Week 21 brings us a match on Nov 12th where Cardiff City will host Sheffield United in a meeting of these two Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Cardiff City is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Hull City. Dimitris Pelkas scored the first goal for Hull City in the 4th minute, but Callum Robinson got the equalizer for Cardiff City in the 47th minute , but fortunately for Hull City it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Cardiff City is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Sheffield United, recorded a 0-1 loss against Rotherham United. Ben Wiles struck first for Rotherham United in the 38th minute on a feed from Chiedozie Ogbene, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sheffield United couldn’t manage to score, and Rotherham United took the shutout win. Sheffield United is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Sheffield United won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sheffield United is glad to have Oliver McBurnie in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Jaden Philogene-Bidace and Cedric Kipre are the top scorers for Cardiff City in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.