Cardiff vs Burnley Prediction

Neither team arriving with much momentum

Burnley haven't won any of their last eight Championship matches, picking up four draws and four defeats in that spell. Goals have been a problem at both ends, with seventeen conceded in those eight games alone.

Cardiff: 20 completed matches; Burnley: 20 completed matches.

Cardiff

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

33

Difference

+12

Burnley

20 matches

Win

0% 0 / 20

Draw

50% 10 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

20

Conceded

38

Difference

-18

Cardiff have fared marginally better, managing one win alongside four draws and three losses in the same timeframe. They've scored ten and conceded twelve, numbers that point to a side still finding its feet in this division.

Low-scoring, tightly contested games look like the pattern for both sides right now.

Comparative Team Statistics: Cardiff vs Burnley

A history of contrasting results

These two have met regularly down the years, and the scorelines have rarely followed a pattern. Burnley won 5-0 the last time they hosted Cardiff, but Cardiff won the most recent meeting, a League Cup tie last season. There have been goalless and tightly drawn games mixed in among the heavier wins too.

Past meetings don't give a clear read on how this one might go.

Both clubs stuck in the bottom half

The table reflects that recent form. Cardiff sit 21st with seven points from eight games, while Burnley are just below them in 24th on four points. It's a tight group down there, and neither side has pulled clear of trouble yet.

Key contributors so far

Cardiff's main threat this season has been J. Moylan, who has three goals in eight appearances, with O. Tanner supplying two assists from the same number of games. Tanner and A. Robertson have also picked up a handful of yellow cards between them.

Cardiff:

Best scorers:

J. Moylan - 3

Best assist providers:

O. Tanner - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Robertson x 4

O. Tanner x 3

Burnley:

Penalty cards:

J. Laurent x 1 x 2

On Burnley's side, the available data shows J. Laurent with two bookings in seven matches, though there's little else to go on in terms of personnel.

What kind of game this could be

Put the form and table together and this looks like a cagey affair between two teams low on confidence. Both have shown they can concede goals, but neither has strung together the sort of form that suggests they'll dominate chances or possession.

Cardiff's recent matches have included some tight, low-scoring affairs, which fits the picture of two struggling sides potentially cancelling each other out.