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Cardiff v Leicester, EFL Championship, Fri, 29 Dec 2023: statistics and head to head

2023-24. Fri, 29 Dec 2023

CardiffHome
02Full time, half-time 0–1
LeicesterAway

Leicester won by 2 goals.

WLWLLLeague form, oldest to newestLWWWL

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 12 scored home results and Leicester 12 scored away results stored in 2023-24. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cardiff at home: 1.67 points per match (12 measured matches); Leicester away: 2.42 points per match (12 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cardiff scored 1.50 per home match (12 measured matches); Leicester scored 2.08 away (12). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.38 per club appearance across 578 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 15 of 24 pooled club appearances (62.5%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 3. Cardiff: 1 wins; Leicester: 2 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 half01

The match in numbers

CardiffLeicester
  • 10Shots9
  • 2Shots on target4
  • 5Corners2
  • 11Fouls7
  • 1Yellow cards0
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Cardiff

  • Shots10
  • On target2
  • Goals0

20% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Leicester

  • Shots9
  • On target4
  • Goals2

44% of shots on target, 50% 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.

3 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.

1
Cardiff wins
0
Draws
2
Leicester wins
Goals / meeting
1.67
5 goals in 3 meetings
Both scored
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Over 1.5
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Over 2.5
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 3 meetings
Cardiff clean sheets
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Leicester clean sheets
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Corners / meeting
15.33
3 with corner data
Cards / meeting
4.00
3 with card data
  1. Leicester v CardiffSat, 19 Aug 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-242–1HT 1–1
  2. Leicester v CardiffSat, 29 Dec 2018 · Premier League 2018-190–1HT 0–0
  3. Cardiff v LeicesterSat, 3 Nov 2018 · Premier League 2018-190–1HT 0–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and awayAll matches
Cardiff at homeWDLDDW
Leicester awayDLDWDL

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.

Home and awayOverall
Cardiff at home, Leicester away
  • 52%
    Both teams scored
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 98%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 94%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 76%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 75%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 28%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 15%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 12%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.7
    Avg total goals
    League 2.68
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 69%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 8.7
    Corners per match
    League 10.65
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 71%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 35%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 59%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.9
    Cards per match
    League 4.04
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 58%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 35%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2023-24

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, 2023-24

Home and awayOverall
Cardiff at home, Leicester away
Cardiff (home)Leicester (away)
12Position1
WLLWLLast 5, oldest to newestDLLLW
23Played23
1.43Points per match1.96
43%Win %61%
1.17Scored / match1.83
1.39Conceded / match1.00
2.57Avg total goals2.83
48%Both scored57%
26%Clean sheets26%
30%Failed to score17%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CardiffLeicester
  • 0.391st half scored / match0.96
  • 0.741st half conceded / match0.30
  • 0.782nd half scored / match0.87
  • 0.652nd half conceded / match0.70
  • 22%Leading at half-time61%
  • 70%1st half over 0.578%
  • 35%1st half over 1.530%
  • 74%2nd half over 0.591%
  • 48%2nd half over 1.548%
  • 13%Scored in both halves52%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cardiff at home, Leicester away, this season.

Goals

CardiffLeicester
  • 1.17Scored / match1.83
  • 1.39Conceded / match1.00
  • 2.57Match total / match2.83
  • 70%Scored 1+83%
  • 44%Scored 2+57%
  • 74%Conceded 1+74%
  • 44%Conceded 2+17%
  • 78%Match over 1.574%
  • 48%Match over 2.557%
  • 22%Match over 3.535%

Shots and xG

CardiffLeicester
  • 11.39Shots for12.70
  • 10.65Shots against11.65
  • 4.17On target for4.83
  • 4.00On target against4.00
  • 10%Shot conversion14%

Corners

CardiffLeicester
  • 4.48Corners for4.48
  • 3.87Corners against4.57
  • 8.35Match total9.04
  • 52%Over 7.570%
  • 44%Over 8.565%
  • 30%Over 9.539%
  • 26%Over 10.535%
  • 9%Over 11.517%

Cards

CardiffLeicester
  • 1.35Cards for2.17
  • 1.74Cards against2.52
  • 3.09Match total4.70
  • 65%Over 2.587%
  • 39%Over 3.574%
  • 22%Over 4.548%
  • 4%Over 5.530%
  • 8.74Fouls committed11.26
Referee this season
J Busby
Matches
23
Cards / match
3.91
23 matches
Over 3.5 cards
52%
23 matches
Over 4.5 cards
30%
23 matches
Fouls / match
22.43
23 matches

The table, 2023-24

#ClubPGDPts
1Leicester464897
2Ipswich463596
3Leeds463890
10Preston46-1163
11Bristol City46262
12Cardiff46-1762
13Millwall46-1059
14Swansea46-657
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