Cardiff City vs Preston North End Prediction: Game to end in a tie after 90 minutes

Cardiff City is set to host Preston North End on Sunday. Cardiff City is unbeaten in the last six league games against Preston. Would Preston live up to the challenge of Cardiff City?

Cardiff City’s Form

Cardiff started their campaign with a win in the opening game against Norwich (1-0), but they couldn't repeat it in the 2nd game and lost against Reading (2-1). Callum O’Dowda scored in the first 5 minutes of the game to give City the lead, but they had no response to Reading’s attack.

Despite losing the 2nd game Cardiff did come back in the next game against Birmingham by defeating them (1-0). This victory celebration didn't last long as Cardiff played a draw against West Brom (0-0) in the 4th game and then lost their last against Bristol by (2-0).

Cardiff has netted 3 Goals so far in the league and conceded 4 in return. With 1 goal and 2 assists, Callum O' Dowda is the top scorer for the team. To make their place in the top 10 they need to improve their attack and defense strategy.

Cardiff City’s possible lineup:

Allsopp; Bagan, Kipre, Ng, Romeo; Sawyers, Wintle, Rinomhota; Ojo Waltters, O’Dowda.

Preston North End’s Form

Preston showed a very disciplined game so far in the league. Preston is the only team in the league which didn't concede a single goal yet. They have kept a clean sheet in all 5 matches.

They won their only game against Luton Town (1-0) so far. Brad Potts is the only player who scored for the team in 5 games. Preston played 4 draws so far in the league and didn't allow a single team to breach their defense.

Their last game against Watford was also a draw (0–0). Preston had more shots on target than Watford but unfortunately not a single shot was found in the back of the net. It will be interesting to see what strategy Preston would use to beat Cardiff in the upcoming match.

Preston North End’s possible lineup:

Woodman; Storey, Lindsay, Hughes; Potts; Ledson, Whiteman, Browne, Brady; Johnson, Parrott.

Cardiff vs Preston expert tips

Cardiff has the upper hand over Preston as they are unbeaten against them in the last six league games (W4 D2). The last match of the championship league between them ended in a draw. Despite what the history is both teams didn’t score a single goal in the last two games. We are anticipating Cardiff could play a draw against Preston again. Both teams are not scoring a lot of goals and we can witness a similar scenario to be played out here.