Cardiff City beat Fulham 4-2 to record their first Premier League win of the season on Saturday.
Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton has taken to Twitter to post ‘Cardiff are staying up’ following their 4-2 victory over fellow Premier League newcomers Fulham at the Cardiff City stadium.
The once one-capped England international’s comments are of particular interest to Cardiff supporters, after Sutton previously predicted Neil Warnock’s side to get relegated with a maybe potential record low points tally.
After the Bluebirds’ defeat at Bournemouth on the opening game of the season, Sutton spoke on BBC Radio Five Live – where he is occasionally a co-commentator – to write off the Welsh side’s survival chances.
“I think he’s [Neil Warnock] had 8 promotions in his illustrious career but Cardiff, you’re just not good enough. You’ll be outclassed this season………. You were lucky to get away with a two-goal defeat at Bournemouth. I think Cardiff will go down – maybe with a record low points tally,” Sutton claimed, quoted by Wales Online.
But after Cardiff recorded their first Premier League win over the season against Fulham, moving up to 17th in the Premier League table as a result, Sutton backtracked on his previous statement by claiming that the Bluebirds will now stay up.
Derby County currently hold the record low points tally of just 11, following their disastrous 2007/08 Premier League campaign. For Cardiff to fail to match their record, they must pick up less than six points from their remaining 29 league games. The victory over Fulham sees the Cottagers move out of the bottom three.
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