Cardiff City vs Burnley - prediction, team news, lineups

Cardiff City and Burnley quadrate disconnected connected Saturday day successful what could beryllium to beryllium a pivotal crippled successful the conflict to debar relegation to League One.

While the Bluebirds beryllium successful 18th presumption successful the Championship table, Burnley are successful 22nd spot, already 4 points adrift of safety.

Match preview

With 8 points from the past 5 games, Cardiff brag Brian Barry-Murphy tin lone beryllium delighted with specified a return.

The Bluebirds person played Watford, Middlesbrough, Birmingham City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United successful succession.

However, squandering a three-goal half-time pb against the second of those teams would person wounded Barry-Murphy, careless of West Ham benefitting from the accomplishment of caller brag Scott Parker.

In the expansive strategy of things, however, Cardiff are 5 points supra the relegation portion and person enactment unneurotic a seven-match unbeaten tally astatine the Cardiff City Stadium.

Trailing 12th spot by conscionable 3 points, the Welsh outfit are inactive successful contention to motorboat a astonishment playoff bid.

At the aforesaid time, decision to Burnley connected Saturday would spot Cardiff lone beryllium supra the relegation portion by 2 points.

Fabio Celestini has got Burnley backmost connected way with 2 respectable draws against Portsmouth and Queens Park Rangers.

While the well-travelled Italian knows that the Clarets request to present conscionable a 2nd Championship triumph of the play arsenic soon arsenic possible, determination person astatine slightest been positives to instrumentality from his opening treble header.

Burnley person collected 5 points from their past 5 distant fixtures, arguably an encouraging instrumentality for a squad that has struggled to gel.

Nevertheless, if 4 results - including this 1 - spell against them connected Saturday, Burnley would extremity Saturday 7 points adrift of safety.

Cardiff City Championship form:

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Team News

With Cardiff right-back Perry Ng suffering an wounded successful the closing stages against West Ham, Ronan Kpakio is successful enactment to deputise.

David Turnbull, Cian Ashford and Joel Colwill volition each beryllium considered for recalls owed to the speedy turnaround aft the West Ham fixture.

Gabriel Osho, who has served a three-match ban, could get the motion implicit Will Fish successful the mediate of defence.

Barring immoderate caller wounded concerns, Celestini whitethorn instrumentality with the Burnley XI from the gully astatine QPR.

However, Josh Cullen, Aaron Ramsey and Jaydon Banel are each options successful midfield and the last third.

Bashir Humphreys, Hannibal Mejbri and Chelsea loanee Dastan Satpaev stay connected the sidelines.

Cardiff City imaginable starting lineup:

Trott; Kpakio, Osho, Bagan, Scanlon; Robertson; Ashford, Moylan, J Colwill, Willock; Salech

Burnley imaginable starting lineup:

Coudert; Walker; Ekdal, Julio, Pires; Hatate, Laurent; Hountondji, Edwards, Ramazini; Vardy

We say: Cardiff City 2-1 Burnley

Having fixed up a three-goal pb against West Ham, it is anyone's conjecture however Cardiff volition respond against Burnley. However, they merit respect for the location grounds that they person compiled this campaign, starring america to foretell a hard-earned triumph for the Bluebirds.

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