Manager Omer Riza says defender Dimitrios Goutas' future at Cardiff City is in the player's hands at the end of the season.

Cardiff City, fresh from a loss to third placed Burnley, will make the trip up to the Stadium of Light on Saturday (15:00 GMT) to take on fourth placed Sunderland. The Bluebirds are five points clear of the relegation zone but only hover one place above Luton Town in 22nd.

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Cardiff City succumbed to a 2-1 defeat at home to Burnley despite a spirited second-half display and goalscorer Yousef Salech hitting the woodwork twice. A slow start from the hosts was their undoing, with Josh Brownhill and Maxime Esteve benefitting from some pretty lax defending from the hosts.

Buses will pick up from the permanent bus stops on Sunderland Enterprise Park while pick-up points from the stadium are to the north on Kier Hardie Way. Buses run every five minutes before the game from 90 minutes prior to kick-off and regularly after the game until all fans have been transported back to their cars.

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.

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

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.

Scott Parker spoke of his “immense pride” after Burnley’s long-standing clean sheet record was finally broken.

For Sunderland, then, Salech’s looming trip to Wearside poses an obvious problem, even in spite of the 17 league places that separate the Black Cats and Cardiff heading into the contest. For his new, and presumably grateful, manager, however, the 23-year-old’s stunning acclimatisation to life in the EFL must feel like a vindication.

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