England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cardiff City and Sunderland, taking place on Friday, 29 March 2024, at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff.
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Cardiff City, Recent FormThe Cardiff City players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Swansea City recently, that ended in a 2-0 defeat. Their share of possession in that meeting was 45%, while racking up 11 shots along the way, 2 of which were on target, in contrast to Swansea City, who had 20 shots on goal with 5 on target.
Manager Erol Bulut will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. Of their last 6 games played at home, they've have been unable to score in 3 games and only kept 2 clean sheets.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Sunderland, Recent FormSunderland manager Mike Dodds will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 0-0 draw in his team's last league outing against Queens Park Rangers. They achieved 52% possession in that match and had 8 strikes at goal, with 0 hitting the target, up against Queens Park Rangers' tally of 11 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
Having scored 4 goals and conceded 10 in their last 6 games, they will need to improve at both ends if they are to pick up more points from here on. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 7 games.
Jack Clarke has scored 4 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Cardiff City.
It was not a positive ending for Sunderland last time they met Cardiff City in the league, with the game ending in a 0-1 defeat.
In their past 5 meetings, The Bluebirds' defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so Sunderland will have to take their chances when they come. Playing away from home, Sunderland have scored in 2 of their last 3 league games against Cardiff.
Cardiff manager Erol Bulut has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Jak Alnwick (Knock), Kion Etete (Leg) and Mark McGuinness (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Sunderland manager Mike Dodds with Ajibola Alese (Leg), Daniel Ballard (Hamstring), Dennis Cirkin (Hamstring), Jack Clarke (Ankle), Bradley Dack (Hamstring), Corry Evans (Cruciate ligament), Timothée Pembélé (Cruciate ligament) and Patrick Roberts (Hamstring) all unavailable for selection, and Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) out for the rest of the season.
Cardiff City Playing at home | Sunderland Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 46' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 40' | Time first goal conceded | 34' |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 2.4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 3.8 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
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