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Peter Green - August 27, 2019
Cardiff vs Fulham
England – Championship
Date: Friday, 30 August 2019
Kick-off at 19:45 UK/ 20:45 CET
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff).
Both teams were relegated from the top division last season, and expectedly is trying to get back to the arena where they belong. The job might not be as simple as it was just stated though.
As is common knowledge, the Championship is one of the toughest competitions in the world to go through, and despite the experience, these squads bring to the table, dealing with the veterans of this battle-hardened league will take its toll on the players.
In that regards, a game against each other is a welcome change, and an unavoidable opportunity to post some desperately-needed points.
So far, Fulham has been winning the mini-league of the booted sides, and they have already carved out a spot in the top tier of the Championship points-standings.
Fulham seems determined to get back to the Premier League as fast as they can. They have been delivering performances worthy of their objective so far. The team has failed to find the back of the net only once in this Championship season and won three of their four premier four fixtures while scoring twice or more in these three games as well.
On the other hand, Cardiff was winless in three of their former five match-ups, and importantly, has come up short against this opponent in recent h2h encounters. To quote a stat, Fulham registered four of the last five h2h wins and scored two or more goals against this rival in six of the prior eight meetings.
With these in mind, expect the visitors to avoid the loss as a bare minimum this Sunday.
Going on though, a clean sheet for the guests seem unlikely, taking into account their obvious away handicap, the recent home form of Cardiff, and most importantly due to the stat that only two h2h clashes in the last 20 years have failed to have goals from both teams.
