Relegation-battling Cardiff City play host to mid-table side Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday and we're bringing you our predictions for the game.
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Cardiff vs Sheffield Wednesday prediction: Away win expected?
Key Stats
- Cardiff have lost nine of their 19 home games in the Championship this season.
- Sheff Wed have picked up three wins from their last six encounters with the Bluebirds across all competitions.
- Five of the pair's last seven head-to-heads have produced over 2.5 goals.
- 74% of the Owls' away games in the league this season have witnessed over 2.5 goals.
Correct score prediction: Cardiff 1-2 Sheff Wed
We're expecting a close and competitive 90 minutes between these two clubs this weekend and have backed the Owls to come away with a 2-1 victory. Cardiff are conceding an average of over one goal per game in their own backyard and Sheffield Wednesday are scoring an average of 1.37 goals per away game.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Wednesday the predicted winners
- HOME: 19/10 (2.90) – 34.5%
- DRAW: 5/2 (3.50) – 28.6%
- AWAY: 22/15 (2.47) – 40.5%
*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
Sheffield Wednesday are the expected winner of this game with a probability of 40.5% and we tend to agree with the bookmakers on this prediction.
You can find all our predictions for today's games on our football betting tips page.
Most recent H2Hs: All square
The last five meetings between these two clubs have been split evenly with each side picking up two wins, one draw and two defeats. Cardiff claimed a point courtesy of a 1-1 draw when they made the trip to Hillsborough in November.
England Championship 23/11/24
Sheff Wed
Cardiff
England FA Cup 06/01/24
Sheff Wed
Cardiff
England Championship 23/12/23
Sheff Wed
Cardiff
England Championship 26/08/23
Cardiff
Sheff Wed
England Championship 05/04/21
Sheff Wed
Cardiff
Cardiff preview: A big win on the road
The Bluebirds made the trip to the North West before the international break to take on Blackburn Rovers.
Cardiff's Danish forward Yousef Salech opened the scoring after just four minutes but Blackburn equalised in the 16th minute and the pair went in level at the interval. Yakou Meite scored his second goal of the campaign in the second half to send Cardiff City back to South Wales with all three points in their back pocket, a big win on the road for the relegation-battlers.
Aaron Ramsey, Jak Alnwick and Ollie Tanner are all doubts for the Sheffield Wednesday game this weekend due to injury.
Predicted lineup: Horvath (GK), Chambers, Ng, Fish, Bagan, Ralls, O'Dowda, Rinomhota, Mannsverk, Robinson & Salech
England Championship 03/05/25
L
Norwich
4
Cardiff
2
England Championship 26/04/25
D
West Brom
0
Cardiff
0
England Championship 21/04/25
D
Oxford Utd
1
Cardiff
1
England Championship 18/04/25
L
Sheff Utd
2
Cardiff
0
England Championship 12/04/25
L
Stoke
1
Cardiff
0
Sheff Wed preview: Lost the Steel City Derby
The Steel City Derby proved to be another tight and tense affair between Sheffield Wednesday and their guests Sheffield United.
A solitary second-half strike in favour of the Blades proved enough for the visitors to claim all three points as well as the bragging rights at Hillsborough.
Defenders Di'Shon Bernard and Akin Famewo are both rated as doubtful to feature this weekend against Cardiff City.
Predicted lineup: Beadle (GK), Ihiekwe, Lowe, Iorfa, Hatsuse, Bannan, Windass, Charles, Smith, Paterson & Gassama
England Championship 03/05/25
D
Watford
1
Sheff Wed
1
England Championship 26/04/25
D
Portsmouth
1
Sheff Wed
1
England Championship 21/04/25
W
Middlesbrough
1
Sheff Wed
2
England Championship 18/04/25
L
Stoke
2
Sheff Wed
0
England Championship 12/04/25
L
Oxford Utd
1
Sheff Wed
0
Player to watch: Josh Windass
Josh Windass needs one more league goal this season to equal his best-ever total in a single campaign for Sheffield Wednesday.
The attacking midfielder has 11 goals in the Championship this season and two seasons ago he fired in 12 in League One for the Owls. Windass has scored 16 times in a single league campaign before but that was back in 2015/16 when he was plying his trade in League Two with Accrington Stanley.
Windass top scores for the Owls this season
Windass was on target for the Owls in their last away game against Norwich, so don't be surprised if he finds the back of the net against a struggling Bluebirds side this weekend.