Cardiff City vs Plymouth Argyle Prediction: Cardiff needs to get away from last spot

Cardiff City will welcome Plymouth Argyle at Cardiff City Stadium in Game Week 10 of the English Championship. Cardiff needs to get away from last spot. Who will come out on top after 90 minutes?

A managerial change was expected at Cardiff with their poor form, but Omer Riza surprisingly lingered in caretaker charge for more than three weeks. The Cardiff hierarchy decided to retain him as the interim boss after his first three matches yielded four points. They won their first game of the month in October, having beaten Millwall 1-0, while the following game came out as a 1-1 draw at Bristol City. For the first time since March, the Bluebirds would see a successive win as they took four points from 18th position. Cardiff has Portsmouth coming next week at the cathedral, so perhaps they have some turn-around in the season ahead.

Alnwick; Ng, Goutas, Chambers, Bagan; Robertson, Ralls; Tanner, Colwill, El Ghazi; Robinson

Home Park has been a ground where Rooney has pleased the Plymouth faithful with 11 points over nine games. Great displays at home explain the wins against Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers and Luton Town leading into the international break. Improvement on defense has been significant as they have surrendered just one goal from eight matches, but two 1-0 losses - to West Bromwich Albion and Burnley - have frustrated them. But they were forced to settle for a draw at the end of this game having failed in away games, picking only one point and just a solitary goal in the last four.

Grimshaw; Edwards, Szucs, Gibson, Mumba; Randell, Gyabi; Whittaker, Hajj, Issaka; Obafemi

On the basis of no injury concerns he will want to maintain the same Cardiff XI that played on the Bristol City. Jesper Daland might return for a spell at the back as a short-term solution, but Dimitrios Goutas and Calum Chambers look like they can remain in the side for now at least. Callum O'Dowda and Aaron Ramsey are five players who should be out of action in at least one game. Plymouth may miss winger Ibrahim Cissoko who picked up an injury when with Netherlands Under-21s. Youngster Freddie Issaka could make his first Championship start of the season on the left wing, that being the only change to the line-up. Plymouth are improving under Rooney and will be looking to get at least a draw away in South Wales. Home team to win in the close match with pushing through to win at the end.