Cardiff City vs Burnley Prediction: An easy win for the Clarets

Cardiff City will welcome the best defensive side in the history of the EFL Championship, Burnley to the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday. Burnley have kept a clean sheet in each of their last 12 Championship games. Can they continue this record-breaking form? Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Cardiff City

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Cardiff City bowed out of the FA Cup after losing 2-0 to Aston Villa in their last game. They now return to the lead where they secured a 1-0 win over Hull City in their last game, with Callum Robinson scoring the only goal of the game in the 52nd minute. They remain unbeaten in their last three games and have not lost any of their last six games at home. The Bluebirds sit 20th on the table with 36 points in 34 games, scoring 37 goals and conceding 55. However, Dimitrios Goutas remains sidelined after his red card against Plymouth, while Ollie Tanner (foot) and Jesper Daland (calf) are out due to injuries.

Burnley

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Burnley are now out of the FA Cup after losing 3-0 to Preston in the FA Cup. They will now focus on the league, where they secured a 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in their last game. Marcus Edwards opened the scoring in the 43rd minute before goals from Josh Brownhill (62nd minute), Connor Roberts (70th minute), and Manuel Hedilazio (90+6th minute) sealed the win. The Clarets have lost just two games this season to sit third on the table with 68 points in 34 games, scoring 43 goals and conceding 9. They have the best defense in the Championship. However, Aaron Ramsey will miss this game due to a hamstring injury.

Possible Starting 11

Cardiff City — Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Will Fish, Callum O'Dowda, Aaron Ramsey, Andy Rinomhota, Rubin Colwill, Sivert Mannsverk, Will Alves, Yousef Salech.

Burnley — James Trafford, Connor Roberts, CJ Egan-Riley, Maxime Estève, Hannibal Mejbri, Josh Cullen, Josh Laurent, Jaidon Anthony, Lucas Pires, Marcus Edwards, Zian Flemming.

Interesting Facts

• Burnley are unbeaten in 32 of their 34 games this season;
• Burnley have the best defense this season, with just 9 goals conceded;
• Cardiff scored only one goal in the last three matches in all competitions;
• Burnley have kept a clean sheet in each of their last 12 Championship games.

Expert Betting Tips

Burnley have the best defense in the league, and whenever I see them, I already believe they will keep things calm and keep a clean sheet. They have conceded just nine goals this season. They are currently the best defensive side in the history of the EFL Championship. So, their defense would be instrumental for them to win this game and getting promotion.

Our prediction for this match is for a team to keep a clean sheet for odds of 1.67 at Betway.

Our second prediction is to see less than three goals for odds of 1.60 at Bet365.

Our third prediction is for Burnley to win for odds of 1.98 at 1xbet.