Bristol City vs Cardiff Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st August 2022

Bristol City come up against visiting side Cardiff in a Championship fixture this coming Sunday at Ashton Gate. Bristol City hope to extend their grip on Cardiff, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 2-1 and 3-2, respectively.

Bristol City are placed 15 with four points after four matches. Cardiff occupy a position as sixth in the league on seven points.

Entering the match on Sunday as favourite, Bristol City will be looking to squeeze past Cardiff in the Championship table with a win. While not an impossible task, the visitors are of course highly motivated to at least maintain the current gap.

Bristol City scored an average of 1.7 goals in ten matches or a total of 17 while allowing 11 goals against. This is an average of 1.1 goals against per match with three clean sheets along the way.

Cardiff average 0.6 goals a game in their last ten outing, scoring a total of six goals. They conceded an average of 0.9 per game, for a total of nine goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring four times.

Bristol City vs Cardiff Prediction

Bristol City look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Coventry by 1-4, before drawing 1-1 with Wigan. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Luton 2-0. Bristol City claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew three and lost one, scored 13 goals and conceded seven.

In their last three matches, Cardiff lost against Reading and Portsmouth by 2-1 and 0-3, respectively, and beat Birmingham by 1-0. Cardiff managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Championship. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring seven time and letting in three.

Cardiff have their target set on sneaking inside the top six of the Championship this season, and they have the qualities to at least a finish inside the top third.

Are Bristol City good enough currently to justify the prices with the bookies, when they face Cardiff at Ashton Gate? It could be tight, but considering form and match history, we believe the home side represents the best betting option.

Bristol City vs Cardiff Stats

Bristol City vs Cardiff Team News

At the time of writing, Bristol City have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Cardiff on Sunday. For their upcoming match in round 5, Bristol City are unable to call upon Mark Sykes, who is suspended.

Tomas Kalas, Ayman Benarous and Nathan Baker are missing from the squad, Bristol City will field against Cardiffon Sunday.

Cardiff just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Bristol City at the Ashton Gate.

Sean Morrison won't be travelling with Cardiff this time, as he nurses an injury.

Bristol City vs Cardiff H2H

Bristol City won the last two meetings against Cardiff, as they followed up a 2-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 3-2 score. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Cardiff have been the dominant force winning five matches against Bristol City. The bookies have Cardiff to win this match at best price odds of 3.30.

Bristol City vs Cardiff Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Bristol City and Cardiff. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 1.90 with bookies.

Bristol City vs Cardiff Betting Tips

Andreas Weimann found the target five times in his previous six matches, whereas Romaine Sawyers just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Bristol City won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing five and losing one as well. Cardiff won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost four in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Bristol City on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in eight of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Cardiff in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened five times in the past ten encounters between Bristol City and Cardiff, with Bristol City scoring 1.2 goals on average per game. Cardiff averaged 1.3 goals, while both teams scored five times. Bristol City witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.7 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Cardiff played across all tournaments this season. They scored 1.4 times on average in the process.