Cardiff City 2-0 Portsmouth: Bluebirds out of relegation zone as they go four games unbeaten

Cardiff City are out of the relegation places for the first time since the opening game of the season thanks to a 2-0 win over Portsmouth.

The Bluebirds are resurgent under Omer Riza and have now taken 10 points from their last four games, a run of form which has seen them usurp Tuesday night's opponents.

An early Regan Poole own goal preceded a Callum Robinson strike after just 12 minutes, which saw City race into a commanding early lead. Despite numerous chances to add to that tally, the Bluebirds could not add to their two early strikes.

City fans won't care, mind you, because they have witness three wins in their last four matches and their third home clean sheet in a row. The signs are positive, despite Cardiff currently being technically managerless still, and being out of that relegation zone will certainly provide a huge psychological boost.

Riza had the luxury of naming an unchanged starting XI from the emphatic win over Plymouth Argyle at the weekend. Considering it was two games in the space of four days, it was a bold call. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.

But it paid dividends, but the confidence was bursting through the veins of the City players, who shot out of the traps once again. Having failed to score in five of their first six games, it suddenly looks so easy for them. The wonders a change of confidence can bring.

There was barely six minutes on the clock before Portsmouth's net bulged and it came due via a Pompey player. Perry Ng blasted a low cross across Pompey's goal and it left Cardiff-born Poole in a dangerous spot at the back post. Wary a Cardiff player was bearing down on goal behind him, he slid, facing his own goal, and slotted one into his own bottom corner in front of the