After earning just one point from matches against Stoke City and Norwich City prior to the international break, there was a considerable amount of
pressure riding on Saturday afternoon’s trip to Deepdale, where top-six hopefuls Preston awaited their challengers from Cardiff.
Erol Bulut’s men found themselves chasing the game heading into the closing stages due to Milutin Osmajic’s second-half strike, but
added-time goals from West Brom loanee Karlan Grant and summer arrival Ike Ugbo handed the Bluebirds an unlikely maximum on the road.
Many pundits and second-tier supporters questioned the appointment of former Gaziantep boss Bulut ahead of the 2023-24 campaign, but the 48-year-old is currently
steering Cardiff towards their lofty ambitions, with Tuesday’s hosts seventh in the Championship standings, just a point outside of the playoffs.
The South Wales outfit welcomed nine fresh faces to the Cardiff City Stadium during a hectic summer window, adding to the former West Brom feel significantly, with the
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aforementioned Grant joining Callum Robinson and midfielder Romaine Sawyers in a dressing room determined to challenge at the top end of the division.
Cardiff have lost just one of their last four meetings with the Baggies at home, but that one defeat possibly had a profound effect on the Bluebirds’ future transfer business, with
Grant scoring a scrumptious long-range curler past goalkeeper Dillon Phillips as Valerien Ismael’s Albion won 4-0 in Wales in September 2021.
