Cardiff v Swansea

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There is also a local derby lined up for this Saturday's fixtures in the Championship where Welsh rivals, Cardiff City and Swansea City, will do battle at the Cardiff City Stadium when the domestic second tier action continues in this lower half of the table clash.

Cardiff City currently occupy 19th place in the Championship table as the hosts have managed to pick up just one win so far in the early stages of this second tier campaign, that being a 2-1 home win against newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday.

However, three defeats within their five games played so far this term have seen The Bluebirds succumb to losses against QPR, Leicester City and Ipswich Town respectively, thus also indicating that the straight win markets ought to be avoided for this local derby clash on Saturday night.

The prospect of a few goals though in this encounter do look promising though as each of Cardiff City's five league matches in the Championship so far this season have resulted in both teams scoring, while the bigger picture shows that no fewer than nine of Cardiff City's last 10 matches overall have produced goals for both sides as well.

Saturday night's visitors, Swansea City, have fared even worse as The Swans have still yet to register their first win of this season's Championship campaign as the visitors have been involved in two draws but they have also been dealt three defeats as well, leaving them sitting a disappointing third from bottom in the early season Championship table.

Swansea City have been unable to replicate the sort of form which saw The Swans finish last season in strong fashion as they put together a solid and impressive nine-match unbeaten sequence which included seven wins and enabled the visitors to finish in the top half of the table in 10th place.

However, the departure of former manager, Russell Martin, to Southampton has had an immediately negative effect on Swansea's results so far in these early stages of this new Championship campaign as The Swans have already been handed defeats to West Brom, Preston NE and Bristol City, the former two losses both being away from home.

The bigger picture shows Swansea City have managed to collect just three wins from their previous 11 outings on the road and having also slumped to six defeats within this period, the goals market looks appealing here, especially as each of Swansea City's five league matches to date have resulted with both teams hitting the back of the net.

Cardiff City v Swansea City Verdict

Both Cardiff City and Swansea City have proved they are more than capable of scoring goals and with this fixture being a fierce local derby, both teams look set to score in this Welsh battle.

Therefore, our main bet will be Both Teams To Score Yes @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Cardiff City win @ 2.55

Correct score: Cardiff City 2-1 @ 10.00