Cardiff City vs Sunderland prediction and betting tips on August 10, 2024
Game Prediction
Cardiff City and Sunderland will play in the 1st round of the English Championship on August 10, 2024. Each club intends to start the season with success.
Cardiff City vs Sunderland: key statistics and trends
- Cardiff City has been unbeaten in 5 matches in a row.
- Sunderland has lost only once in 5 previous games.
- Cardiff City has scored at least once in 7 previous meetings.
- Sunderland has scored at least once in 7 previous confrontations.
- Cardiff City wins the first half in 21% of matches, Sunderland – in 22% of games.
Cardiff City – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Bluebirds” are one of the strongest Welsh football clubs. Still, they are defending their place in the hierarchy of neighbouring England. And there the club’s niche, despite a one-time short attempt to gain a foothold in the Premier League, is the middle of the Championship. For instance, the team took only 12th place in the previous cycle. On the other hand, it outstripped Swansea, who are the fellow countrymen and competitors, by half a dozen points and a couple of places in the table.
Erol Bulut, who was appointed a year ago, continues to work – everyone is happy with him. Still, the squad has changed significantly. Among the newcomers, we will highlight Calum Chambers, who came to his “small homeland” (however, he played very little at Aston Villa).
Sunderland – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Black Cats” ended last season with a rather sharp failure: a participant in the spring play-offs of 2023 lost 10 positions at once, finishing in 16th place.
Regis le Bris, a Frenchman who spent both of his previous seasons in Lorient (the team was relegated from the Ligue 1 with him in the previous cycle), will raise the ambitious club. Having made a couple of signings to strengthen the squad, although they didn’t make any interesting moves in the market, the management at least kept the leaders.
Cardiff City: team news
No data on losses.
Sunderland: team news
The guests will arrive with an optimal line-up.
Cardiff City vs Sunderland: possible starting line-ups
Cardiff City (possible line-up): Horvath – Tanner, Chambers, Phillips, Romeo – Wintle, Siopis, Ashford, Turnbull, Willock – Davis.
Sunderland (possible line-up): Bishop – Alese, O'Nien, Ballard, Hume – Poveda, Ekwah, Clarke, Bellingham, Roberts – Aouchiche.
Previous head-to-head matches: Cardiff City vs Sunderland
Taking into account 4 head-to-head matches, the guests have won away from home, without conceding any goals.
Free prediction for the match Cardiff City vs Sunderland
Currently, the odds are also more loyal to the away team. Still, we limit ourselves to a neutral bet on “total: over 2.0” (odd: 1.62).