Match Preview: Bristol City v Cardiff City (Saturday, 12.30pm)

Cardiff City travel to Bristol City on Saturday lunchtime in the Championship.

The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Stoke City 2-1 at home, with goals from Karlan Ahearne-Grant and Kion Etete.

The Robins, meanwhile, lost their last match, 2-1 against Sheffield Wednesday, with their goal scored by Jason Knight.

In the last 10 years, Bristol City and Cardiff have played each other on 15 occasions. Bristol City won six of them, Cardiff eight, and they drew once.

On average, the Robins scored 0.9 goals and the Bluebirds 1.3 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on October 28, when Cardiff won 2-0 at home.

With 39 goals in 34 games so far this season, Bristol City are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.1 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 39 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.

Cardiff are also below average scorers, with 1.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.4 goals per game.

The Robins are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and a draw from their last six games.

And also with two wins and a draw over that period, Cardiff City’s form is identical – they have both taken seven points from 18.

The Bluebirds are 14th in the table after 34 games, of which they have won 13 and drawn five, earning 44 points.

The hosts are two places ahead of the away side in 12th, with 12 wins and eight draws putting them on the same number of points.

Saturday’s match will be refereed by Samuel Allison, who has taken charge of 11 Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 45 players. He has awarded one penalty.

The last Bristol City game Allison refereed was a 2-1 away win against Middlesbrough on February 10. His last Cardiff match was their 3-2 win at home against Coventry City on September 19.

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Bristol City v Cardiff City
Championship | Ashton Gate
Saturday, 2 March 2024 @ 12.30pm

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