England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Cardiff City, taking place on Wednesday, 10 April 2024, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will not be too disheartened with their 2-1 away defeat at the hands of Leicester City who sit 21 places above them in the table. In that game they had 32% possession and managed 11 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Leicester City who had 17 attempts and 9 on target.
Having scored just 3 goals in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to their manager Gary Rowett where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table. Hoever, he will still have one eye on his defence which has shipped 7 in the same period. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
Their recent results are not something they'll be looking to repeat, having lost 5 of their last 6 games.
Cardiff City, Recent FormThe Cardiff City squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 3-1 home defeat against Hull City, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They achieved 44% possession in that match and had 13 strikes at goal, with 4 hitting the target, up against Hull City's tally of 11 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
It seems pretty certain that Erol Bulut will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 6 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 9 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. 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.
In terms of results, it's been a bit of a mixed bag for Cardiff recently, having won 3 and lost 3 of their last 6 games.
Perry Ng will be hoping to create problems for Birmingham City in this one, having scored 2 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Cardiff City.
It was one to forget for Cardiff City last time they met Birmingham City in the league, falling to a 0-1 defeat.
In each of their last 4 games away from home in the league to Birmingham, The Bluebirds have scored at least 1 goal and will be looking to extend that run. Playing at home, Birmingham have failed to score in 2 of their last 3 league games against Cardiff. When Cardiff are away to The Blues in the league, they know how to find the net, with 8 goals in their last 3 meetings and an average of 2.67 per game.
In the league, Birmingham has not won any of the last 4 times they have welcomed Cardiff to St. Andrew's Stadium.
Cardiff player Joe Ralls will be feeling confident about recording goals against Birmingham ahead of this encounter, with a scoring record of 3 goals from their last 5 meetings.
Birmingham manager Gary Rowett has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Alfie Chang (Cruciate ligament), Lukas Jutkiewicz (Muscle), Alex Pritchard (Leg) and Marc Roberts (Knock) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Erol Bulut has a number of injury concerns in his Cardiff squad to contend with: Jak Alnwick (Knock), Rubin Colwill (Ankle), Kion Etete (Leg), Mark McGuinness (Hamstring) and Callum O'Dowda (Hamstring)
Birmingham City Playing at home | Cardiff City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 40' | Time first goal scored | 42' |
| 33' | Time first goal conceded | 37' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.2 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
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