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Cardiff City vs Reading
Reading to beat Cardiff - 15/4
Bet £10 and get £37.50 in return
Cardiff City vs Reading
February 17, 2023
8:00 pm GMT
Our recommended bet for Friday’s clash at the Cardiff City Stadium comes in the form of a Reading victory over Cardiff City.
A £10 wager for such an outcome will secure you a return of £37.50 with Betway.
Match preview
Two sides fresh off timely returns to winning ways will set about making it two victories on the spin when they lock horns at the Cardiff City Stadium in the opening fixture of the Championship gameweek on Friday, February 17th.
The matchup in question will see Cardiff City act as hosts, in a meeting with Reading.
Beginning with the former, Cardiff brought an end to a stretch of form which could aptly be described as nothing short of a nightmare in midweek.
Fresh off 14 games without a win, and five successive defeats across all competitions, the Bluebirds made the trip to St. Andrew’s, for a meeting with a Birmingham City outfit fresh off a pair of impressive three-point hauls.
In turn, upon the final whistle sounding, it came as nothing short of a shock when it was the visitors who emerged on the right side of the result.
After Perry Ng put Cardiff in front inside the closing ten minutes, Callum Robinson added a 2nd deep into injury time, en route to a 2-0 final scoreline.
New boss Sabri Lamouchi’s troops, as a result, ensured that they were not dragged into the bottom three.
Still just two points clear of 22nd-placed Wigan Athletic, though, Cardiff will, for obvious reasons, be absolutely desperate to build on a morale-boosting triumph on Friday evening.
Upcoming opponents Reading, however, will head into proceedings in Wales’ capital themselves rejuvenated.
This comes with the Royals having put their own dismal stretch of results behind them earlier in the week.
After freefalling from the thick of the promotion playoff battle to the depths of the bottom half of the table, Paul Ince’s men were pitted against a stout Rotherham United side on Tuesday night.
And, just as proceedings at the Madejski looked as though they were primed to peter out into a draw, Tyrese Fornah struck what proved to be a decisive winner with a full 90 minutes on the clock.
Reading, in turn, brought an end to a six-game winless streak, climbing back to 15th in the table in the process.
Owing to altogether favourable bookmaker odds, we at 101 are therefore backing Friday’s visitors to ultimately emerge on the right side of the result come the full-time whistle at the Cardiff City Stadium.
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