When Mick McCarthy arrived last season there were a few noises of discontent before a good run of form shut them all up. Well, this league season is four games old and you won't find many complaints about him now with two wins and two draws leaving his side unbeaten. By stark contrast, Bristol City are looking fragile with just one win (against a lacklustre Reading side) their only win in their last six games. Cardiff have won three of the last five meetings too.
Mick McCarthy's teams generally get labelled as pragmatic and boring but the other thing that often gets attributed to them is their ability to get results. With Cardiff having started the season unbeaten courtesy of several aerial goals and well worked set pieces, you'd have to suggest those labels aren't too far off the money. You won't find any Cardiff fans complaining though and with a centre back pairing of Flint and Sean Morrison there won't be many strikers getting an easy game.

Bristol City meanwhile were poor last year and it looks like being a similar story again in 2021/22. They've only taken four points from the 12 available and if that's going to change against Cardiff they'll need to find a way of getting the better of the aforementioned defenders; it could see Nahki Wells come in for his first start of the season to play off Chris Martin.



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当米克·麦卡锡上个赛季到来的时候，在良好的状态让他们闭嘴之前，有一些不满的声音。好吧，这个联盟赛季已经有四场比赛了，现在你不会发现很多对他的抱怨，他赢得了两场比赛，两场平局，他的球队保持不败。与之形成鲜明对比的是，布里斯托尔城在最近六场比赛中只赢了一场(对阵死气沉沉的雷丁)，看起来很脆弱。卡迪夫在过去的五场比赛中也赢了三场。
米克·麦卡锡的团队通常被贴上务实和无聊的标签，但人们常常把另一件事归因于他们取得成果的能力。由于卡迪夫在赛季开始时就以几个空中进球和出色的定位球保持不败，你不得不说，这些标签离钱也不远了。不过你不会发现卡迪夫球迷有任何抱怨，而且有了弗林特和肖恩·莫里森这对中后卫，不会有很多前锋能轻松赢得比赛。

与此同时，布里斯托尔市去年表现不佳，2021/22年的情况看起来也差不多。他们在12个名额中只拿了4分，如果在对阵卡迪夫的比赛中这种情况要改变的话，他们需要找到一种方法来更好地对付前面提到的防守队员。这可能会看到纳基·威尔斯在本赛季的第一次首发中击败克里斯·马丁。