Cardiff City vs Burnley Prediction: Cardiff Double chance is the best bet going into the game

Cardiff is set to host Burnley at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday. This will be their first meeting since the 2018-19 seasons. Both teams will give their best to win this match. 

Cardiff City’s Form

Cardiff at home this season (W2 D1 L1) managed to win on 2 occasions out of 4 league games. They lost their last home game against Luton by (1-2). Earlier Cardiff defeated Norwich (1-0) and Birmingham City (1-0) with the same margin at home.

In their four home league games, Cardiff scored 3 goals against their visitors and conceded 2 in return. At away, Cardiff's situation is worst (L4 W1 D1) as they managed to win on just one occasion out of 6 league games.

With 11 points in 10 games, Cardiff is at 18th position in the table. The have netted 7 goals so far this season and conceded 11 in return. Callum O’Dowda is the team’s top scorer with 2 goals and 2 assists followed by Romaine Sawyers (2) and Perry Ng (1) respectively. 

Cardiff’s possible lineup

Allsopp; Romeo, Ng, Kipre, Simpson, Nkounkou; Philogene-Bidace, Rinomhota, Wintle, O’Dowda; Robinson. 

Burnley City’s Form

Burnley's performance at away this season looks promising (D2 W2 L1) as they managed to win on two occasions out of 5 league games. Recently they played back-to-back draws against Preston (1-1) and West Brom (1-1) at away.

Earlier Burnley defeated Wigan (5-1) and Huddersfield (1-0) this season in their away league games. They just lost one away league game against Watford (0-1) this season. In their 5 away league games they scored 8 goals against their hosts and conceded 4 in return.

At home, Burnley is unbeaten this season (W2 D3) as they didn’t lose a single game yet. With 17 points in 10 games, Burnley is at 4th position in the table. They have netted 17 goals so far this season and conceded just 10 in return.

Jay Rodriguez is the team’s top scorer with 5 goals followed by Josh Brownhill (4) and Nathan Tella (3) respectively.

Burnley City’s possible lineup

Muric; Roberts, Harwood-Bellis, Beyer, Maatsen; Cullen, Cork; Tella, Brownhill, Benson; Rodriguez. 

Cardiff vs Burnley expert tips

Beating Cardiff at home would be a tough task for Burnley. Cardiff on the other end looks confident at home this season. Considering the fact that they will be facing each other after a long time we are anticipating Burnley could play a draw against Cardiff or we can expect a Cardiff win. Best bet is to double chance on Cardiff. Expect a low scoring game with less than 2.5 goals.