Cardiff vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction: Blackburn to win or the game to end in a draw

Cardiff is ready to welcome their host at their home on Wednesday. The bluebirds are winless in seven league games against Blackburn since 2016. Would Cardiff be able to beat Blackburn this time?

Cardiff City’s Form

As expected, Cardiff played their second draw (1-1) of the season at home against Burnley in the last game. At home, they are managed (W2 D2 L1) to win on 2 occasions out of 4 league games.

Before that Cardiff defeated Norwich (1-0) and Birmingham City (1-0) with the same margin at home.

In their five home league games, they scored 4 goals against their visitors and conceded 3 in return.

Their away form is a matter of concern (L4 W1 D1) as they managed to win on just one occasion out of 6 league games. With 12 points in 11 games, Cardiff is sitting at 18th position. Overall, they have netted 8 goals so far this season and conceded 12 in return.

Callum O’Dowda is the team’s top scorer with 2 goals and 2 assists followed by Callum Robinson (2) and Ryan Wintle (1) respectively.

Cardiff City’s possible lineup:

Allsopp; Romeo, Ng, Kipre, Nikounkou; Ojo, Wintle, Ralls, O’Dwoda; Harris, Robinson. 

Blackburn Rovers’ Form

Blackburn’s away form this season is a matter of concern (L3 W2) as they just managed to win 2 games out of 5. Luton beat them in the previous game by (0-2). Before that they won against Blackpool by (1-0).

Earlier this season Sheff United (0-3) and Reading (0-3) beat them with the same margin. In their last 4 away league games, they scored just one goal against their hosts and conceded 8 in return.

Their performance at home is far better than away. At home, this season they managed (W4 L2) to win on 4 occasions out of 6. With 18 points in 11 games, Blackburn is sitting at 6th position in the table.

 They have netted 13 goals so far this season and conceded 14 in return. Ben Brereton is team’s top scorer with 5 goals followed by Lewis Travis (2) and Tyrhys Dolan (2) respectively.

Blackburn’s possible lineup

Kaminski; Hyam, Ayala, Wharton; Hedges, Travis, Morton, Pickering; Dolan, Gallagher, Brereton. 

Cardiff vs Blackburn expert tips

The bluebirds are winless against Blackburn since 2016. They are currently struggling to find a win at home this season. On the other end, Blackburn is also struggling with their away form. After analyzing everything thoroughly we are anticipating Blackburn to win the game or the game to end in a draw.