Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Cardiff City FC, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Cardiff City FC — Premier League at The American Express Community Stadium.
- Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 games · 53 pts (2025/26)
- Cardiff City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Chris Kavanagh
- Referee Simon Long
- Referee Scott Ledger
- Referee Andre Marriner
38 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 38 85 2 Manchester City FC 38 78 3 Manchester United FC 38 71 4 Aston Villa FC 38 65 5 Liverpool FC 38 60 6 AFC Bournemouth 38 57 7 Sunderland AFC 38 54 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 53 9 Brentford FC 38 53 10 Chelsea FC 38 52 11 Fulham FC 38 52 12 Newcastle United FC 38 49 13 Everton FC 38 49 14 Leeds United FC 38 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 38 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 38 44 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 41 18 West Ham United FC 38 39 19 Burnley FC 38 22 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Apr Cardiff City FC H 0–2 L 13 Apr AFC Bournemouth H 0–5 L 07 Apr Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 2–3 L 03 Apr Chelsea FC A 0–3 L 30 Mar Southampton FC H 0–1 L 17 Mar Millwall FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Apr Brighton & Hove Albion FC A 2–0 W 13 Apr Burnley FC A 0–2 L 03 Apr Manchester City FC A 0–2 L 31 Mar Chelsea FC H 1–2 L 09 Mar West Ham United FC H 2–0 W 02 Mar Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 0–2 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Brighton & Hove Albion FC0-153/116-30–/131-452/346-601/161-751/–76+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Brighton & Hove Albion FC and Cardiff City FC is underway.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' Cardiff City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' Brighton & Hove Albion FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 22' Goal! Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scores his 26 goal in 364 matches.
- 27' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 32' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Cardiff City FC that had 364 games and scored 336 goals.
- 37' Brighton & Hove Albion FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 42' It looks surprising Cardiff City FC does not make any changes. Pascal Gross has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 47' Brighton & Hove Albion FC is showing some good football. However, Brighton & Hove Albion FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 50' GOAL! Sean Morrison scores on 50. Assisted by Victor Camarasa
- 54' Another change for Brighton & Hove Albion FC made on 54 minute. Pascal Gross leaves to be changed by Florin Andone.
- 55' Another substitution for Cardiff City FC to replace Aron Einar Gunnarsson by Leandro Bacuna on 55 minute.
- 60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 65' Joe Bennett has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 69' Jose Izquierdo is replacing Alireza Jahanbakhsh for the Brighton & Hove Albion FC side.
- 74' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Shane Duffy made 324 appearances and scored 14 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 79' Joe Bennett is having his name booked by the referee on 79.
- 80' Another change for Cardiff City FC made on 80 minute. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing leaves to be changed by Kadeem Harris.
- 85' Kenneth Zohore has so much to prove this time. He replaces Baye Oumar Niasse on 85 minute.
- 90' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- With this win, Cardiff City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 16
- 5
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- 20
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Pascal Gross ↓ Florin Andone 54'
- 24
- 17
- 30
Bench
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10
Florin Andone ↑ 54'
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Jose Izquierdo ↑ 69'
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- 3
- 7
- 9
- 33
Coach Chris HughtonCardiff City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 29
- 17
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 19
- 33
- 21
Bench
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15
Leandro Bacuna ↑ 55'
- 32
- 11
- 14
- 28
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Kadeem Harris ↑ 80'
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Kenneth Zohore ↑ 85'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sean Morrison 1 Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 1 Lewis Dunk 1 Soul Bamba 1 Callum Paterson 1 Head to Head
Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form
2019-04-16 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–2 Cardiff City FC L 2019-04-13 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–5 AFC Bournemouth L 2019-04-07 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2019-04-03 Chelsea FC 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2019-03-30 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–1 Southampton FC L 2019-03-17 Millwall FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC DCardiff City FC Form
2019-04-16 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–2 Cardiff City FC W 2019-04-13 Burnley FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC L 2019-04-03 Manchester City FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC L 2019-03-31 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Chelsea FC L 2019-03-09 Cardiff City FC 2–0 West Ham United FC W 2019-03-02 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.96 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.49 Cardiff City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Cardiff City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.45Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 44% 56% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Draw 55%Draw or Cardiff City FC 74%Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Cardiff City FC 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Cardiff City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.2%0 – 1 11.8%0 – 0 10.7%0 – 2 Actual1 – 2 8.9%1 – 0 7.2%2 – 1 5.7%0 – 3 4.5%1 – 3 4.4%2 – 2 4.3%2 – 0 3.9%2 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Handicap Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers Push Cardiff City FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 6% 92% -1.5 8% — 92% -1 8% 15% 77% -0.5 23% — 77% +0.5 52% — 48% +1 52% 23% 25% +1.5 75% — 25% +2 75% 15% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.