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- Steven Schumacher tops the market to be next Cardiff manager
- Erol Bulut was sacked with Cardiff bottom of Championship
- Poor start sees Cardiff shorten in odds to go down
Steven Schumacher tops the market to return to Cardiff as next manager
OLBG now take a look at who could be the next Cardiff City manager after Erol Bulut was sacked by the club on Sunday after their worst start to a season in 94 years.
The Bluebirds board decided to dismiss the Turkish manager of his duties after their 2-0 loss and UK Betting Sites are now giving odds on who will be the next manager of the club.
Steven Schumacher leads the betting odds with DragonBet just a week after he left Stoke City, with an instant return to football management potentially on the cards.
The latest betting odds say there's a 12.5% probability that he takes over at Cardiff with those odds putting him above Oscar Garcia and current interim boss Omer Riza.
| Next Cardiff City Manager | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Steven Schumacher | 7/1 | 12.5% |
| Oscar Garcia | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Omer Riza | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Brian Barry-Murphy | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| Darren Purse | 11/1 | 8.3% |
What the expert says...
Erol Bulut was sacked with Cardiff bottom of Championship
Cardiff announced the sacking of manager Erol Bulut on Sunday afternoon following the 2-0 loss to Leeds United on Saturday's busy Championship day.
With one point gained in 6 league games and just one goal scored, Cardiff have made their worst start to a season in nearly a century and look to be struggling.
Cardiff owner Vincent Tan has now gone through 12 permanent managers in his 14 years in charge of the club and it'll be a tough position to fill next.
Poor start sees Cardiff shorten in odds to go down
The Bluebirds have now shortened into third favourites to be relegated this season after that terrible start to the campaign sees them sit rock bottom of the table.
Cardiff are now 13/8 to be relegated and are only headed by Plymouth and Portsmouth in the betting market to head down to League One at the end of the season.
Sitting 4 points off safety, the Bluebirds are already in a position where every game played without a win heaps more and more pressure on them.
| Championship Relegation 24/25 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | 1/1 | 50.0% |
| Portsmouth | 6/5 | 45.5% |
| Cardiff | 13/8 | 38.1% |
| Oxford Utd | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Preston | 3/1 | 25.0% |
