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Cardiff v Bristol City, EFL Championship, Sat, 28 Aug 2021: statistics and head to head

2021-22. Sat, 28 Aug 2021

12Full time, half-time 0–1

Bristol City won by 1 goal.

LLLDWLeague form, oldest to newestWDWWL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Cardiff City Stadium. Photo: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Cardiff have 2 scored home results and Bristol City 2 scored away results stored in 2021-22. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cardiff at home: 2.00 points per match (2 measured matches); Bristol City away: 1.50 points per match (2 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cardiff scored 2.00 per home match (2 measured matches); Bristol City scored 2.00 away (2). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.35 per club appearance across 96 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 4 of 4 pooled club appearances (100.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 6. Cardiff: 3 wins; Bristol City: 3 wins; draws: 0.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01
Second half11

The match in numbers

CardiffBristol City
  • 12Shots9
  • 5Shots on target5
  • 4Corners3
  • 9Fouls8
  • 2Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Cardiff

  • Shots12
  • On target5
  • Goals1

42% of shots on target, 20% of those scored.

Bristol City

  • Shots9
  • On target5
  • Goals2

56% of shots on target, 40% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

6 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

3
Cardiff wins
0
Draws
3
Bristol City wins
Goals / meeting
1.50
9 goals in 6 meetings
Both scored
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Over 1.5
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Over 2.5
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 6 meetings
Cardiff clean sheets
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Bristol City clean sheets
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Corners / meeting
11.17
6 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.33
6 with card data
  1. Bristol City v CardiffSat, 6 Feb 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-210–2HT 0–2
  2. Cardiff v Bristol CityFri, 6 Nov 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-210–1HT 0–1
  3. Bristol City v CardiffSat, 4 Jul 2020 · EFL Championship 2019-200–1HT 0–0
  4. Cardiff v Bristol CitySun, 10 Nov 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-200–1HT 0–0
  5. Cardiff v Bristol CitySun, 25 Feb 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-181–0HT 0–0
  6. Bristol City v CardiffSat, 4 Nov 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-182–1HT 1–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Cardiff at home, Bristol City away
  • 50%
    Both teams scored
    League 49%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 98%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 72%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 47%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 24%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 13%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.51
    23 + 23 matches
  • 78%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 65%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 27%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.9
    Corners per match
    League 9.75
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 63%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 43%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.7
    Cards per match
    League 3.77
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 34%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2021-22

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2021-22

Cardiff at home, Bristol City away
Cardiff (home)Bristol City (away)
19Position18
DWLLDLast 5, oldest to newestLLWWL
23Played23
1.09Points per match1.00
30%Win %30%
0.96Scored / match1.26
1.26Conceded / match2.09
2.22Avg total goals3.35
39%Both scored61%
17%Clean sheets9%
48%Failed to score30%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CardiffBristol City
  • 0.261st half scored / match0.61
  • 0.571st half conceded / match1.00
  • 0.702nd half scored / match0.65
  • 0.702nd half conceded / match1.09
  • 17%Leading at half-time30%
  • 70%1st half over 0.587%
  • 9%1st half over 1.539%
  • 70%2nd half over 0.591%
  • 44%2nd half over 1.557%
  • 13%Scored in both halves35%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cardiff at home, Bristol City away, this season.

Goals

CardiffBristol City
  • 0.96Scored / match1.26
  • 1.26Conceded / match2.09
  • 2.22Match total / match3.35
  • 52%Scored 1+70%
  • 30%Scored 2+44%
  • 83%Conceded 1+91%
  • 22%Conceded 2+74%
  • 61%Match over 1.587%
  • 39%Match over 2.570%
  • 22%Match over 3.544%

Shots and xG

CardiffBristol City
  • 11.52Shots for9.70
  • 9.87Shots against14.74
  • 3.74On target for3.39
  • 3.35On target against5.39
  • 8%Shot conversion13%

Corners

CardiffBristol City
  • 5.13Corners for4.17
  • 4.26Corners against6.17
  • 9.39Match total10.35
  • 65%Over 7.574%
  • 48%Over 8.570%
  • 30%Over 9.557%
  • 26%Over 10.535%
  • 26%Over 11.530%

Cards

CardiffBristol City
  • 2.22Cards for2.17
  • 1.70Cards against1.30
  • 3.91Match total3.48
  • 78%Over 2.561%
  • 61%Over 3.548%
  • 26%Over 4.530%
  • 22%Over 5.517%
  • 11.65Fouls committed9.96
Referee this season
D Webb
Matches
30
Cards / match
3.23
30 matches
Over 3.5 cards
47%
30 matches
Over 4.5 cards
27%
30 matches
Fouls / match
18.73
30 matches

The table, 2021-22

#ClubPGDPts
16Blackpool46-460
17Derby46-855
18Bristol City46-1555
19Cardiff46-1853
20Hull46-1351
21Birmingham46-2547
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