Cardiff City
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A very, very good start to the campaign for the
'Red Dragons' with a new playing style after newly injected funds and a controversial colour swap for for the home and away strips. Their form has taken a knock lately and they've dropped from top spot to land in 3rd place, level on points with The Tigers. There is certainly danger amongst the Cardiff ranks, in the form of Whittingham, Maynard, Mason, Helguson, Bellamy, Noone etc etc and City will need to be in tip top condition to keep them at bay. The new style Cardiff has seen them become regular scorers and the defence is
usually rather solid. Their most recent result being a thrilling 5-4 loss at the hands of Charlton in which they began a late comeback at 5-2 down showing the character within the squad. There is danger at most areas of their squad and if City are to get a result, there is no room for error or individual mistakes.
Hull City
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Another great result on Tuesday night as the Tigers brushed Wolves aside with a 2-1 victory at the Circle. Steve Bruce's side looks to be full of enthusiasm, belief, chemistry and togetherness which is starting to make The Tigers look likely candidates for the Play Offs should form continue. The partnership of Simpson and Aluko is looking as dangerous as ever and with the new addition of Robbie Brady, the midfield looks capable of picking apart any defence. A few niggling injuries to the likes of Rosenior, Bruce and Elmohamady look to cause a problem within City's ranks, but the loan market is in fact still open. With 5 wins out of 6 games, City look to be making a full assault on the top 2 positions as they look to solidify a Play-Off spot at least. There is much room for optimism being a Hull supporter, and quite rightly so!
Super Tiger's Prediction
Level on points, both scoring lots of goals, both beginning to have reasonably reliable defences (Charlton game excluded) and a usual happy hunting ground for the Tigers, it's probably the hardest to call so far. Both teams on their day can completely dispose of their opposition but Caridff's defence took a paggering on Tuesday and should be low on morale whereas Aluko/Simpson should be buzzing from two top class finishes. I'm reluctantly predicting a
1-
2 win for Hull!
Top Scorers
Cardiff City
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Peter Whittingham - 7 goals
Heidar Helguson - 6 goals
Craig Noone - 4 goals
Aron Gunnarsson - 4 goals
Matthew Connolly - 3 goals
Hull City
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Sone Aluko - 6 goals
Jay Simpson - 6 goals
Aaron McLean - 3 goals
Abdoulaye Faye - 3 goals
Nick Proschwitz - 2 goals