Cardiff City vs Derby County Prediction: Can the visitors win here?

Cardiff City will take on Derby County at the Cardiff City stadium this Saturday. The Bluebirds hope to use their home ground to secure a win over the Rams; with both teams looking to gain 3 points, the match is expected to give the thrills. Below are the team news, potential starting 11, interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Cardiff City

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Cardiff City, in their last game, secured another point by ending the match in a draw against Millwall, a draw which comes after their recent 3-0 win against Swansea in the Championship. The Bluebirds have been unbeaten in their last six matches, with two wins and four draws.

Cardiff sit in the 20th position on the table after playing 28 matches with 28 points, winning six matches, drawing 10 matches and losing 12 while scoring 31 goals and conceding 43. However, Aaron Ramsey and Callum O'Dowda will be sidelined due to injuries.

Derby County

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Derby County suffered another loss to Sunderland on Tuesday, adding to their streak of five losses in a row, which precedes their eight-winless streak before winning against West Brom. The Rams are winless in all competitions in their last six games.

Derby sit in the 21st position on the table after playing 28 matches with 27 points, winning seven matches, drawing six matches and losing 15 while scoring 31 goals and conceding 38. However, Curtis Nelson will be out of the game due to injury and is expected not to make a return this season.

Possible Starting 11

Cardiff City —- Jak Alnwick, Andy Rinomhota, Dimitrios Goutas, Jesper Daland, Joel Bagan, Perry Ng, Calum Chambers, Yakou Méïté, Yousef Saleh, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson.

Derby County —- Jacob Widell Zetterström, Ebou Adams, Craig Forsyth, Callum Elder, Kayden Jackson, Liam Thompson, Kenzo Goudmijn, Ben Osborn, Marcus Harness, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Jerry Yates.

Interesting Facts

• Cardiff have been unbeaten in the last seven games across all competitions.
• Four of their last five head-to-head games ended with fewer than three goals.
• Cardiff have only lost once to Derby County in their last five meetings.

Expert Betting Tips

Cardiff have been in good form looking at their last two games, winning one game and drawing the other. They have been unbeaten in seven games across all competitions and one loss to Derby County in their head-to-head record in the last five matches. So, they will win this game with few goals.

Our prediction for the match is for the game to see less than three goals (Under 2.5 goals) for odds of 1.60 at Betway.

Our second prediction is for at least a team to keep a clean sheet (BTTS-NO) for odds of 1.66 at Bet365.

Our third prediction is that the game will end in a win for Cardiff City with odds of 2.14 at 1xbet.