Cardiff City vs Sunderland AFC Predictions

The EFL Championship season returns this weekend with the first of the Saturday live fixtures set to be an interesting contest between Cardiff City and Sunderland AFC.

Cardiff City vs Sunderland AFC Key Stats

• Cardiff City are on a run of 7 games unbeaten
• Sunderland have 3 wins in 7 games
• Sunderland have scored 7 goals in their last 5 games
• 6 of the last 7 meetings between the two sides have ended in wins to nil

Cardiff City vs Sunderland AFC Previous Meetings

This is set to be the 70th meeting between these two sides with Cardiff City having the advantage by 6 wins. Cardiff winning in this game 29 times to Sunderland’s 23 victories. In fact, the blue birds have won 4 of the last 7 fixtures against Sunderland.

Interestingly this fixture in recent years especially hasn’t been known for its goals. The last 4 meetings have all ended in wins to nil - 3 of which have been 1-0 victories.

The last game between the two sides was won by the Black Cats. A 2-0 victory in March thanks to goals from Adil Aouchiche and Jobe Bellingham. Will they do the same again in this game?

Cardiff City vs Sunderland AFC Team News & Predicted Lineups

The hosts are free of injuries going into this game. Joe Ralls looks set to start after an impressive display in the last game. They could also give a start to new signing Callum Robinson in this game.

Sunderland remain without centre back Jenson Seelt after he picked up a serious injury back in March.

Interestingly they also don’t have a senior striker in their squad heading into this game so we could see 19-year old Eliezer Mayenda make a start in this game.

Cardiff City - Ethan Horvath, Perry Ng, Calum Chambers, Dimitrios Goutas, Callum O'Dowda, Emmanouil Siopis, Joe Ralls, Aaron Ramsey, Ollie Tanner, Chris Willock, Yokou Meite

Sunderland - Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Luke O’Nein, Aji Alese, Dennis Cirkin, Dan Neil, Alan Browne, Jobe Bellingham, Patrick Roberts, Jack Clarke, Eliezer Mayenda

Cardiff City vs Sunderland AFC Prediction

Similar to the previous meetings between these two sides we are expecting a closely fought contest here.

Despite Cardiff’s good form and Sunderland’s slightly lacklustre form though we believe Sunderland have a young and exciting team that could threaten the upper ends of the table. If they play as we expect them to, they are going to be one of the teams to beat this season for sure.

That is why our team of professional tipping experts have selected a Sunderland Win in this game as our best value tip. With odds of 6/4, a £10 bet could return up to a potential £25.20.

Where To Watch Cardiff City vs Sunderland AFC

This game is set to get underway on Saturday 10th August 2024 at 12:30 with the fixture being shown live on Sky Sports on their newest channel Sky Sports+.