About Match
The table reads 22nd (Cardiff City, 3 pts) against 19th (Southampton, 4 pts), 1 points apart. Southampton have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 19th overall. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Cardiff City run at 1.2 scored and 1.8 conceded, Southampton at 2.2 and 1.2. Cardiff City would climb to 6 points with a win and up to 11th, overtaking Southampton (other results held equal).
Cardiff City are winless in 6. From the last five rounds, Cardiff City hold 2 points of 15 and Southampton 8.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 5 Cardiff City wins, 4 for Southampton, 1 draw, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more. 4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.
Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, capacity 33,280, hosts the game.