2026/04/25 14:00

5:1

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Match Preview: Cardiff City vs Northampton Town (Data-Driven Analysis) Match Background: A clash between promotion hopefuls and relegation strugglers

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Match overview

Matches played

Table position

Home/away W

Home/away D

Home/away L

PPG

0.81

2.33

Last 6 PPG

2.27

Home/away PPG

0.59

3.04

xG overall

2.70

3.08

Home/away xG overall

2.90

1.77

xG for per game

1.11

1.27

xG against per game

1.59

1.93

Home/away xG for per game

1.03

1.15

Home/away xG against per game

1.87

Last X

Home wins

(33%)

Draws

(0%)

Away wins

(67%)

2025/11/22

1:3

2020/09/05

3:0

2012/08/14

2:1

League table

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ
1	Lincoln City	45	30	10	5	87	41	48	100	2.67^0.45	1.34	66.70^20.30	58.90^17.90
2	Cardiff City	45	27	10	8	86	45	40	91	2.33^0.31	1.34	83.16^2.84	58.73^13.73
3	Bolton Wanderers	45	19	18	8	68	49	18	75	1.50^-0.17	1.36	83.59^-15.59	53.55^4.55
4	Stockport County	45	21	11	13	68	57	13	74	1.33^-0.31	1.36	70.49^-2.49	59.05^2.05
5	Bradford City	45	21	11	13	56	50	7	74	1.50^-0.14	1.36	68.67^-12.67	57.31^7.31
6	Stevenage	45	20	12	13	48	46	3	72	1.83^0.23	1.36	55.17^-7.17	53.56^7.56
7	Luton Town	45	20	11	14	65	54	12	71	2.67^1.09	1.36	69.68^-4.68	56.53^2.53
8	Plymouth Argyle	45	21	7	17	72	61	12	70	1.83^0.27	1.36	70.30^1.70	64.17^3.17
9	Huddersfield Town	45	17	13	15	70	64	10	64	1.17^-0.25	1.37	67.89^2.11	58.58^-5.42
10	Reading	45	16	15	14	64	59	4	63	0.83^-0.57	1.37	56.33^7.67	65.33^6.33
11	Mansfield Town	45	15	17	13	57	46	12	62	1.50^0.12	1.37	58.88^-1.88	63.54^17.54
12	Wycombe Wanderers	45	16	12	17	66	56	10	60	0.67^-0.66	1.37	68.15^-2.15	56.63^0.63
13	Barnsley	45	15	14	16	67	70	-5	59	1.33^0.02	1.37	61.74^5.26	66.49^-3.51
14	Blackpool	45	16	9	20	53	65	-11	57	2.50^1.23	1.38	53.36^-0.36	73.23^8.23
15	Doncaster Rovers	45	16	9	20	47	68	-19	57	1.17^-0.10	1.38	64.21^-17.21	62.20^-5.80
16	Wigan Athletic	45	14	14	17	49	57	-9	56	1.83^0.59	1.38	55.62^-6.62	64.53^7.53
17	Peterborough United	45	15	8	22	63	65	-4	53	0.50^-0.68	1.38	61.40^1.60	73.65^8.65
18	Burton Albion	45	13	14	18	48	58	-10	53	1.17^-0.01	1.38	62.58^-14.58	62.29^4.29
19	AFC Wimbledon	45	15	8	22	51	68	-21	53	0.50^-0.68	1.38	55.29^-4.29	65.33^-2.67
20	Leyton Orient	45	14	9	22	57	69	-12	51	0.33^-0.80	1.38	58.92^-1.92	65.75^-3.25
21	Exeter City	45	12	13	20	51	59	-9	49	1.17^0.08	1.38	56.07^-5.07	68.00^9.00
22	Port Vale	45	10	12	23	36	59	-25	42	1.33^0.40	1.39	57.04^-21.04	63.36^4.36
23	Rotherham United	45	10	11	24	39	68	-29	41	0.67^-0.24	1.39	53.62^-14.62	64.28^-3.72
24	Northampton Town	45	9	8	28	37	71	-35	35	0.00^-0.78	1.40	51.03^-14.03	74.93^3.93
#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG^Δ6	oPPG	xG^Δ	xGA^Δ

Team stats


	(Avg)
22	Played	22
2.05	Avg goals for/against	0.68
1	Avg goals against/for	1.73
3.05	Avg total goals (GF+GA) (2.73)	2.41
82%	Scoring rate	77%
59%	Conceding rate	50%
41%	Clean sheet/Failed to score	23%
18%	Failed to score/Clean sheet	50%
36%	Scored in both halves (20.5%)	5%
55%	Scored first	23%
32%	Leading/Losing at half-time (18.5%)	5%
14%	Losing/Leading at half-time (32.0%)	50%
6.64	Avg corners for/against	4.59
3.95	Avg corners against/for	6.55
10.59	Avg total corners (F+A) (10.87)	11.14
3.55	Avg total cards (F+A) (3.32)	3.09
95%	GF+GA over 0.5 (90.5%)	86%
77%	GF+GA over 1.5 (72.5%)	68%
59%	GF+GA over 2.5 (54.5%)	50%
36%	GF+GA over 3.5 (29.5%)	23%
18%	GF+GA over 4.5 (13.5%)	9%
9%	GF+GA over 5.5 (7.0%)	5%
45%	Both teams scored (43.0%)	41%
64%	GF+GA over 0.5 at HT (66.0%)	68%
36%	GF+GA over 1.5 at HT (29.5%)	23%
9%	GF+GA over 2.5 at HT (7.0%)	5%
86%	Over 7.5 total corners (86.0%)	86%
82%	Over 8.5 total corners (82.0%)	82%
64%	Over 9.5 total corners (68.5%)	73%
41%	Over 10.5 total corners (54.5%)	68%
32%	Over 11.5 total corners (41.0%)	50%
27%	Over 12.5 total corners (22.5%)	18%
14%	Over 13.5 total corners (14.0%)	14%

Streaks


Home (Overall)		Away (Overall)
2 (2)	Consecutive wins	0 (0)
0 (0)	Consecutive draws	0 (0)
0 (0)	Consecutive defeats	6 (8)
0 (0)	No win	14 (13)
2 (2)	No draw	6 (8)
3 (6)	No defeat	0 (0)
3(6)	1 goal scored or more	2(0)
1(1)	1 goal conceded or more	7(14)
0(0)	No goal scored	0(1)
0(0)	No goal conceded	0(0)
1(1)	Match total goals over 2.5	2(0)
0(0)	Match total goals under 2.5	0(1)
1(1)	2 goals scored or more	0(0)
0(0)	2 goals conceded or more	2(0)

Opening goals



12/22 (55%)	Scored first, home/away	5/22 (23%)
25/44 (57%)	Scored first, overall	13/43 (30%)