Cardiff vs Chelsea – Match Preview
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With Cardiff playing last in comparison to their relegation rivals this weekend, it is a scenario that can go one of two ways and with them already knowing all the other results, they then know exactly what they need to do when Chelsea come to town.
On the other hand, if all the teams around manage to put additional points on the board and pull away further away from Cardiff, then it will only serve to add more pressure on Neil Warnock and his players.
At the same time, Cardiff City almost need to ignore what the other teams are doing and start focussing on winning as many of the eight league matches, that they have left between now and the end of the season.
As things stand, Premier League survival is now in their own hands and if Burnley are beaten by Wolves on Saturday, it means that the Bluebirds then have two games in hand over Sean Dyche’s men.
However, having games in hand is all very well because at the end of the day, you still have to put them to good use and that is why actually registering points can be considered an invaluable commodity at this stage of proceedings.
Although Chelsea are further up the table, this game is one that they need to win also and especially after they slipped up in their last league outing before the international break – one that saw them handed a 2-0 defeat by Everton at Goodison Park.
The Blues passed up on a perfect opportunity to go level on points with crosstown rivals Arsenal that afternoon and had they won on Merseyside, that would have been the scenario that we would find ourselves going into this weekend’s set of league fixtures.
That defeat to Everton has halted Chelsea’s recent run of positive momentum and once again questions are being asked as to whether or not Maurizio Sarri will still be in the Stamford Bridge hotseat come August.
If that is to be the case then he will have to either deliver a top four finish or success in the Europa League and if you were a betting man, you would have to say that the latter currently looks like the most likely outcome.
That said, it is a risky strategy in putting all your eggs in one European sized basket and therefore Sarri knows that he can ill afford to put the brakes on, in terms of Chelsea’s run to the end of the season.
The strange thing was that Chelsea were certainly the better side for the first 45 minutes of their clash with Everton and it was almost a case of them being, a completely different outfit once they reappeared after the half-time interval.
If Chelsea can play more like they did in the first 45 minutes at Goodison Park rather than the last, then they should have enough at their disposal to get the better of Cardiff. If they don’t turn up, we could have a very interesting encounter on our hands.
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