Overview
- The match will kick off at 8pm BST on Monday, August 17 at Cardiff City Stadium and will be shown live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event.
- Cardiff return to the Championship after promotion from League One and manager Brian Barry-Murphy has warned the club are “going into the unknown” on the step up.
- Cardiff face defensive doubts with Will Fish ruled out for about three months, Dylan Lawlor unlikely to feature and Rubin Colwill plus Calum Chambers set for late fitness checks, while striker Yousef Salech arrives in form after a League Cup brace.
- Wrexham come with three summer signings — Ben Whiteman, Danny Imray and goalkeeper Anthony Patterson — but they lost their Carabao Cup tie at Middlesbrough and are priced as narrow underdogs by bookmakers.
- The derby’s long gap since 2002 and Wrexham’s heightened global profile have driven big local and international interest and bigger broadcast and betting markets, raising stakes for fans and club revenues as season momentum starts.