Cardiff welcome Fulham and goal machine Aleksandar Mitrovic to CCS today.
Marco Silva: "[Cardiff] are in a good mood, they are playing at home, and they’re the type of team who are physical, play a direct game, long balls, really strong in set-pieces, and in this moment they are really strong in the offensive transition, counter attacks.
“Moments that we can switch off, they can punish you, definitely, because they have quick players in the attack line. They have two strikers who are always waiting for a mistake, to punish you. Their wing-backs can also support their attack well.
“Definitely it will be a tough match for us, another one. There’s a short space between the two games. They played last night as well so it will be the same for both teams.
“It will be a really tough game but we go there with high confidence to play our game, to match them, be ready for both sides of the game, when the ball is on the grass and the ball is in the air, and we have to be as aggressive as we can as they know they will be for sure.
“It’s up to us to control the situation, and express ourselves when we have the ball.”
Match facts
- Cardiff have won just one of their last 11 league matches against Fulham (D5 L5), a 4-2 home win in the Premier League in October 2018.
- Fulham are looking to complete their first league double over Cardiff since the 1995-96 season, when the sides were in the fourth tier.
- Cardiff have picked up 10 points in their last four home Championship games (W3 D1), more than in their previous 13 home games combined (W2 D2 L9).
- Fulham are looking to win four consecutive away league games for the first time since April 2018, a run of five.
- Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been involved in five goals in his six league starts against Cardiff City (3 goals, 2 assists), scoring in each of his last three against them.
Match Officials:
Referee: LEIGH DOUGHTY
Assistants: Robert Merchant and Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth Official : James Oldham