Cardiff City 20/21 to beat Preston in Saturday’s Championship showdown

Competition: Championship

Market: Cardiff City win

Odds: 20/21 @ 888sport

Looking to continue on their recent purple patch, a high-flying Cardiff will host Preston from behind closed doors on Saturday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, only continuing on what has been a hugely impressive run of form, Cardiff have skyrocketed their way up the Championship table. In their 30 second-tier matchups so far this season, they have recorded 12 wins, seven draws and 11 defeats, scoring 42 and conceding 33 in return. Managing to muster themselves a points tally of 43, the Blues open this weekend’s fixtures sat seventh in the table and six points adrift of breaking into that final play-off spot. As for their recent run of results, last seen picking up a 2-0 win away at Luton in midweek, Cardiff have won each of their last four Championship contests on the bounce. Bagging themselves at least a pair of strikes in each of those four victories, Saturday’s hosts are also unbeaten in each of their previous six straight second-tier fixtures.

As for the visitors, slumping back to losing ways earlier in the week, Preston have continued to show a string of inconsistencies. In their 30 Championship matchups so far this season, they have recorded 12 wins, three draws and 15 defeats, scoring 34 and conceding 38 in return. Managing to muster themselves a points tally of 39, the Whites open this weekend’s fixtures sat 13th in the table and with their goal difference keeping them from breaking into the top-half. As for their recent run of results, last seen in midweek getting hit with a 1-0 defeat against Watford on home soil, Preston have lost three of their last four Championship contests. Winning just a pair of their last nine matchups across all formats, a struggling Preston should face a stern test on their travels this weekend.

Bet: Cardiff City 20/21 to beat Preston in Saturday’s Championship showdown @ 888sport