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nfl picks against the spread �Cardiff v Leeds
Sunday June 21, 12:00
Sky SportsCardiff challenging for the prime-six
Cardiff began 2019/20 with aspirations of an instant return to the Premier League. Neil Warnock declared, "this is almost certainly the ideal Championship team I've ever managed" after a flurry of eye-catching arrivals in June and the Welsh club were keen to flex their muscle tissues getting place on a competitive top-flight effort that in the end ended in relegation.
With the club consumed by the Emiliano Sala tragedy, plus the physical and emotional strain that Warnock shouldered, on-field final results suffered and the two parties agreed to mutually component techniques in November. With the Bluebirds squad requiring evolution rather than revolution, Neil Harris was appointed with the side sitting seven points outdoors the top-six.
Cardiff have returned W8-D9-L4 under Harris' tutorship and the former Millwall boss believes his side have become promotion challengers capable of competing with the very best in the Championship. The hosts now sit only two points adrift of the play-off locations and have essential duo Lee Tomlin and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing match and obtainable again for selection.
Leeds in pole position
No group has dominated the Championship quite like Leeds under Marcelo Bielsa. The Whites completed prime of the tree across all the main overall performance information metrics in the course of the Argentine's debut campaign in English football, only for a spectacular and gut-wrenching collapse in the final fortnight denying the Elland Road outfit with the finishing line in sight.
The present campaign has followed a familiar pattern Leeds have picked up where they left off, leading the league, monopolising possession, carving out gluts of goalscoring possibilities and limiting the damage defensively. At occasions Bielsa's boys nonetheless lack a killer instinct in the final-third, despite the fact that the intensity and stranglehold on games remain unquestionable.
Leeds are not anticipated to make significant adjustments ahead of the restart. Crucial midfielder Kalvin Phillips is fit adequate to return and ought to take up the holding part in Bielsa's 4-1-four-1 technique with Gaetano Berardi anticipated to drop down to the bench. Doubts surround the fitness of January signing Jean-Kevin Augustin, while goalkeeper Kiko Casilla remains suspended.
Whites odds-on favourites in Wales
Cardiff have enjoyed three wins from 4 unbeaten league fixtures against Leeds (W3-D1-L0) since September 2016. The stalemate arrived earlier in the season when the Bluebirds managed to burgle a share of the spoils at Elland Road in a thrilling 3-three draw regardless of trailing by three objectives with only half-an-hour left to play.
Cardiff [five.20] have picked up six draws in their final eight league games on residence soil (W1-D6-D1) with the hosts also boasting a league-high 15 draws across the complete campaign. The Bluebirds have been beaten only twice in the Welsh capital this term (W8-D8-L2) and suffered 4 defeats in 21 league fixtures below Neil Harris' watch (W8-D9-L4).
Leeds [1.76] have been the Championship kind team (W5-D1-L0) heading into the enforced break, recording 5 successive shutouts. The Whites have averaged 1.79 points on their travels, despite the fact that that figure drops drastically to .75 points per-game when visiting clubs in 13th and above (W1-D3-L4), with that sole good results arriving way back on the opening day.
Cardiff can be competitive
Cardiff and Leeds have enjoyed a couple of thrilling affairs in current seasons. The previous three head-to-heads have broken the Over 3.5 Ambitions barrier with both sides getting on the scoresheet in each and every encounter. Over two.5 Goals is rated as a 1.80 shot on Sunday even though it could be worth opposing a goal-filled contest based on the duos 2019/20 performances.
Cardiff have delivered 6/10 Under 2.five Ambitions winners right here beneath Neil Harris, with Leeds following suit in 12/19 (63%) road trips. Just 3 of those 19 away days featured 4 or much more targets and considering the early commence time, plus the extended lay-off because earlier competitive football, the 1.91 obtainable on Below 2.five Objectives holds much more appeal.
Even so, I am going to play it slightly safer by dipping into Betfair Sportsbook's Exact same Game Multi and snapping up the 1.75 on Cardiff +2 handicap and Below three.five Targets. Combining the two selections primarily makes it possible for us to back the following right scores -, 1-1, 1-, 2-, two-1, three-, as effectively as -1 and 1-2 triumphs in Leeds' favour. It really is a wager that is won in 24/38 (63%) of the two teams' respective house/away contests this season.
Sunday June 21, 12:00
Sky SportsCardiff challenging for the prime-six
Cardiff began 2019/20 with aspirations of an instant return to the Premier League. Neil Warnock declared, "this is almost certainly the ideal Championship team I've ever managed" after a flurry of eye-catching arrivals in June and the Welsh club were keen to flex their muscle tissues getting place on a competitive top-flight effort that in the end ended in relegation.
With the club consumed by the Emiliano Sala tragedy, plus the physical and emotional strain that Warnock shouldered, on-field final results suffered and the two parties agreed to mutually component techniques in November. With the Bluebirds squad requiring evolution rather than revolution, Neil Harris was appointed with the side sitting seven points outdoors the top-six.
Cardiff have returned W8-D9-L4 under Harris' tutorship and the former Millwall boss believes his side have become promotion challengers capable of competing with the very best in the Championship. The hosts now sit only two points adrift of the play-off locations and have essential duo Lee Tomlin and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing match and obtainable again for selection.
Leeds in pole position
No group has dominated the Championship quite like Leeds under Marcelo Bielsa. The Whites completed prime of the tree across all the main overall performance information metrics in the course of the Argentine's debut campaign in English football, only for a spectacular and gut-wrenching collapse in the final fortnight denying the Elland Road outfit with the finishing line in sight.
The present campaign has followed a familiar pattern Leeds have picked up where they left off, leading the league, monopolising possession, carving out gluts of goalscoring possibilities and limiting the damage defensively. At occasions Bielsa's boys nonetheless lack a killer instinct in the final-third, despite the fact that the intensity and stranglehold on games remain unquestionable.
Leeds are not anticipated to make significant adjustments ahead of the restart. Crucial midfielder Kalvin Phillips is fit adequate to return and ought to take up the holding part in Bielsa's 4-1-four-1 technique with Gaetano Berardi anticipated to drop down to the bench. Doubts surround the fitness of January signing Jean-Kevin Augustin, while goalkeeper Kiko Casilla remains suspended.
Whites odds-on favourites in Wales
Cardiff have enjoyed three wins from 4 unbeaten league fixtures against Leeds (W3-D1-L0) since September 2016. The stalemate arrived earlier in the season when the Bluebirds managed to burgle a share of the spoils at Elland Road in a thrilling 3-three draw regardless of trailing by three objectives with only half-an-hour left to play.
Cardiff [five.20] have picked up six draws in their final eight league games on residence soil (W1-D6-D1) with the hosts also boasting a league-high 15 draws across the complete campaign. The Bluebirds have been beaten only twice in the Welsh capital this term (W8-D8-L2) and suffered 4 defeats in 21 league fixtures below Neil Harris' watch (W8-D9-L4).
Leeds [1.76] have been the Championship kind team (W5-D1-L0) heading into the enforced break, recording 5 successive shutouts. The Whites have averaged 1.79 points on their travels, despite the fact that that figure drops drastically to .75 points per-game when visiting clubs in 13th and above (W1-D3-L4), with that sole good results arriving way back on the opening day.
Cardiff can be competitive
Cardiff and Leeds have enjoyed a couple of thrilling affairs in current seasons. The previous three head-to-heads have broken the Over 3.5 Ambitions barrier with both sides getting on the scoresheet in each and every encounter. Over two.5 Goals is rated as a 1.80 shot on Sunday even though it could be worth opposing a goal-filled contest based on the duos 2019/20 performances.
Cardiff have delivered 6/10 Under 2.five Ambitions winners right here beneath Neil Harris, with Leeds following suit in 12/19 (63%) road trips. Just 3 of those 19 away days featured 4 or much more targets and considering the early commence time, plus the extended lay-off because earlier competitive football, the 1.91 obtainable on Below 2.five Objectives holds much more appeal.
Even so, I am going to play it slightly safer by dipping into Betfair Sportsbook's Exact same Game Multi and snapping up the 1.75 on Cardiff +2 handicap and Below three.five Targets. Combining the two selections primarily makes it possible for us to back the following right scores -, 1-1, 1-, 2-, two-1, three-, as effectively as -1 and 1-2 triumphs in Leeds' favour. It really is a wager that is won in 24/38 (63%) of the two teams' respective house/away contests this season.
