***Rotherham United vs Cardiff City Match Preview***

Published: 11:06, 25 Apr 2023 Updated: 17:40, 25 Apr 2023
Locked on 46 points towards the bottom end of the Championship table, Rotherham United and Cardiff City will aim to enhance their respective bids for survival when they lock horns in a crucial relegation six-pointer at the New York Stadium on Thursday evening.

Rotherham and Cardiff find themselves just three points clear of the drop zone after 43 games, although both sides have a game in hand over the bottom three teams.

The Millers suffered an agonising 2-1 defeat at Bristol City on Saturday, with Andreas Weimann cancelling out Jordan Hugill’s equaliser in the 91st minute to extend Rotherham’s winless run to four matches.

To make matters worse, Matt Taylor’s men have managed to win just one of their last eight games, recording three draws and four losses in the process, with only three victories coming in their previous 16 Championship encounters.

On the flip side, Cardiff looked destined for relegation when they parted ways with Mark Hudson following an eight-game winless run in January. However, new manager Sabri Lamouchi has overseen a marked upturn in recent months.

After leading the Bluebirds to clean-sheet victories over Birmingham City, Reading and Bristol City, the former Nottingham Forest boss inspired 3-1 wins at Blackpool and Watford to give Cardiff a fighting chance of beating the drop.

Although Cardiff have taken 17 points from a possible 45 under Lamouchi – suffering eight defeats along the way – the Welsh club will be confident of avoiding relegation after holding Stoke City to a 1-1 draw last time out.

That said, the Bluebirds are still the second-lowest scorers in the Championship, having netted 38 goals in 43 games this season, while only four sides have picked up fewer points on the road than Cardiff in 2022-23.

It is worth pointing out that Rotherham have only managed to win one of their last 13 Championship meetings with Cardiff – and that victory came



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***罗瑟勒姆联队对卡迪夫城比赛预览***

发布日期:2023年4月25日11:06更新日期:2023年4月25日17:40
罗瑟勒姆联队和卡迪夫城目前积46分，在英冠积分榜上垫底。周四晚上，他们将在纽约体育场上演一场关键的保级六分大战，以提高各自的生存能力。

罗瑟勒姆和卡迪夫在43场比赛后发现自己只比降级区多出3分，尽管两队都比排名最后的三支球队少一场比赛。

周六，米勒在布里斯托尔城遭遇了一场痛苦的2-1失利，安德烈亚斯·魏曼在第91分钟取消了乔丹·休吉尔的扳平比分，将罗瑟勒姆的无胜之旅延长到了四场。

更糟糕的是，马特·泰勒的球队在过去的8场比赛中只赢了一场，取得了3平4负的战绩，在之前的16场锦标赛中只有3场胜利。

另一方面，卡迪夫看起来注定要降级了，因为他们在1月份的8场比赛中没有赢过马克·哈德森。然而，新教练萨布里·拉穆奇最近几个月的表现明显好转。

在带领蓝鸟队零封伯明翰、雷丁和布里斯托尔城之后，这位前诺丁汉森林主帅带领球队在布莱克浦和沃特福德的比赛中以3-1的比分获胜，为卡迪夫队提供了一个摆脱困境的机会。

尽管卡迪夫在拉穆奇的带领下从可能的45分中拿走了17分，但在经历了8场失利之后，威尔士俱乐部将有信心在上一次1-1战平斯托克城后保级。

尽管如此，蓝鸟仍然是英冠射手榜第二低的球队，本赛季他们在43场比赛中只进了38球，而在2022-23赛季，只有四支球队在客场获得的积分比卡迪夫少。

值得指出的是，罗瑟勒姆在最近13次与卡迪夫的联赛中只赢了一场，而且胜利已经到来