ø
Corners
9.2 Ø

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
10/21/23 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1-0
Cardiff City Cardiff
0-0 9 - 11 1- 2 42 - 48 4 - 6 1 (47%)
1 (64%)
100 240 275
09/27/23 Carabao Cup
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
5-2
Cardiff City Cardiff
2-2 20 - 6 7- 3 70 - 46 7 - 2 8 (17%)
11 (15%)
100 260 250
01/01/23 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1-0
Cardiff City Cardiff
0-0 12 - 11 5- 3 31 - 48 3 - 9 1 (50%)
4 (57%)
125 230 225
10/04/22 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
1-0
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
0-0 15 - 5 5- 2 57 - 19 7 - 0 2 (63%)
3 (57%)
125 240 225
01/15/22 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
0-1
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
0-1 10 - 4 5- 2 73 - 20 7 - 2 7 (56%)
4 (76%)
210 225 130
09/25/21 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
5-1
Cardiff City Cardiff
3-0 17 - 11 9- 4 23 - 46 2 - 6 1 (64%)
3 (55%)
130 240 210
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Team form

0.00 0.50 (+0%) total
1.33 (+166%) total 0.50
Blackburn Rovers

Cardiff City Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
50% 3/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
33% 2/6 times
CARDS
3.8 Ø
Corners
8.5 Ø
6.3 Championship
Cardiff
14:45
Huddersfield
2.3 Championship
Bristol City
07:30
Cardiff
24.2 Championship
Cardiff
10:00
Stoke

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
17.2 Championship
Norwich Norwich City
4 - 1
Cardiff City Cardiff
2-1 23 - 9 8 - 3 62 - 26 8 - 0 3 (60%)
4 (39%)
-143 260 425
13.2 Championship
West Brom West Bromwich Albion
2 - 0
Cardiff City Cardiff
1-0 11 - 11 3 - 1 43 - 34 4 - 4 3 (62%)
5 (41%)
-143 260 425
10.2 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
0 - 2
Preston North End Preston
0-2 14 - 3 5 - 3 39 - 41 4 - 0 2 (57%)
0 (71%)
150 210 210
3.2 Championship
Watford Watford
0 - 1
Cardiff City Cardiff
0-1 17 - 10 6 - 2 73 - 25 10 - 2 1 (59%)
3 (68%)
-118 260 320
20.1 Championship
Plymouth Plymouth Argyle
3 - 1
Cardiff City Cardiff
1-1 15 - 6 5 - 3 51 - 45 5 - 5 3 (34%)
4 (60%)
130 240 200
13.1 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
0 - 3
Leeds United Leeds
0-2 9 - 15 1 - 7 38 - 44 5 - 4 6 (67%)
5 (66%)
400 320 -149
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Blackburn Rovers Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
67% 4/6 times
OVER 3.5
50% 3/6 times
BTTS
83% 5/6 times
CARDS
2.5 Ø
Corners
10.2 Ø
2.3 Championship
Swansea
10:00
Blackburn
27.2 FA Cup
Blackburn
15:00
Newcastle
24.2 Championship
Blackburn
10:00
Norwich

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
17.2 Championship
Preston Preston North End
2 - 2
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
2-2 16 - 6 8 - 3 53 - 37 7 - 3 0 (68%)
2 (45%)
163 225 175
13.2 Championship
Birmingham Birmingham City
1 - 0
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
0-0 18 - 8 3 - 3 52 - 39 6 - 4 7 (39%)
0 (43%)
130 260 190
10.2 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
3 - 1
Stoke City Stoke
3-1 9 - 7 5 - 3 29 - 37 5 - 8 3 (36%)
8 (40%)
120 275 200
3.2 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1 - 2
Queens Park Rangers QPR
0-0 16 - 17 6 - 4 77 - 46 4 - 10 1 (43%)
1 (64%)
-110 250 300
29.1 FA Cup
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
4 - 1
Wrexham Wrexham
3-1 18 - 9 8 - 5 64 - 26 2 - 2 5 (41%)
2 (60%)
-175 350 375
20.1 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1 - 1
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield
1-1 16 - 8 4 - 3 69 - 46 7 - 3 5 (53%)
1 (53%)
-133 300 333
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Standings

Regular Season
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Leicester 45 31 4 10 89:39 97
1.88 53% 1.8 5.5 78% 60% 2.84
2. Leeds 45 27 9 9 80:41 90
1.38 44% 1.5 6.0 71% 53% 2.69
3. Ipswich 44 26 12 6 88:56 90
1.50 61% 2.3 5.2 80% 61% 3.27
4. Southampton 45 25 9 11 85:62 84
1.25 64% 2.2 7.5 84% 64% 3.27
5. Norwich 45 21 10 14 79:63 73
1.88 64% 1.8 5.4 80% 62% 3.16
6. West Brom 45 20 12 13 67:47 72
1.13 49% 1.7 5.7 75% 46% 2.53
7. Hull 45 19 13 13 68:59 70
1.50 64% 2.1 5.4 78% 60% 2.82
8. Middlesbrough 45 19 9 17 68:61 66
1.63 58% 1.9 5.9 84% 51% 2.87
9. Coventry 44 17 13 14 68:55 64
1.25 61% 2.0 6.0 84% 61% 2.80
10. Preston 45 18 9 18 56:64 63
0.88 51% 2.4 4.2 78% 57% 2.67
11. Bristol City 45 17 11 17 53:47 62
1.88 47% 1.6 5.3 60% 36% 2.22
12. Cardiff 45 19 5 21 51:65 62
1.13 47% 1.8 4.3 75% 51% 2.58
13. Swansea 45 15 12 18 59:64 57
1.75 60% 2.1 5.3 80% 58% 2.73
14. Watford 45 13 17 15 60:58 56
1.38 53% 2.2 5.2 67% 49% 2.62
15. Sunderland 45 16 8 21 52:52 56
1.13 44% 2.0 6.0 62% 47% 2.31
16. Millwall 45 15 11 19 44:55 56
1.63 40% 2.2 4.4 64% 38% 2.20
17. QPR 45 14 11 20 45:57 53
1.75 44% 2.2 5.4 71% 44% 2.27
18. Stoke 45 14 11 20 45:60 53
1.50 42% 2.4 5.9 67% 42% 2.33
19. Blackburn 45 13 11 21 58:74 50
1.13 60% 2.1 5.1 75% 65% 2.93
20. Sheffield Wed 45 14 8 23 42:68 50
1.50 38% 2.4 5.3 73% 47% 2.44
21. Plymouth 45 12 12 21 58:70 48
0.88 53% 2.2 5.3 76% 56% 2.84
22. Birmingham 45 12 11 22 49:65 47
1.00 51% 2.2 4.3 69% 47% 2.53
23. Huddersfield 45 9 18 18 48:75 45
0.88 67% 1.9 5.1 82% 47% 2.73
24. Rotherham 45 4 12 29 32:87 24
0.63 47% 1.8 3.4 80% 49% 2.64

Cup situation

Competitions
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Eliminated
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Competitions
Eliminated
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FA Cup vs Newcastle United 02/27/24
5th Round
Eliminated