Rotherham United vs Cardiff City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Rotherham United

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Rotherham United will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-2 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Preston North End.

In that match, Rotherham United had 46% possession and 6 shots on goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rotherham United was Hakeem Odoffin (35'). On the other side, Preston North End got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Tom Cannon (23') and Ched Evans (45') scored for Preston North End.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Rotherham United have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Rotherham United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals during that time. Nonetheless, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend might persist in this game.

Heading into this fixture, Rotherham United have left without a victory over Cardiff City in their last 6 league matches.

Cardiff City

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In their previous game, Cardiff City drew 1-1 in the Championship match with West Bromwich Albion.

In that game, Cardiff City managed 44% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Cardiff City was Sory Kaba (65'). West Bromwich Albion had 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Daryl Dike (17') scored for West Bromwich Albion.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Cardiff City has become apparent in recent matches. Checking on their last six meetings reveals that this has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 5 while Cardiff City have scored 6.

Taking a look at their past results, Cardiff City:

• remain unbeaten by Rotherham United when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A study of their past head to head meetings going back to 23/01/2016 shows that these fixtures have not been kind to Rotherham United. They have not been able to come away with any victories at all whereas Cardiff City have been dominant against them, winning in 67% of those ties.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 5 for The Millers and 13 netted by The Bluebirds. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league contest between these sides was Championship match day 18 on 29/10/2022 and the score finished Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United.

In that match, Cardiff City had 63% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Jaden Philogene (65').

Rotherham United got 3 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

The referee was Oliver Langford.

📋 Team News: Rotherham United

The Rotherham United boss Matt Taylor will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever before this clash with a fully injury-free group available to choose from.

It seems likely that The Millers will possibly make use of the 4-3-3 formation for this game, handing starts to Viktor Johansson, Wes Harding, Lee Peltier, Cameron Humphreys, Tyler Blackett, Hakeem Odoffin, Conor Coventry, Jamie Lindsay, Conor Washington, Jordan Hugill and Shane Ferguson.

📋 Team News: Cardiff City

Thanks to a largely healthy squad, there’s just the one fitness issue for the Cardiff City gaffer Sabri Lamouchi to be concerned with. Jamilu Collins (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be playing here.

We are inclined to think that The Bluebirds could decide to play in a 4-4-2 formation using Ryan Allsop, Mahlon Romeo, Perry Ng, Mark McGuinness, Callum ODowda, Sheyi Ojo, Andy Rinomhota, Ryan Wintle, J. Philogene-Bidace, Sory Kaba and Kion Etete.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Cardiff City and Rotherham United could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore expecting a very even match with a 1-1 score at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 02:27 14/03/2023