Bristol City vs Cardiff City Match Analysis and Prediction

Bristol City will be looking for their second victory of the new Championship campaign when they welcome Cardiff City to Ashton Gate for their Matchday 05 tie on Sunday.

Bristol City finally got their first win of the 2022/23 Championship season last time out as they beat Luton Town 2-0 at home. They opened with back-to-back defeats to Hull City and Sunderland before drawing with Wigan on day three.

They now sit 16^th in the Championship standings with four points from four matches and will keen to claim another maximum points this weekend as they seek to climb into the top half.

The Robins claimed a double over Cardiff City last season winning 3-2 at home and 2-1 at away and they will hoping for the same this season.

Cardiff have made an impressive start to the new Championship campaign claiming two victories and a draw in their opening four matches, and currently they sit sixth in the league standings with seven points.

They finished last season 18^th following an inconsistent and difficult campaign, something they will be working on this season as they seek a playoff spot. They currently sit in the last playoff spot and if they are going to finish in the same spot or higher, they need to continue their strong start in the league.

They drew 0-0 at West Brom last time out and they will be keen to return to winning ways on Sunday, but they will need to play at the top of their game if they are to get something out of the tie.

Bristol City vs Cardiff City head to head

Both sides have met in 30 encounters since 2002 with Cardiff claiming 15 victories while Bristol City have claimed 10 victories and there have been five draws.

• Bristol City 3-2 Cardiff 22/01/22
• Cardiff 1-2 Bristol City 28/08/21
• Bristol City 0-2 Cardiff 06/02/21
• Cardiff 0-1 Bristol City 06/11/20
• Bristol City 0-1 Cardiff 04/07/20

Home

• Bristol City 2-0 Luton
• Wigan 1-1 Bristol City
• Coventry 1-4 Bristol City
• Bristol City 2-3 Sunderland
• Hull 2-1 Bristol City

Away

• West Brom 0-0 Cardiff
• Cardiff 1-0 Birmingham
• Cardiff 0-3 Portsmouth
• Reading 2-1 Cardiff
• Cardiff 1-0 Norwich

Bristol City team news

Bristol will be without Tomas Kalas and Antonie Semenyo due to injuries, while Mark Sykes is suspended.

Cardiff team news

Cardiff will be without Cedric Kipre and Curtis Nelson through injuries.

Prediction and odds

• Draw
• Both sides to score
• Goals under 2.5