England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cardiff City and Birmingham City, taking place on Wednesday, 13 December 2023, at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff.
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Cardiff City, Recent FormHaving secured a 1-0 home win against Millwall in their latest league match, Cardiff City will have a positive feeling ahead of this match. They came away from that fixture with 47% of the possession and clocked up 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Millwall managed 9 attempts on goal, with 3 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 5 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 7, and leading to valuable points being dropped. At home this season, they have scored in 9 of their 10 home games and notched up 4 clean sheets.
This will be regarded as a poor run of form, with 3 defeats from their last 6 matches and just 2 victories.
Aaron Ramsey will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Cardiff City.
Birmingham City, Recent FormThe 2-0 away defeat to Coventry City will not have sat easily with the Birmingham City squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They achieved 44% possession in that match and had 13 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against Coventry City's tally of 16 efforts at goal, 8 of which were on target.
Manager Wayne Rooney will be shining a spotlight on his team's poor defensive record of late, having conceded 12 goals in their last 6 games, despite picking up a modest amount of points due in no small part to the 7 goals they managed at the other end. They have conceded at least one goal in 9 of their 10 away games this season.
Birmingham City will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form on the road. They've lost their last 8 league games in a row away from home and not recorded a win on their travels in 8 games.
Siriki Dembélé has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Cardiff City.
The last league encounter between these two sides concluded with a 0-2 win for Cardiff City.
The Blues defence has struggled at Cardiff City Stadium, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 12 visits. In their last 2 league meetings with Cardiff, The Blues have not been on scoring form, not managing a single goal.
Birmingham have lost the last 2 times they've faced Cardiff in the league and have failed to win in their last 9 encounters.
Joe Ralls will be feeling confident about scoring for Cardiff ahead of this encounter with Birmingham, having netted 4 goals in the past 3 league meetings between these two at Cardiff City Stadium.
With only Callum O'Dowda (Leg) and Aaron Ramsey (Knee) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Erol Bulut will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Wayne Rooney has a number of injury concerns in his Birmingham squad to contend with: Keshi Anderson (Hamstring), Alfie Chang (Knee), George Hall (Hamstring), Ethan Laird (Groin) and Tyler Roberts (Calf)
Cardiff City Playing at home | Birmingham City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 49' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 45' | Time first goal conceded | 52' |
| 1.2 | Yellow cards | 3.1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 4.6 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
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