Cardiff vs Swansea Prediction and Betting Preview Tips

Cardiff vs Swansea betting tips and prediction: Sunday’s 4pm kick off see’s the fierce Welsh derby take place at the Cardiff City Stadium as 16th place Cardiff hold host to their rivals, 9th placed Swansea and we have football betting tips.

Even the intense atmosphere that the bluebirds fans will offer in this fixture does not make the newly promoted side favourites as Swansea’s league position, top flight and now European experience has Michael Laudrup’s team coming in as the bookies choice as the most likely victors in this eagerly anticipated match,

Swansea are best odds 13/10 with Bet Victor to win. A draw is best placed with Betfred at 12/5 whilst a Cardiff home win can be found at 12/5, again with Bet Victor.

Swansea have had an action packed beginning to their campaign and with league, cup and European exploits already having impacts the amount of game time players are receiving many people could be of the belief that the high intensity of a derby match could suit the fresher, home side of Cardiff City. Though after a great start to the season that included beating money-bags Manchester City, Cardiff are struggling to pick up victories, this game could be coming at the perfect time for both sides as neither has managed to string together a few wins recently and the old cliché of form going out the window for derby games could truly mean the game could go either way, something that needs to be looked at when picking the best bets for the match.

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There is no question Swansea have the better Premier League quality strength in depth in their side with the likes of Michu, Nathan Dyer and Jonathan De Guzman proving to be big threats on a regular basis meaning Swansea fans will head into this fixture confident they can be the victors in this first ever Premier League Welsh derby. Cardiff will be hungry to prove they can be Wales’ biggest side and the money they spent over the summer shows a real desire to do just that as new boys Peter Odemwengie and Andres Cornilius will be looking to provide the goals to fire The Malaysian owned team to victory.

Favourite to score first in this fixture will come as no surprise as the recent Spain international Michu is the bookies choice and can be found at a best price of 6/1 with Paddy Power. This being a Welsh derby who’s to say the passionate Welsh forward Craig Bellamy won’t place his name in Cardiff City folklore with a winning goal backing this as a score/win double is best priced at 8/1 with William Hill and that makes up our final betting tip for Cardiff v Swansea.

Cardiff vs Swansea Betting Tips

Craig Bellamy to score/Cardiff to win (Score/Win double) – 8/1 with William Hill

Both teams to score – 5/6 with Sky Bet

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