On the 30th of December, in this week 25 match, Cardiff City will travel to Bournemouth to battle AFC Bournemouth in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. AFC Bournemouth is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Middlesbrough. Andraž Šporar struck first for Middlesbrough in the 53rd minute on a penalty kick, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed AFC Bournemouth couldn’t manage to score, and Middlesbrough took the shutout win. AFC Bournemouth is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while cardiff City sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Birmingham City. Troy Deeney scored the first goal for Birmingham City in the 29th minute, then Ivan Šunjić added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Riley McGree . Cardiff City is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, AFC Bournemouth was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Philip Billing scored the first goal for AFC Bournemouth in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Cardiff City couldn’t muster any offence and AFC Bournemouth ran away with the shutout win.
Cardiff City’s most prolific scorer has been Mark McGuinness. The Irish defender has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. AFC Bournemouth’s most prolific scorer has been Dominic Solanke. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.