On Sat Aug 13th, Cardiff City plays host to Birmingham City in a clash of the Championship. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 9th placed Cardiff City is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Reading. Callum O’Dowda struck first for Cardiff City in the 4th minute on a feed from Ryan Wintle, but Shane Long got the equalizer for Reading in the 27th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 63rd minute on a goal by Thomas Ince to cap off a wild match. Cardiff City is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Birmingham City, recorded a 2-1 win against Huddersfield Town. Scott Hogan struck first for Birmingham City in the 5th minute on a feed from Juninho Bacuna, then Przemyslaw Płacheta added another in the 45th minute. Birmingham City is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Przemyslaw Płacheta has been the most prolific scorer on Birmingham City in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Cardiff City’s most prolific scorer has been Max Watters. The English attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches.