Match Report
Manchester City, 1st with 98 points, sat 64 points above Cardiff City (18th, 34). The last five rounds placed Cardiff City 10th in the league for form — higher than their 18th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Manchester City 2.5 scored and 0.61 conceded per game, Cardiff City 0.89 and 1.82, with the league averaging 1.41.
Momentum sat with Manchester City, winners of their last six, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 15/15 points for Manchester City, 3/15 for Cardiff City.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 3 Manchester City wins, 1 for Cardiff City, 0 draws, at 4.5 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more.
Etihad Stadium in Manchester, capacity 55,000, hosted the game. Manchester City led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.