Cardiff City vs Norwich City - prediction, team news, lineups

Norwich City volition question to the Welsh superior for Tuesday’s all-Championship EFL Cup necktie against Cardiff City.

The Bluebirds saw disconnected fourth-tier Swindon Town successful the archetypal round, portion the Canaries cruised past League One broadside MK Dons.

Match preview

Cardiff person made an unbeaten commencement to the season, beating Swindon Town 3-2 successful the EFL Cup earlier drafting their opening 2 matches of the Championship campaign.

Rubin Colwill netted a 98th-minute equaliser to rescue a gully against Wrexham successful Cardiff's archetypal crippled backmost successful the 2nd tier. 

While that effect whitethorn person felt similar a victory, Brian Barry-Murphy's broadside would person been frustrated with Saturday's 2-2 distant draw against Derby County, which saw them spurn a pb connected 2 abstracted occasions.

Cardiff are present focusing connected EFL Cup matters, with the Bluebirds hoping to nutrient a akin tally to the 1 that saw them scope the quarter-final signifier past term. 

A instrumentality of 2 wins from their past six meetings with Norwich suggests that the Bluebirds volition person their enactment chopped retired to debar a round-two exit for the 2nd clip successful 3 seasons. 

That said, some of those victories took spot connected location turf, including a 2-1 occurrence successful their astir caller brushwood astatine Cardiff City Stadium successful November 2024. 

Norwich started the run with an emphatic 4-1 triumph implicit MK Dons, which saw them nett 3 goals without reply successful a ascendant first-half display.

However, they person been incapable to physique upon that effect successful their opening 2 games of the Championship season, opening with a arguable 2-1 decision against West Bromwich Albion that made headlines for Aune Heggebo’s handball goal.

Philippe Clement’s broadside were past comfortably beaten successful Saturday’s disappointing 3-0 decision against Millwall astatine The Den.

After conceding twice, Norwich’s hopes of a fightback were efficaciously ended by Jose Cordoba’s reddish paper earlier they shipped a 3rd successful the second stages of a forgettable travel to the capital.

They volition present crook their attraction backmost to EFL Cup action, with the visitors aiming to scope the 3rd circular for the archetypal clip since the 2023-24 season.

The Canaries person won 4 of their erstwhile 5 competitory games against Cardiff (L1), scoring astatine slightest 3 goals successful 3 of those victories. 

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Team News

Cardiff stay without the services of defender Will Fish, who volition beryllium retired until November with a hernia injury.

Calum Chambers, Dylan Lawlor and Gabriel Osho are besides apt to miss retired owed to their respective wounded issues.

Barry-Murphy whitethorn freshen up his broadside for the midweek cupful tie, with Harry Tyrer, David Turnbull, Joel Colwill and Callum Robinson among those who could travel into the starting lineup.

As for the visitors, Norwich winger Ali Ahmed is astatine hazard of missing the full play aft suffering an anterior cruciate ligament wounded successful training. 

Lucien Mahovo, Liam Gibbs, Jovon Makama and Ante Crnac are besides apt to miss the midweek travel to the Keepmoat Stadium. 

Cordoba volition service a one-match suspension aft being sent disconnected for 2 bookable offences successful Saturday’s decision against Millwall.

Cardiff City imaginable starting lineup:

Tyrer; Kpakio, Ng, Bagan, Scanlon; Robertson, Turnbull; Willock, J. Colwill, Davies; Robinson

Norwich City imaginable starting lineup:

Grimshaw; Stacey, Darling, McConville, Chrisene; Mattsson, McLean; Musaba, Ben Slimane, Diallo; Toure

We say: Cardiff City 2-1 Norwich City

Cardiff are yet to suffer a competitory crippled this season, portion Norwich volition beryllium reeling from back-to-back defeats.

With that successful mind, we deliberation the Bluebirds volition person the other content and assurance to assertion a constrictive triumph successful the EFL Cup tie. 

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