Cardiff vs Swansea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th September 2023

The Championship tie at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday sees home team Cardiff up against Swansea.

Cardiff approach round 6 as number 19 in the Championship table with four points on their account so far. With five rounds behind them, Swansea have amassed two points, placing them as number 22 in the standings.

There has been a real flow of goals lately for Cardiff and at both ends of the pitch. Both teams scored in their last 5 matches on the bounce, which definitely makes this scenario worth considering in the betting market this coming Saturday.

Cardiff only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 18 for an average of 1.8 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Swansea travel to their next away match on Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 18 goals, whilst shipping 14 goals against. An average of 1.4 goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.

Winning 3-2 and 2-0 in the last two most matches against Cardiff, will have Swansea looking forward to their upcoming away trip.

Cardiff vs Swansea Prediction

Cardiff Form

Cardiff are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Sheffield Wednesday by 2-1, before beating Birmingham by 1-3. The winning streak came to an end against Ipswich, who ran out 3-2 winners. In their last six Championship matches at home, Cardiff have one win, while they've drawn one and lost four.

Cardiff naturally hope for a top half position come reckoning day next spring, but experts foresee a tough battle ahead in the lower regions of the Championship.

Swansea Form

Swansea lost their previous three matches by 2-1 against Preston, 2-3 against Bournemouth and 1-2 against Bristol City. Swansea won half their previous six away matches in the Championship, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 12 goals whilst conceding eight.

A top half finish is the bare minimum Swansea will expect from this season. The visitors are targeting a spot in an international tournament and know a good start will leave them in a good stead.

We trust neither defence to be able to keep their opponent at bay, when Cardiff welcome Swansea this coming Saturday. Goals should be flowing at both ends of the pitch.

Cardiff have a record of one win, one draw and three defeats in the Championship this season. Swansea are yet to win this season, having played five games, in stead showing off two draws and three defeats.

Cardiff vs Swansea Squads

Cardiff Squad

The 48-year-old coach of the home team, Erol Bulut, will select the lineup against Swansea from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Jak Alnwick (0/4), Runar Alex Runarsson (0/1), Dimitrios Goutas (0/5), Jack Simpson (0/1), Jamilu Collins (0/4), Jonathan Panzo (0/0), Mahlon Romeo (0/2), Mark McGuinness (0/5), Perry Ng (0/4), Vontae Daley-Campbell (0/0), Aaron Ramsey (2/5), Andy Rinomhota (0/1), Callum O'Dowda (0/4), Ebou Adams (0/2), Joe Ralls (1/4), Josh Bowler (1/3), Kieron Evans (0/0), Manolis Siopis (0/3), Romaine Sawyers (0/0), Rubin Colwill (0/3), Yakou Meite (0/4), Callum Robinson (0/2), Ike Ugbo (3/5), Karlan Grant (0/5), Kion Etete (0/3), Ollie Tanner (0/3), Ryan Wintle (1/5).

Swansea Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 45 year-old Swansea manager Duff will select his starting XI from these players:

Andrew Fisher (0/0), Carl Rushworth (0/5), Azeem Abdulai (0/0), Ben Cabango (0/5), Filip Lissah (0/0), Harrison Ashby (1/5), Harry Darling (1/5), Josh Tymon (0/2), Kristian Pedersen (0/0), Kyle Naughton (0/1), Nathan Tjoe-A-On (0/0), Nathan Wood (1/5), Nathanael Ogbeta (0/0), Cameron Congreve (0/0), Charlie Patino (0/4), Jay Fulton (0/4), Joe Allen (0/3), Josh Key (0/5), Liam Walsh (0/0), Matt Grimes (0/5), Oliver Cooper (0/3), Jamal Lowe (0/0), Jamie Paterson (0/3), Jerry Yates (2/5), Josh Ginnelly (0/3), Liam Cullen (1/5), Mykola Kukharevych (0/2).

Cardiff vs Swansea Team News

Cardiff have an almost full squad available against Swansea at Cardiff City Stadium with only one player possibly missing.

Due to an injury, Cardiff are unable to field Josh Bowler in the line-up for the this coming Saturday against Swansea.

Swansea seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Cardiff City Stadium to face Cardiff.

Liam Walsh won't be travelling with Swansea this time, as he nurses an injury.

Cardiff vs Swansea Lineups

Cardiff vs Swansea H2H

Swansea got the better of Cardiff in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-2 and 2-0, respectively. Swansea have a good reading on Cardiff, as they won seven of the last ten encounters. The latter sprung a surprise, though, by winning 3-2 in the latest meeting. The bookies have Swansea to win this match at best price odds of 7/4.

Cardiff vs Swansea Results

A high scoring match is a fairly rare occurrence when Cardiff face Swansea as under 2.5 goals happened in seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies.

Cardiff vs Swansea Betting Tips

Cardiff won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing four and losing two as well. Swansea won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost five in this run. In their previous 10 matches away from home, Swansea claimed three wins to nil.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet nine times in the last ten encounters between Cardiff and Swansea as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Cardiff scored an average of 0.4 goals a game, with Swansea averaging 1.6 goals in this run. Cardiff saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Swansea-matches would have returned some winnings in six of them. Swansea managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.