Cardiff vs Norwich prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-11-10 15:00.
Cardiff City sit just outside the Championship play-offs following their 0-0 draw with Stoke City, and keeping a third consecutive clean sheet (W2, D1) had manager Erol Bulut praising the “big progress” they’ve made in recent weeks. Beating Norwich City would represent yet more progress as they’ve only done so once across the last five H2Hs anywhere (L4).
After winning five of their first seven home league games of the season (D1, L1) for the first time since 2019/20 and winning this corresponding fixture last term 1-0, Cardiff start as clear favourites with their opponents seven points behind them. That ought to encourage Bluebirds fans as their team is unbeaten in 83% of league games they started as the bookmaker’s choice this term (W4, D1, L1).
The Norwich board held talks this week before deciding to keep manager David Wagner in place, but he might not be relishing a trip to Cardiff as the last man to take a team there, Nigel Pearson with Bristol City, was sacked immediately afterwards! Canaries fans are understandably unhappy after four successive league defeats and just one Championship victory since mid-September (D1, L7).
It comes after a bright start to the campaign which included scoring four goals in each of their first two league away games of the season (W1, D1), but Norwich have since picked up just one point on the road (D1, L4). Failure to get anything here will pile even more pressure on Wagner, and the omens don’t appear great considering he’s never won a personal away H2H against Cardiff (D1, L1).
Players to watch: Defender and lucky charm Perry Ng has scored in two of Cardiff’s last three fixtures between the 30th and 55th minute and they’ve won all five of his goalscoring outings. Gabriel Sara opened the scoring against Cardiff at home last term and three of his last four goals were Norwich’s first of the game.
Hot stat: No club has collected fewer Championship bookings than Cardiff this term (25), an average of 1.67 per game.