How worried should Cardiff be about wasteful finishing?

If football matches were decided on chances created alone, Cardiff City would be among the Championship’s early contenders.

In seven league games, the Bluebirds have registered 121 shots, at an average of 6.4 efforts on target per 90 minutes – the most of any team in the division.

Only league leaders West Ham (16.1) and Norwich City (13.4) have a higher rate of expected goals (xG) – a metric used to measure chance quality – than Cardiff (12.7).

Unfortunately for Brian Barry-Murphy, it is taking your chances that wins football matches, and no Championship team has been more wasteful than his side.

Cardiff have found the net just…

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