Cardiff City vs Sheffield Wednesday predictions: Bluebirds eye another important win
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- Cardiff just one place above the relegation zone
- Sheffield Wednesday sit 12th in the table
- Recommended bet: Cardiff to win
Cardiff City remain in relegation danger in the Championship as the action in the second tier resumes following the international break.
The Bluebirds are just one place and one point above the drop zone with eight games to play, so Saturday's home showdown with 12th-placed Sheffield Wednesday is another important occasion as they battle to avoid relegation.
Team news
Callum O'Dowda pulled out of the Republic of Ireland squad at the start of the international break with a minor knock and Cardiff are hopeful he will be fine to feature on Saturday.
However, injured quartet Aaron Ramsey, Jak Alnwick, Ollie Tanner and Ronan Kpakio are all set to miss out against the Owls.
Meanwhile, Danny Rohl is still without Di'Shon Bernard and Akin Famewo, while Yan Valery and Stuart Armstrong are major doubts for the visitors.
The stats
Cardiff ended a three-game losing streak in the Championship by beating Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Ewood Park before the international break.
Wednesday have been inconsistent since the start of February, winning three of their nine league games while losing five times and drawing once.
This will be the 77th meeting between City and Wednesday with both sides winning 29 of the contests, while there have been 19 draws.
The meeting between the sides earlier this season at Hillsborough finished 1-1 back in November.
Only Sheffield United, Leeds United and Burnley have picked up more points away from home this season than Wednesday's tally of 29.
Prediction
Cardiff got a vital win at Blackburn before the international break and the relegation-threatened Bluebirds can pick up another huge three points when they host the Owls.
The scrap to avoid going down to League One remains tight with just nine points separating 17th-placed Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle at the bottom, so wins at this stage of the season are crucial to the Bluebirds' survival hopes.
The Owls, meanwhile, had given themselves hope of making a late bid for the play-offs with back-to-back away victories over Plymouth and Norwich City earlier this month before they were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Sheff Utd in the Steel City derby last time out.
This clash probably means a bit more to Omer Riza's side, who are just a point above the bottom three going into the weekend's games and they can begin the run-in with a home win.
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