England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers, taking place on Saturday, 27 January 2024, at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff.
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Cardiff City, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Cardiff City players having failed to take any points away from their recent 3-1 away defeat at the hands of Plymouth Argyle. They came away from that fixture with 55% of the possession and clocked up 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Plymouth Argyle managed 15 attempts on goal, with 5 on target.
Supremo Erol Bulut will be closely scrutinising his squad's defensive frailties, his back line having shipped 12 goals in their last 6 matches, despite having picked up some points through the 7 goals they've managed to net. Of their last 6 games played at home, they've have been unable to score in 4 games and only kept 1 clean sheet.
They've had a terrible run of form at Cardiff City Stadium recently and having lost 4 of their last 6 home games managing just 1 win.
Goalscorer Aaron Ramsey will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 3 goals in his last 6 league matches for Cardiff City.
Blackburn Rovers, Recent FormBlackburn Rovers had to make do with a share of the points in their last match, with a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town. In that game they had 67% possession and managed 16 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Huddersfield Town who had 8 attempts and 3 on target.
Despite scoring 7 goals in their last 6 matches, they have failed to pick up many points, mainly because their back line have shipped 15 goals in that same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they have failed to record a clean sheet in their last 11 games.
They have not be performing well away from home with 5 straight defeats on the road.
The Blackburn Rovers travelling support have had something to shout about on the road via the goals from Sammie Szmodics, who's scored 5 goals in their last 6 league matches away from home.
Cardiff City suffered the disappointment of a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Blackburn Rovers the last time they met in the league.
In their last 2 league meetings with The Riversiders, Cardiff have not been on scoring form, not managing a single goal. The Bluebirds have struggled to break down the Blackburn defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings. Playing at home, Cardiff have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Blackburn.
Blackburn has won the last 2 games they've played against Cardiff in the league.
Cardiff manager Erol Bulut has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Callum O'Dowda (Leg), Joe Ralls (Groin) and Aaron Ramsey (Knee) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Jon Dahl Tomasson has a number of injury concerns in his Blackburn squad to contend with: John Buckley (Shoulder), Tyrhys Dolan (Knee) and Ryan Hedges (Hamstring)
Cardiff City Playing at home | Blackburn Rovers Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 1.5 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 47' | Time first goal scored | 34' |
| 36' | Time first goal conceded | 35' |
| 1.1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 4 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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