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Cardiff v Luton, EFL Championship, Mon, 18 Apr 2022: statistics and head to head

2021-22. Mon, 18 Apr 2022

CardiffHome
01Full time, half-time 0–0
LutonAway

Luton won by 1 goal.

LLLDWLeague form, oldest to newestWWDLW

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 21 scored home results and Luton 21 scored away results stored in 2021-22. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cardiff at home: 1.14 points per match (21 measured matches); Luton away: 1.38 points per match (21 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cardiff scored 1.00 per home match (21 measured matches); Luton scored 1.19 away (21). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.24 per club appearance across 1000 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 17 of 42 pooled club appearances (40.5%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 5. Cardiff: 5 wins; Luton: 0 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 half00
Second half01

The match in numbers

CardiffLuton
  • 13Shots10
  • 3Shots on target3
  • 9Corners4
  • 12Fouls6
  • 1Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Cardiff

  • Shots13
  • On target3
  • Goals0

23% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Luton

  • Shots10
  • On target3
  • Goals1

30% of shots on target, 33% 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.

5 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.

5
Cardiff wins
0
Draws
0
Luton wins
Goals / meeting
2.60
13 goals in 5 meetings
Both scored
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Over 1.5
80%
4 of 5 meetings
Over 2.5
60%
3 of 5 meetings
Over 3.5
20%
1 of 5 meetings
Cardiff clean sheets
60%
3 of 5 meetings
Luton clean sheets
0%
0 of 5 meetings
Corners / meeting
9.80
5 with corner data
Cards / meeting
2.00
5 with card data
  1. Luton v CardiffSat, 27 Nov 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-221–2HT 0–1
  2. Luton v CardiffTue, 16 Feb 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-210–2HT 0–0
  3. Cardiff v LutonSat, 28 Nov 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-214–0HT 2–0
  4. Luton v CardiffSat, 8 Feb 2020 · EFL Championship 2019-200–1HT 0–0
  5. Cardiff v LutonSat, 10 Aug 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-202–1HT 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
Luton awayWLLLDW

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, Luton away
  • 39%
    Both teams scored
    League 49%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 96%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 72%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 47%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 22%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 24%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 7%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.4
    Avg total goals
    League 2.51
    23 + 23 matches
  • 67%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 65%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 15%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 27%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.6
    Corners per match
    League 9.75
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 63%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 43%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 35%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.1
    Cards per match
    League 3.77
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    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

Home and awayOverall
Cardiff at home, Luton away
Cardiff (home)Luton (away)
19Position6
DWLLDLast 5, oldest to newestWDLWL
23Played23
1.09Points per match1.39
30%Win %39%
0.96Scored / match1.13
1.26Conceded / match1.43
2.22Avg total goals2.57
39%Both scored39%
17%Clean sheets35%
48%Failed to score30%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CardiffLuton
  • 0.261st half scored / match0.26
  • 0.571st half conceded / match0.61
  • 0.702nd half scored / match0.87
  • 0.702nd half conceded / match0.83
  • 17%Leading at half-time26%
  • 70%1st half over 0.565%
  • 9%1st half over 1.522%
  • 70%2nd half over 0.583%
  • 44%2nd half over 1.557%
  • 13%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cardiff at home, Luton away, this season.

Goals

CardiffLuton
  • 0.96Scored / match1.13
  • 1.26Conceded / match1.43
  • 2.22Match total / match2.57
  • 52%Scored 1+70%
  • 30%Scored 2+35%
  • 83%Conceded 1+65%
  • 22%Conceded 2+48%
  • 61%Match over 1.578%
  • 39%Match over 2.544%
  • 22%Match over 3.522%

Shots and xG

CardiffLuton
  • 11.52Shots for9.91
  • 9.87Shots against12.26
  • 3.74On target for3.30
  • 3.35On target against4.17
  • 8%Shot conversion11%

Corners

CardiffLuton
  • 5.13Corners for4.39
  • 4.26Corners against5.35
  • 9.39Match total9.74
  • 65%Over 7.578%
  • 48%Over 8.565%
  • 30%Over 9.557%
  • 26%Over 10.544%
  • 26%Over 11.530%

Cards

CardiffLuton
  • 2.22Cards for2.52
  • 1.70Cards against1.74
  • 3.91Match total4.26
  • 78%Over 2.574%
  • 61%Over 3.561%
  • 26%Over 4.548%
  • 22%Over 5.530%
  • 11.65Fouls committed12.43
Referee this season
A Davies
Matches
25
Cards / match
2.88
25 matches
Over 3.5 cards
24%
25 matches
Over 4.5 cards
16%
25 matches
Fouls / match
20.76
25 matches

The table, 2021-22

#ClubPGDPts
4Nott'm Forest463380
5Sheffield United461875
6Luton46875
7Middlesbrough46970
8Blackburn46969
17Derby46-855
18Bristol City46-1555
19Cardiff46-1853
20Hull46-1351
21Birmingham46-2547
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