Bristol City – Cardiff PREDICTION & TIPS
Bristol City and Cardiff City meet at Ashton Gate Stadium in a match of the 16th round of the Championship. The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the visiting team, which has 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 4 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 01-14-2017, ended Cardiff City’s (2-3) win.
The home team is currently in 4th place with 27 points earned after 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, he won away to Sunderland by (1-2). In the last match, he won away to Fulham by (0-2). In the last 7 home games for the championship, Bristol City have recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, having won 12 points out of 21. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 3 of their 7 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition.
Bristol City come to this motivated game because of a 2-0 win away to Fulham, totaling their second successive win in the league: goals were scored by Reid and Smith. However it is important to note that Bristol City have not won at home for two straight games. Usually coach Lee Johnson lines up in 4-2-3-1 benefiting possession and organized bouts: Bobby Reid is responsible for organizing and creating the offensive process. It is worth noting that the player mentioned above is Bristol City’s top scorer with 8 goals. Apparently there are no embezzlements for this game.
After 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, the visiting team is in 2nd place, having won 31 points. In the last match, he won at Ipswich Town home by (3-1), after the previous match drew at home in a game against Millwall, by (0-0). His last away game for this competition ended with a (0-1) win against Middlesbrough. In the last 7 away games, Cardiff City have 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats, having won 13 points out of 21. In his league appearances as a visitor the most frequent result in the break was 0-0 (4 out of 7 matches). The team allowed their opponents’ goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 15 games in this competition, only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 8 away games for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: scored 4 of his 7 goals in minutes (76′-90 ‘); suffered 3 of his 7 goals in minutes (61’-75 ‘).
The Cardiff City team arrives in this game with a 3-1 win over Ipswich, scoring the third straight game without losing in the league: Ward, Hoillet and Bogle were the goal scorers. In this away game coach Neil Warnock must keep the team 3-4-3 with Ward being the most offensive reference. On the other hand, Hoilett is the highlight of this Cardiff City with 4 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on the injured Harris, Camp, Healey, Richards and Bennett.
Bristol City – Cardiff FREE TIPS
Cardiff – Win @ 2.80
Both teams to score / YES @ 2.00
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
