Cardiff City is set to lock horns with Preston North End in the 37th game week of the EFL Championship this Saturday at Cardiff City Stadium. Kickoffs at 18:00 EAT.
The hosts sit in the 17th spot with 46 points from 36 league table. For the first time since November, Cardiff managed to claim back-to-back league victories and they will be aiming to make it three this weekend. In their last five games, they have two wins, a draw and two loses.
The Bluebirds gets into this fixture off the back of 1-2 Championship success over Queens Park Rangers in their last fixture. In that game, Cardiff City had 28% possession, 11 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Isaak Davies (70′) and Rubin Colwill (74′). Queens Park Rangers got 18 shots with three of them on target and a goal by Andre Gray (38′).
Meanwhile, Preston North End has been in an inconsistent run currently sitting in the 12th place with 50 points from 36 league games. Ryan Lowe’s men remain in the top half of the table, and they are now seven points behind the playoffs, though Sheffield United in fifth and Luton Town in sixth both have a game in hand. In their last five games, they have two twins, two draws and a loss.
The Lilywhites will be looking for another win following 2-1 Championship victory vs AFC Bournemouth in their last fixture. In that game, Preston North End had 40% possession, 13 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Cameron Archer (54′) and Emil Riis Jakobsen (89′). Bournemouth got eight shots with three of them on target and a goal by Jamal Lowe (50′).
Cardiff City vs Preston North End head to head
Cardiff City has a slightly better record in the history of this fixture since 2003 claiming 12 wins out of the 28 meetings. Preston has nine wins while seven matches ended out in draws.
- Cardiff 2-1 Preston 09/01/22
- Preston 1-2 Cardiff 20/11/21
- Cardiff 4-0 Preston 20/02/21
- Preston 0-1 Cardiff 18/10/20
- Preston 1-3 Cardiff 27/06/20
Home
- QPR 1-2 Cardiff
- Cardiff 1-0 Derby County
- Cardiff 0-1 Fulham
- Huddersfield 2-1 Cardiff
- Cardiff 1-1 Blackpool
Away
- Preston 2-1 Bournemouth
- Coventry 1-1 Preston
- Preston 0-0 Nottingham
- Preston 2-3 Reading
- Peterborough 0-1 Preston
Cardiff City team news
James Collins, Thomas Sang and Isaac Vassell have all been ruled out due to fitness issues for the hosts.
Preston North End team news
Preston will be without Patrick Bauer Sean Maguire,Tom Barkhuizen and Greg Cunningham due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
We expect an entertaining showdown here as both teams are in great forms and are likely to go for the three points here. We are backing a low scoring draw at the end of 90.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1/2
