Cardiff City's chances of staying in the Premier League will depend on how they perform at home against teams they are battling against in the botttom half of the table.
Of the six remaining home games four are against sides within a few points of the Bluebirds. Those four games have to be targeted as massive oportunities to take three points from each.
Cardiff face Hull City today and are also looking forward to Fulham, Crystal Palace and Stoke coming to South Wales in the coming weeks.
Today's match pitches two teams against each other with the most controversial owners in the Premier League. Neither have any respect for the history and traditions of their clubs. Vincent Tan has already rebranded Cardiff City while Assem Allam wants to change the name of Hull City FC to Hull Tigers.
Early team news
Hull could welcome back defenders James Chester and Liam Rosenior for Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Cardiff.
Chester has been out for a month with a hamstring injury and full-back Rosenior (thigh) has missed the last two matches, but both are back in contention.
Sone Aluko could also play a part having managed 90 minutes in Monday's FA Cup draw at Brighton, but Robbie Brady (groin) and Paul McShane (ankle) are long-term absentees.
Gary Medel has joined Cardiff's absentee list.
The Chilean midfielder came off at half-time in the FA Cup defeat by Wigan with a thigh injury and is not fit for the weekend.
Craig Bellamy will serve the final game of a three-match suspension and Mark Hudson (hamstring) is out for the season, but Kenwyne Jones and Fabio return after being cup-tied last time out.
The managers
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
“Keeping Cardiff up would be my best achievement in football, better than the Champions League or Premier League.
“When you are a player it is easy, you just listen to your manager and do your best and concentrate on yourself. You think you know everything but you don’t because as soon as you become a manager you realise how much more there is to football.
"Our players feel a lot more comfortable at the Cardiff City Stadium, they know the majority of our points will come here.
"That gives us confidence of playing at home but also a kick up the backside that this is a game we need to win in front of Cardiff fans.
"Hull made a few good signings and with Premier League experience that helps.
"But there is not too much between us. If we win we will only have two points to make up on them,
"For Championship teams coming up for the first time it is difficult. Hull have been up and gone back.
"They have experience and I am not surprised they have been doing well."
Steve Bruce
"Cardiff were a really good side who walked away with it last season. They beat us by eight points in the end and that says how good they were," said Bruce.
"Cardiff, Crystal Palace and ourselves were everyone's whipping boys coming up. People would have expected one or two of us to be adrift by now but we're all in with a chance.
"Cardiff have done okay. Maybe as clubs we've gone down different routes. They maybe went for two or three foreign players to start with, who can sometimes find it difficult, and we went down the road of Jake Livermore, Curtis Davies and Tom Huddlestone, players who are proven at playing in the Premier League. We've been a steady ship."
Match Appointments
Referee: Howard Webb. Assistants: M Mullarkey, D Cann. Fourth Official: S Attwell.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- This is the first top-flight meeting between Cardiff and Hull in Wales. The Premier League newcomers drew 1-1 in the reverse fixture in September, with Peter Whittingham's volley cancelling out Curtis Davies' goal for Hull.
- Hull have only beaten Cardiff twice in the last nine attempts, with both wins coming in the 2011-12 season.
Cardiff City
- Cardiff have only accrued five points from their last 10 games (W1, D2, L7).
- Four of those points have come from their last two matches at the Cardiff City Stadium. The Bluebirds have yet to enjoy a three-match unbeaten home run this season.
- They have the second worst goalscoring and defensive records in the division.
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have failed to score in 14 of their 26 Premier League matches, twice more than any other side.
- They have only opened the scoring in five matches, which is also the worst record in the top flight.
Hull City
- Hull have only managed one win and four points from their last seven games.
- Their only away win in the last 10 attempts was 2-0 at Sunderland on 8 February.
- Steve Bruce's side have failed to score in 12 league matches this season, including five of the last seven; only Cardiff (14) have fared worse in 2013-14.
- Twelve of their 25 league goals this season have been scored inside the opening half an hour of games.
- The Tigers have the worst second-half record in the division, outscoring their opponents just four times and being outscored on 14 occasions.
Teams
Cardiff (from): Marshall, Taylor, Caulker, Turner, Whittingham, Jones, Campbell, Kim, Smith, Eikrem, Noone, Gunnarsson, Mutch, Cowie, McNaughton, Theophile-Catherine, Daehli, Lewis, Berget, Fabio, Zaha, Cala.
Hull (from): McGregor, Harper, Davies, Bruce, Figueroa, Rosenior, Chester, Huddlestone, Elmohamady, Meyler, Quinn, Livermore, Boyd, Fryatt, Koren, Sagbo, Aluko, Long, Jelavic.