FLW analyses the players that have caused the Bluebirds to have an especially difficult time in the past.

During his time with Reading in the Championship, Dave Kitson was a consistent thorn in Cardiff’s side, scoring six goals against them.

With six goals overall against Football League defences, including Cardiff, Jordan Rhodes proved to be a menace.

The player who has scored the most goals against Cardiff is an ex-Bluebird named Cameron Jerome. He has done so for Norwich City

in four straight games and then against Cardiff when playing for Derby County.

Cardiff City supporters have frustratingly observed many fine performances from opposition players over the years.

Some stick out in particular; Luis Suarez’s hattrick at the Cardiff City Stadium in 2014 remains in the memory, while few will be able

to forget the blitzing damage done by tormentor-in-chief Eden Hazard during the Bluebirds’ various top-flight affairs against Chelsea.

Strangely enough, neither of those players are mentioned here.

Even while most of the players on this list were not world-beating superstars like Suarez and Hazard when they were at the height of

their individual powers, they did cause Cardiff severe issues for a sustained period of time, and that is what we will base our discussion

on in this article.

Which players have Cardiff consistently hated playing against?

The former-striker has not played against one club more than the eleven times he has turned out against Cardiff.

During his showdowns versus the Bluebirds, Kitson converted six goals as he constantly emerged as a thorn in their side

predominantly across his time with Reading in the Championship.

Thankfully for Cardiff, Kitson hung his boots up in 2014.

On the other hand, Football League veteran Rhodes is still in action, although Cardiff will likely not be facing off against him for a

while after he recently agreed a switch to Blackpool in the third-tier.

Thankfully for Cardiff, Huddersfield were not in the Championship with Rhodes while he was at the top of his game, but he did score a

brace against them during a 5-3 EFL Cup thriller in 2011.

Rhodes was also in sustained rich form for Blackburn Rovers and he largely fired blanks for them against the Bluebirds, with three

matches yielding no goals, but he has still found the back of the Cardiff net on no less than six occasions overall.

A real nightmare for Football League defences in his heyday – and Cardiff can most certainly relate.