Ipswich vs Cardiff Betting Tips

These are worrying times for the East Anglia club and it is perhaps the toughest spell Mick McCarthy has endured since joining the club. His troops are without a win in 7 matches although they came close last time out, when they let in a 90th minute equaliser at Nottingham Forest.

They didn’t score in any of their three games prior to that though and have fallen down into the bottom half of the table. Given all that it is surprising that they are as short as 23/20 to win this game against a decent Cardiff side.

The Welsh outfit are 8th and have an outside chance of moving into the play-off places this weekend although they will have to pick up all 3 points from this game. They have been really tough to beat this season though losing just twice, a feat only Brighton and Derby can better. They are unbeaten in their last 5 Championship matches so odds of 8/11 for them to pick up a result here certainly seems like a very tempting proposition.

Cardiff do draw more than they win though and that is the only reason why they aren’t higher up. Indeed both sides have registered more draws than wins or defeats so far this season so there is a fair chance this will end up all square.

There aren’t likely to be many goals if recent matches are anything to go by. There has only been 1 goal in Cardiff’s last 3 matches while Ipswich have only netted once in their last 4 in the league.

They are usually quite positive at home though so perhaps a 1-1 draw is more likely than 0-0 and you can back that to be the case at 5/1.