Cardiff City vs Northampton Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Cardiff City are acceptable to big Northampton Town successful the Welsh superior this Saturday day successful League One, with neither having thing to play for successful the last 2 games of the play but pride.

The hosts person already confirmed their promotion to the Championship, portion the visitors already cognize they person suffered relegation and volition beryllium playing successful League Two adjacent season.

Match preview

Cardiff travel into this crippled sitting 2nd successful League One but incapable to triumph the rubric successful their past 2 games of the run and having already confirmed their promotion to the Championship.

So, the hosts person precise small to play for, with the lone enactment being to enactment connected a amusement for their supporters, oregon astatine slightest that would beryllium the anticipation of each those successful attendance connected Saturday.

Cardiff person mislaid conscionable 2 of their location league games played connected a Saturday this season, netting 2.3 goals connected mean crossed those fixtures, truthful fans whitethorn beryllium expecting to beryllium entertained erstwhile they question to the stadium.

The Bluebirds person won 4 of their 5 league games against Northampton Town successful the 2000s, arsenic galore victories arsenic crossed their anterior 13 against the Cobblers combined.

Brian Barry-Murphy’s broadside person already begun their procession to the Championship with their triumph implicit Port Vale and, successful the process, relegating the visitors connected Wednesday.

Northampton are rooted to the bottommost of the part arsenic they participate this play and person already had it confirmed they volition beryllium playing successful League Two adjacent season.

The Cobblers person mislaid their past 9 fixtures crossed each competitions and truthful volition beryllium aiming to find the close look to drawback a triumph earlier their run finishes with lone 3 games to bash so.

This is the visitors’ past distant crippled this season, and truthful they volition beryllium hopeful the travelling contingent are beardown to assistance animate them to lone a 4th triumph connected the roadworthy this campaign.

After winning their past distant league crippled against Cardiff 2-1 successful August 2002, Northampton volition beryllium looking for back-to-back victories connected the roadworthy against their Welsh opponents for the archetypal time.

The Cobblers person netted conscionable 36 goals crossed their 43 League One matches truthful acold this season, their joint-lowest tally astatine this signifier of an EFL run for Northampton alongside 1972-73 and 2013-14, truthful determination whitethorn beryllium a willingness to propulsion caution to the upwind to amended this record.

Cardiff City League One form:

D D W D W W

Northampton Town League One form:

L L L L L L

Team News

Cardiff are acceptable to beryllium without Calum Chambers, who has a wrist injury, portion Eli King has a cruciate ligament tear, meaning they volition miss the game.

The hosts volition besides beryllium sweating astir the fittingness of Omari Kellyman and Callum Robinson, who some suffered injuries successful their triumph implicit Port Vale with the second being taken off.

Meanwhile, the lone caller wounded interest for Northampton coming into this fixture is Nesta Guinness-Walker, who near the tract past play successful their nonaccomplishment to Doncaster Rovers, and truthful it is apt helium volition miss this fixture.

The visitors volition request Tom Eaves successful signifier for this game, arsenic the striker has been their agleam spark this play up top, and helium whitethorn request to adhd to his tally of 8 league goals this play to assistance them unafraid 3 points.

Cardiff City imaginable starting lineup:

Trott; Kpakio, Osho, Lawlor, Scanlon; Robertson, J. Colwill, R. Colwill, Turnbull, Willock; Salech

Northampton Town imaginable starting lineup:

Burge; Burroughs, Dyche, Guthrie, McAdam; Jacobs, Campbell, McGeehan, Fornah; Eaves, Hoskins

We say: Cardiff City 2-0 Northampton Town

Cardiff, portion they whitethorn beryllium readying for the adjacent season, should inactive person excessively overmuch prime for their opposition, who person thing to play for but pride.

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