Cardiff City 0-1 Sheffield United: Bluebirds head into World Cup break on back of successive defeats after Baldock strike

12.11.2022 - 20:23 walesonline.co.uk

Cardiff City head into the international break on the back of consecutive losses after George Baldock's goal consigned the Bluebirds to a 1-0 defeat at home to Sheffield United.

For all of Cardiff's huffing and puffing in the first half, they just couldn't put the ball in the back of the net, a problem which has been evident all season.

The Blades, meanwhile, made the most of a Niels Nkounkou error, with Baldock rifling the ball into Cardiff's goal just after the hour mark.

It is almost a month now until Cardiff play again, but they go into this mini break just one point off the relegation zone and as the Championship's lowest scorers.

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