Cardiff City v Bristol City
Championship | Cardiff City Stadium
Saturday, 28 October 2023 @ 3.00pm
Cardiff City face a challenge to maintain their high-scoring form at home against a tight Bristol City defence on Saturday.
With 21 goals in 13 games, Cardiff are the joint-fourth-highest scorers in the Championship ahead of the 3pm kick-off at the Cardiff City Stadium.
They face a Robins side who have scored 15 in 13 matches, but conceded only 14 goals, putting them joint-third among the league's tightest defences – only Leicester City and Ipswich Town have conceded fewer goals.
In the last 10 years, Cardiff and Bristol City have played each other on 14 occasions. Cardiff won seven of them, Bristol City six, and they drew once.
On average, the Bluebirds scored 1.2 goals and the Robins 1.0 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on March 4, when Cardiff won 2-0 at home.
Cardiff are seventh in the table after 13 games, of which they have won six and drawn two, earning 20 points.
Bristol City are six places behind Cardiff City in 13th, with five wins and three draws putting them on 18 points.
The Bluebirds are in mixed form in the Championship, with three wins and a draw from their last six games.
With two wins and four losses over that period, the Robins's form is worse – they have taken six points from 18, compared to the home team's 10.
Cardiff's last match was on Tuesday, a 4-0 win against Huddersfield Town, with Callum Robinson, Dimitrios Goutas, Perry Ng and Yakou Meïté getting the goals for the Bluebirds.
Bristol City lost 1-0 against Ipswich Town last time out, on Wednesday.
Saturday's match will be refereed by Darren England, who has taken charge of one Championship game so far this season, issuing no red cards and booking 11 players. He has awarded two penalties.
He is yet to oversee a match featuring either Cardiff or Bristol City this season.