Sheffield Wednesday VS Cardiff City Match Prediction
2018-01-20
17:30:00
Sheffield Wednesday
VS
Cardiff City
Our Prediction Tip
Draw will win this match.
2018-01-2017:30:00 Draw will win this match.
In 37 meetings all-time, this series finds itself all square with both Cardiff and Wednesday taking 14 wins so far. There have also been nine draws contested. Here's a look at the last five results:
Sep 16, 2017: Cardiff 1-1 Wednesday
Apr 14, 2017: Wednesday 1-0 Cardiff
Oct 19, 2016: Cardiff 1-1 Wednesday
Apr 30, 2016: Wednesday 3-0 Cardiff
Dec 12, 2015: Cardiff 2-2 Wednesday
Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:
Sheffield Wednesday are art 7/4 to win, a draw is at 23/10, and a Cardiff win is at 6/4.
Sheffield Wednesday will enter this round of fixtures in 17th place after they got a draw last Friday off of rivals Sheffield United in the Steel City derby. They now have 31 points, putting them seven above the drop. They should be safe, but they still need somewhere around 20-25 points to be totally comfortable and can't afford to let up until then. As for Cardiff, they returned to winning ways last weekend and that puts them in third on 50 points. They still have a three point edge over Aston Villa behind them and are just two back of Derby County for second and the automatic promotion place.
At home, Wednesday have been very average. They have picked up 17 points there so far via four wins and five draws, but none of those wins have been in the last five. That is something that needs a lot of work, and they can begin doing that here and now with Cardiff. The Bluebirds will enter having 20 points from 13 away matches. They have not been playing well of late away from Cardiff and have just one solitary point in their last three matches. That points toward some issues for them, meaning this won't be so cut and dry as it may seem to be.
A no for both teams to score, via Ladbrokes, is set at 20/23.
If one side were to go on and win this match, then the obvious choice would be to take Cardiff. However, Sheffield Wednesday have gotten good at getting points off of the Bluebirds lately, and that could happen here as well.
Jos Luhukay will be missing center back Glenn Loovens due to a suspension.
One man that looked very lively in last week's Steel City derby was Portuguese front man Lucas Joao. While looking to be terribly inconsistent at times, he was still a threat with the ball at his feet and represents a real problem to the bigger defenders that have been known to populate this division of football. Look for him to cause all sorts of issues and keep Cardiff on their toes.
Wednesday have a win, two draws, and two losses in their last five matches:
2-0 home win vs Carlisle United (FA Cup)
0-0 draw at Sheffield United
0-0 draw at Carlisle United (FA Cup)
0-3 home loss vs Burton
2-0 loss at Brentford
Neil Warnock has no injuries or suspensions to deal with, but he could welcome Liverpool loanee Marko Grujic into the team for the first time in this match.
Last weekend, Cardiff had the perfect opponent in Sunderland, and they did not let the opportunity pass them ball at all. They racked up goal after goal, and two of those came via midfielder Callum Paterson. He scored less than a minute into the second half to open the scoring and set the tone and by the time he scored the third goal, they had wrapped up the game and gotten themselves seemingly back on track again.
Cardiff have two wins, a draw, and two losses in their last five matches:
1-4 win at Mansfield Town (FA Cup)
4-0 home win vs Sunderland
0-0 home draw vs Mansfield Town (FA Cup)
2-1 loss at QPR
0-1 home loss vs Preston
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