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Stoke City are hoping to make it three successive Championship wins when they visit Cardiff City on Tuesday evening (19:45 BST).

The Bluebirds are seeking a first home win since returning to the second tier this season.

• Cardiff lost their last Championship game against Stoke City 1-0 in April 2025, but have not lost successive league games to the Potters since February 2008.

• Stoke are looking to win back-to-back away league games against Cardiff City for only the second time, after doing so in October 1999.

• Cardiff have drawn both of their home league games this season; only in 1977-78, 1990-91, 1999-00, and 2000-01 have they started a league campaign with draws in their first three home matches.

• Stoke have lost each of their past nine away league outings, their longest run in the Football League since losing 10 in a row in September 1952.

• Stoke are winless in nine away league games against newly-promoted opponents (D3 L6) since a 5-1 win at Sunderland in March 2023.

Cardiff seek their first win of the season as they make the trip to Fratton Park on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Portsmouth have claimed one victory so far, but their three other matches all ended in a loss including their past two.

• After their 2-1 win in their last meeting in February 2025, Portsmouth could win back-to-back league games against Cardiff City for the first time since December 1972 (3 in a row).

• Cardiff have only won one of their last 10 league visits to Portsmouth (D5 L4), a 2-0 victory in August 2010 under Dave Jones.

• Portsmouth have lost three of their first four games of a league season (W1) for the first time since 2010-11.

• Cardiff are one of three teams still without a win in the Championship this season (along with Burnley and Preston), while overall their winless in their last 12 second tier games (D8 L4).

• No player has had more shots in the Championship this season than Adrian Segecic (17), though he has just one goal to show for his efforts so far.

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Brian Barry-Murphy says Cardiff City must be "aggressive" against Portsmouth as they take their search for a first Championship win of the season to Fratton Park.

Cardiff are licking wounds after suffering a maiden league defeat of the campaign at Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday.

The 2-1 loss came after the Bluebirds kicked off the 2026-27 campaign with three successive draws.

Cardiff are 19th as they prepare to re-establish themselves in the second tier, with their cause not helped by a lack of transfer activity before the window closed earlier this week.

Barry-Murphy, who insists he was backed in the transfer market, says his players must take the Loftus Road setback "on the chin" and focus on Portsmouth.

"We go there Saturday and give our all to try to be aggressive and win the game," the Cardiff head coach said.

"We need to improve, we need to be better. We are not naïve. We know parts of our game [at QPR] were not at the level we need to win games.

"QPR are a very good team and so are Portsmouth, so we need to be at our best."

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Cardiff maintained their record of scoring in every game this season thanks to Perry Ng's thumping drive at Loftus Road, but the right-back's strike counted for nothing thanks to two Rumarn Burrell goals.

While there was no lack of endeavour, Cardiff could not muster an equaliser on a night when QPR had the better chances.

"The opponents were pretty good but we just didn't find the right level and as such we suffered," Barry-Murphy added.

"We always try our best to give the supporters a team they can be proud of. The players kept going, but we couldn't get it back."

One of the new faces in Cardiff's squad, Krystian Bielik, impressed on debut against Sheffield United last weekend but was only fit enough to feature as a substitute against Rangers.

Barry-Murphy says the Poland international had been suffering with "severe cramp" but Cardiff are hopeful he will be available to start against a Portsmouth who have lost three of their four league games so far this season.

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Cardiff City had the quietest transfer window of any team in the Championship, signing four players following their promotion from League One.

Nathan Trott and Calum Scanlon are back at the Cardiff City Stadium after helping Brian Barry-Murphy's side back into the Championship.

Jack Moylan and Krystian Bielik have also been added on permanent deals, but Barry-Murphy had been hopeful of more signings.

The 48-year-old has insisted that he was backed by the club this summer, but did not want to sign players for the sake of it.

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Brian Barry-Murphy reflects on Cardiff City's 2-1 defeat at QPR - their first of the Championship season - and the recent transfer window.

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Brian Barry-Murphy believes Cardiff City have already shown they can compete in the Championship following their promotion from League One.

The Bluebirds are still without a league win since returning to the second tier following Saturday's 2-2 draw with Sheffield United.

But the Welsh club also remain unbeaten, with three points taken from three games after draws with Wrexham and Derby County.

Head coach Barry-Murphy says it is "fair" to say his team have proved they are good enough to deliver results in the Championship.

"I think we know the level of challenge and we've relished it," he added.

"We've gone behind against Wrexham, the start of the Derby game wasn't so comfortable either, so we've had tests and we just have to keep bouncing back and keep pushing forward.

"We stayed very much as one [against Sheffield United] and in the second half. I thought we would score but it just wasn't to be."

Cardiff take their search for a first league victory of 2026-27 to Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday before a trip to Portsmouth next Saturday.

They then face home games against Stoke and Charlton - either side of a trip to Bolton – before the season's first international break.

"We're desperate to win obviously," Barry-Murphy added.

"We thought we could win [on Saturday] but it wasn't to be. We keep trying to play in the same way, keep attacking all the games, pushing forward and trust that if we do play as well again, we win."

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Chris Wilder believes Cardiff City can thrive in the Championship this season, despite the Bluebirds have not following Wrexham and Birmingham's lead by spending big after promotion from League One.

Sheffield United boss Wilder was happy to leave the Cardiff City Stadium with a point on Saturday despite the fact they led for much of the first half.

Cardiff included only two players – Jack Moylan and debutant Krystian Bielik – who were not part of Brian Barry-Murphy's promotion-winning squad last season.

Yet Wilder, a four-time promotion winner in his managerial career, said he was "really impressed" by a Cardiff side he described as being "really difficult to deal with".

"I know they've not gone and signed player after player after player like maybe the teams that got promoted last year did in terms of Wrexham and Birmingham," Wilder said.

"[It is] a different situation, different scenario, but they are well coached by Brian. You've got to give credit to Brian and his coaches and his team.

"I've been here [at Cardiff] when it's been a negative environment, but it was a real positive environment. The Cardiff fans got right behind the team and gave them the lift and the energy to go and try to get a big free three points.

"They're going to be a difficult team to play against if they if they continue in the way they've started the season."

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Cardiff, like Wilder's United, remain winless after this weekend's entertaining 2-2 draw, though both sides are yet to lose in the second tier this season.

Barry-Murphy, who believes more transfer business will be done before Tuesday's deadline, takes Cardiff to in-form Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday, followed by a trip to Portsmouth next weekend.

Wilder believes the key for Barry-Murphy's squad will be dealing with "the rigours of Championship football" in the months ahead.

"They fully deserved the first two results of the season and deserved to get a result and maybe a win [against us], so they can be pleased with their start," he added.

"You always feel that with the promoted sides, there's enthusiasm about it and a bounce about it when you go up, but it's a long season.

"There's another 40-odd games to go and it's not always going to be sun shining, it's not always going to be free-flowing and the pitches aren't going to be good and the injuries might add up.

"You go through bad periods where you might lose a game or you might lose two games, you might lose three games, so everybody has to deal with that."