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Cardiff 3-1 Charlton: result and stats, Championship

ChampionshipMatchday 8
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Match info
Cardiff City StadiumElliot BellCapacity 33,280
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  • C. Chambers portraitCardiff crest
    C. Chambers
    Knee Injury
    Out
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    R. Colwill
    Health problems
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Player of the match
Jack Moylan headshot
Jack Moylan
Midfielder · Cardiff
10.0
This match
Shooting6.6Finishing5.3Creativity6.3Passing3.8Involvement4.0Defending5.8Physical4.9Dribbling4.0
Attacking
Goals2
Assists1
Shots5
Shots on target3
Shot accuracy60%
Dribbles won2
Build-up
Passes30
Key passes4
Pass accuracy57%
Defending
Tackles1
Interceptions1
Duels won6 · 38%
Fouls won/made2 / 0
This match · octagon = season skill index

Highest-rated players

Moylan10.0Bagan7.9Robertson7.6Skipp6.9Bell7.3Campbell7.3
Player
Arthur OkonkwoArthur OkonkwoG532,43-0,5715/408/33
Nathan TrottNathan TrottG210,85-0,1531/4810/28
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Possession & Passing

62%Possession38%
503Total passes309
82%Pass accuracy67%
6Corners1

Attack

27Shots6
8On target3
11Off target1
8Blocked shots2

Box & Quality

16Shots in box4
11Shots out box2
2.7xG1.0
-0.0Goals prevented-0.0

Defense & Discipline

2Goalkeeper saves5
0Offsides4
10Fouls15
5Yellow cards3

Half by half

The same match, split at the break. Which half did each side actually win?

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First half

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1,63xG0,60
10Shots3
4On target1
2Big chances1
18Touches in box7
58%Possession42%
2Corners1
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Second half

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1,07xG0,44
17Shots3
4On target2
0Big chances2
29Touches in box4
67%Possession33%
4Corners0

xG analytics

TeamxGShotsSOTPoss
Cardiff crestCardiff
2.70271762%
94% open play6% set piece
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1.046538%
78% open play22% set piece

Expected goals weighs every shot by the historic conversion rate of similar chances. Higher xG means better scoring opportunities, regardless of whether they went in.

xG race

33 shots

Chance quality as it built up. A steep step is a big chance.

0,00,81,52,33,00'15'30'45'60'75'90'Tyreece Campbell 29'Jack Moylan 8'Yousef Salech 24'Jack Moylan 61'Cardiff2,70 xGCharlton1,04 xGCumulative expected goals per team over the match.
Cardiff crestCardiff2,70 xG · 3 scoredCharlton crestCharlton1,04 xG · 1 scored

How those chances were made

Cardiff49
Open play 39Set piece 2Dribble 4Foul won 2Rebound 2
Charlton10
Open play 8Set piece 1Dribble 1

Momentum

19 swings

Which side was on top, minute by minute. A taller bar is heavier pressure.

Jack Moylan 8'Yousef Salech 24'Tyreece Campbell 29'Jack Moylan 61'0'15'30'45'60'75'90'CardiffCharlton
Cardiff crestCardiff86% pressureCharlton crestCharlton14% pressure

Match replay

91'
3-1
100%Draw 0%0%
2.70xG1.04
27Shots6
17On target5
Momentum
Joel Colwill portrait89' Saved Joel Colwill 0.08 xG

Shot map

27 v 6

Cardiff shoot right, Charlton left. Bigger dot = better chance.

CARCHAgoalsavedoff target

Goal mouth

22 on target · 4 scored

Where each shot on target crossed the line. Placement beats power.

Ollie Tanner, 33', off targetJoel Colwill, 37', off targetYousef Salech, 50', off targetKarlan Grant, 53', off targetJack Moylan, 55', off targetJoel Bagan, 65', off targetOllie Tanner, 68', off targetPerry Ng, 73', off targetJoel Colwill, 80', off targetJack Moylan, 82', off targetDavid Turnbull, 86', off target
CardiffCharltongoalsavedoff target

Average positions

Each starter's average position on the ball, with the number of those actions inside the chip. Both sides attack left to right. Tap a player to see where they actually were.

CardiffDefensive line 44%
39Tanner39Willock35Salech72Trott94Bagan86Bielik96Robertson77Osho95Ng79Colwill64Moylan
CharltonDefensive line 34%
41Grant36Bindon51Leaburn28Alli59Okonkwo64Mesík47Campbell49McNamara60Coventry55Skipp56Jones

An average, not a movement map: it says where a player's actions balanced out, not where they ran.

Passing network

Each player at his average position, sized by passes made. Lines join team-mates with 5 or more passes between them (fewer when a side made its first change early), thicker for more. Counted until each side's first substitution. Both sides attack left to right. Tap a player to isolate his links.

CardiffUntil 62'
1843835271161189

Most-connected pair: Osho and Trott, 19 passes between them.

CharltonUntil 45'
659341320744181119

Most-connected pair: Coventry and Skipp, 6 passes between them.

Tactical battle

82control18
79%Field tiltField tilt 21%22Box entriesBox entries 717Passes into boxPasses into box 4
Jack Moylan
Jack Moylan
14 touches in box
Press9.4 · 11.6Territory79% · 21%Direct1.87 · 3.20Progress73 · 22Dribble8 · 1Creation49 · 10Threat2.13 · 0.39Recover21 · 16
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In possession

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79,1%Field tilt20,9%
17Passes into box4
42Progressive passes12
18Carries into final third4
18Chances created4

Field tilt is each side's share of play in the final third.

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Out of possession

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9,43Press intensity (PPDA)11,60
14High turnovers12
21Regains within 5s16
10,0sBall recovery time22,0s
19Interceptions18

↓ Lower is better, so the longer bar always wins. PPDA is opponent passes allowed per defensive action.

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Carrying

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127Carries61
1593mCarry distance961m
31Progressive carries10
1005mProgressive carry distance497m
5Carries into the box3

Distances are how far the ball was moved forward, not how far anybody ran.

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Beating the press

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8Take-ons won1
17Take-ons attempted2
715mProgressive pass distance260m
0Through balls1
13Switches of play3

A take-on is a player going past an opponent with the ball at his feet.

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Threat created

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2,13Expected threat (xT)0,39
3,31Action value (VAEP)1,11
49Shot-creating actions10
6Goal-creating actions1
22Box entries7

xT values where a possession reached; VAEP values every action by how much it shifted the chance of a goal.

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Tempo

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3,2Passes per attack2,3
13,5sAttack duration6,4s
1,87 m/sAttack directness3,20 m/s
2Build-up attacks1
12Direct attacks9

An attack is direct when it moves upfield quickly rather than through many passes.

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More match stats

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Attack

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46Touches in box13
63Final third entries54
5Big chances3
2,97xG on target0,88
3Big chances missed2
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Passing

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4/19 (21%)Crosses1/7 (14%)
38/69 (55%)Long balls24/69 (35%)
18Throw-ins20
15Free kicks10
3Goal kicks11
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Duels

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48Total52
29/59 (49%)Ground30/59 (51%)
24/51 (47%)Aerial27/51 (53%)
8/17 (47%)Dribbles2/4 (50%)
9Dispossessed5
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Defending

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67Recoveries54
12Interceptions10
7Tackles18
57%Tackles won50%
17Clearances31
2Big chances scored1
0Big saves1
1Errors led to goal0
1Fouled in final third0
8,06Average rating6,69

Goal profile

This season

How often each side reaches a scoreline, across 8 matches each.

Cardiff crestShare of their matchesCharlton crest

They score

75%1+ goal63%
38%2+ goals25%

They concede

100%1+ goal63%
50%2+ goals25%

Heaviest results

Cardiff crestbest 3-1 (H)·worst 0-2 (A)

Charlton crestbest 2-1 (H)·worst 0-4 (A)

Match summary

Cardiff beat Charlton 3-1 at Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship. Cardiff led 2-1 at half-time. Scorers: J. Moylan (8', 61'), Y. Salech (24') for Cardiff; T. Campbell (29') for Charlton. In their last 6 meetings, Cardiff have won 2, Charlton 1, with 3 drawn. Full match stats, lineups and player ratings are all on this page.

AI prediction
Confidence 44%
CAR44%
X30%
CHA26%

→ Double chance: Cardiff or draw

Why this prediction

The factors the model weighed, each split between the two sides.

Cardiff crestShare per factorCharlton crest
25%Form75%
67%Attack33%
38%Defence62%
61%Goal model (Poisson)39%
50%Head-to-head50%
50%Goals50%
49%Overall51%
Last 5 matches
Scored 4, conceded 8
Last 5 matches
Scored 2, conceded 5

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