Cardiff City have lost four of their past five league games against Burnley (D1), as many defeats as across their prior 23 meetings with the Clarets combined (W8 D11). Burnley are

The Bluebirds travel to the Stadium of Light to take on Sunderland in Sky Bet Championship action on Saturday afternoon.

Burnley sit just outside the automatic promotion places, behind Leeds United and Sheffield United, and Scott Parker's side will be looking to apply pressure on the two above them with a result tonight. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here. The game, which will be shown live on Sky Sports+, kicks off at 7.45pm.

Reaction as Burnley win 2-1 at Cardiff, Hull claim a 2-0 victory against Plymouth, Bristol City take three points from their trip to Millwall while Preston play Swansea finishes goalless.

Follow live coverage as Cardiff City face Burnley in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Three changes are made from our last league fixture, a home win over Hull City, as Dimitrios Goutas, Joel Bagan and Alex Robertson come into the starting XI.

Burnley switch their attention back to league matters tonight when they make the long trip down to South Wales to face Cardiff City.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Cardiff City and Burnley at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday night; Scott Parkers Clarets close on leaders in promotion race but finally concede after 12 league clean sheets.

Highlights from the match between Cardiff City vs. Burnley