Cardiff City vs Swansea Prediction: Can the home team win here?

Cardiff City will welcome Swansea to the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday. The hosts have been unbeaten in all competitions in their last five games. Can they continue this good run? Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Cardiff City

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Cardiff settled for a 1-1 draw against Watford in their last game. Cian Ashford scored the match's first goal in the 65th minute to put Cardiff ahead before Vakoun Issouf Bayo equalised in the 87th minute. With this, The Bluebirds have been unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions. They won two and drew three, scoring six and conceding four goals. They sit 21st on the table with 24 points in 26 games, scoring 26 goals and conceding 41. However, Aaron Ramsey and Roko Simic are out of this game due to injuries.

Swansea

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Swansea suffered a 3-0 loss to Southampton in their last game in the FA Cup. They are now back to league action, where they settled for a 1-1 draw against West Brom in their previous game. Tom Fellows scored first in this clash in the 66th minute to put West Brom ahead; Joe Allen found the back of the net in the late minute 90+2nd to level the score for Swansea.

The Swans have found it challenging to win in their last three matches in all competitions; they drew one and lost two. They only managed to score once and conceded eight. They sit 12th on the table with 34 points in 26 games, scoring 30 goals and conceding 30. Meanwhile, Oliver Cooper, Kristian Pedersen, Ben Cabango, and Harry Darling have all been confirmed out of this game due to injuries.

Possible Starting 11

Cardiff City — Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Jesper Daland, Dimitrios Goutas, Callum O'Dowda, Calum Chambers, Andy Rinomhota, Cian Ashford, Alexander Robertson, Rubin Colwill, Callum Robinson.

Swansea — Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Cyrus Christie, Kyle Naughton, Josh Tymon, Matt Grimes, Gonçalo Franco, Ronald, Myles Peart-Harris, Ji-sung Eom, Liam Cullen.

Interesting Facts

• Swansea conceded the same number of goals (30) scored in the league this season.
• Cardiff City are winless in their last three games.
• Swansea conceded eight goals in their last three games in all competitions.
• The last three head-to-head games between the two sides saw less than three goals scored in each game.
• Cardiff City are unbeaten in their last five games.

Expert Betting Tips

It will be a tight game here, but I still believe the host will ink out a win. Cardiff have been unbeaten in their last five games, so I don’t think they will lose against a team that has been winless in their last three games. Also, their previous three head-to-head games ended up with less than three goals scored in each game. So, there is a high tendency that this game will follow suit.

Our prediction for the match is Under 2.5 goals for odds of 1.72 at 1xbet.

Our second prediction is to see at least a team fire blank (BTTS-NO) for odds of 1.91 at Betway.

Our third prediction is that Cardiff will win, with odds of 2.63 at Bet365.