Cardiff vs Reading

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🕒 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Cardiff City Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Keith Stroud 🔁 Regular Season - 16 🏁 match finished
Season
2015-2016 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 16
Regular Season Table
Cardiff 8 · Reading 17
Referee Stats
25 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 44%
Draws 24%
Away wins 32%
How the match was won
  • Reading outshot their opponent (10-19).
  • Possession was balanced (50%-50%).
  • Reading had the sharper finishing (5-10 shots on target).

Team Overview

Cardiff (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 12-9-2

Goals For / Against

33 / 20
Avg: 1.43 / 0.87

Points

45
Avg: 1.96

Clean Sheets

9

Failed to Score

5
Reading (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 5-4-14

Goals For / Against

27 / 39
Avg: 1.17 / 1.70

Points

19
Avg: 0.83

Clean Sheets

2

Failed to Score

5

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.96
PPG
0.83
1.43
GF
1.17
0.87
GA
1.70
39%
O2.5
52%
52%
BTTS
70%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Cardiff rank8th
Reading rank17th
Cardiff points68
Reading points52
Cardiff: #8 · 68 pts · GD +5
21 pts off the top 2. 3 pts above the play-off edge. 19 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Reading: #17 · 52 pts · GD -7
37 pts off the top 2. 16 pts off the play-off line. 3 pts clear of the relegation zone.
16-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Cardiff last 5 home

D W D W W
Points11/15
Weighted index64
Goals6-3
Record3-2-0
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Reading last 5 away

L D L L W
Points4/15
Weighted index16
Goals6-9
Record1-1-3
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Cardiff trend breakdown

Over 2.539%
BTTS52%
BTTS + O2.539%
1H Over 0.552%
Also: Over 0.5 87% · Over 1.5 74% · Over 3.5 22% · 1H BTTS 0%

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.552%
BTTS70%
BTTS + O2.552%
1H Over 0.570%
Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 22%

Scoring reliability

Cardiff score at home78%
Cardiff clean sheet at home39%
Reading score away78%
Reading clean sheet away9%

First-goal patterns

Cardiff score first0%
Cardiff win after scoring first0%
Reading score first0%
Reading win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Cardiff 0% · Reading 0%

Vs league average

Cardiff score at home1.43 vs 1.35
Cardiff concede at home0.87 vs 1.07
Reading score away1.17 vs 1.07
Reading concede away1.70 vs 1.35
Cardiff score 6% above league average, while Reading score 10% above league average.
Defensive side: Cardiff are 19% below league average at home, and Reading are 25% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals2.00
BTTS60%
Over 2.540%
At this venue setup: 1.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Cardiff goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Reading goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
5
10
Total Shots
10
19
Shots off Goal
2
5
Blocked Shots
3
4
Shots Inside Box
7
5
Shots Outside Box
3
14
Ball Possession
50%
50%
Corner Kicks
4
8
Fouls
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Yellow Cards
3
2
Red Cards
0
0
Goalkeeper Saves
10
3
Total Passes
416
401
Passes Accurate
298
288
Passes %
72%
72%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games13
Home Wins3
Draws5
Away Wins5
Over 2.5 Goals5 (38.5%)
BTTS8 (61.5%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games7
Home Wins2
Draws2
Away Wins3
Over 2.5 Goals1 (14.3%)
BTTS2 (28.6%)

Cardiff vs Reading Head-to-Head History by Season