On Sat May 7th, in week 46, Derby County plays host to Cardiff City in a clash of the Championship. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Derby County is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Blackpool. Ebiowei struck first for Derby County in the 73rd minute, then Eiram Cashin added another in the 82nd minute on a feed from Malcolm Ebiowei At the end of 90 a dissapointed Blackpool couldn’t manage to score, and Derby County took the shutout win. Derby County is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 19th placed Cardiff City is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Birmingham City. Jérémie Bela struck first for Birmingham City in the 22nd minute on a feed from Juninho Bacuna, then Will Vaulks tied it up for Cardiff City in the 82nd minute earning Cardiff City at least a draw. Cardiff City is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Mar 1st, Cardiff City hosted Derby County in their last match together. Cardiff City was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Uche Ikpeazu scored the first goal for Cardiff City in the 85th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Derby County couldn’t muster any offence and Cardiff City ran away with the shutout win.
Cardiff City is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Aden Flint and Will Vaulks each only have 1 goal in their last five. Tom Lawrence and Tosin Adarabioyo are the top scorers for Derby County in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.