Sunderland vs Cardiff City Prediction: A win for the hosts

Sunderland will welcome Cardiff City to the Stadium of Light on Saturday. Sunderland are unbeaten in 16 of 17 Championship home games this season. Can they continue this form? Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Sunderland

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Sunderland returned to winning ways with a 2-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday in their last game. Eliezer Mayenda scored the game's first goal in the 34th minute and scored the winner in the 71st after Callum Paterson had equalised for the Owls. Prior to this win, they have lost two consecutive games. The Black Cats have won one of their last five games at home in all competitions. They sit 4th on the table with 65 points in 35 games, scoring 52 goals and conceding 32. However, Daniel Ballard (hamstring), Niall Huggins (knee), and Ajibola Alese (foot) are all ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Cardiff City

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Cardiff City suffered a 2-1 loss to Burnley in their last game to end their three-game unbeaten run. They have now won just one of their last six games and remain winless in their last five games on the road. They sit 21st on the table with 36 points in 35 games, scoring 38 goals and conceding 57. However, David Turnbull (muscle), Jak Alnwick (hamstring), Ollie Tanner (foot), and Jesper Daland (calf) are ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Possible Starting 11

Sunderland — Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Chris Mepham, Dennis Cirkin, Dan Neil, Jobe Bellingham, Patrick Roberts, Chris Rigg, Eliezer Mayenda, Wilson Isidor.

Cardiff City — Ethan Horvath, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Joel Bagan, Callum O'Dowda, Calum Chambers, Alexander Robertson, Cian Ashford, Aaron Ramsey, Anwar El Ghazi, Yousef Salech.

Interesting Facts

• Sunderland are unbeaten in 16 of 17 Championship home games this season;
• Cardiff are winless in their last five away matches in the league;
• Cardiff have won only one of their 17 away league games this season;
• Eleven of the last 14 games of Cardiff saw the BTTS results.

Expert Betting Tips

Sunderland are one of the best teams at home this season, and I think they will win this game easily. They have only lost one game in their 17 home games this season. On the other hand, Cardiff have performed poorly on the road, and I think their poor run will continue, but I expect them to get a consolation goal.

Our prediction for this match is for Sunderland to win with odds of 1.60 at 1xbet.

Our second prediction is to see more than two goals for odds of 1.93 at Bet365.

Our third prediction is for both teams to score for odds of 2.02 at Betway.