The pressure is really mounting on the Sky Bet Championship promotion chasers so who will keep their heads when Cardiff face Aston Villa?
Aston Villa v Cardiff (1945 BST Sky Sports Football)
Cardiff City travel to Villa Park on Tuesday night in a massive Sky Bet Championship clash between two sides who will definitely be feeling the promotion pressure.
Both sides are coming off damaging defeats as they both scramble around looking for a route into the Premier League. Cardiff are seeking an automatic promotion into the big time, but a remarkable defeat against Wolves last week has now placed that in doubt.
Missing two penalties in stoppage time has most likely handed Wolves the Championship title, but more importantly it gave third-placed Fulham the chance to close the gap down to just two points in the race for the second automatic spot.
Cardiff do have a game in hand, but Neil Warnock will want to get that buffer back between themselves and the chasing pack, and hit back immediately after such a devastating defeat.
Villa have won just one game in the last six and a loss would put them in serious danger of slipping out of the play-off spots with Derby, Middlesbrough and the flying Millwall all able to catch Steve Bruce's side and dump them out of the top six if results don't improve.
Cardiff's challenge has been built on their home form but they're unbeaten in their last seven on the road and have been especially effective against the bigger sides, earning away wins at Wolves and Middlesbrough and a draw at Fulham.
With the Bluebirds having the tightest defence in the league, having had a day's extra rest, plus what Warnock will feel as the injustice of their last defeat - they're taken to bounce back and nick it against a struggling Villa who've taken four points from five games.
Score prediction: Aston Villa 0-1 Cardiff (Sky Bet odds 15/2)
Best bet: Cardiff to win at 23/10
Alternative: Cardiff to win & under 2.5 goals at 5/1
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