The International break will give Russell Slade a welcome opportunity to take stock and recharge his team's batteries ahead of the final, defining eight games.
He will know that they can ill afford few slip-ups between now and the end of the campaign, with Sheffield Wednesday back in form and three points clear in sixth.
The Bluebirds will return to face Derby County, an underachieving but very dangerous outfit looking to cement their play-off place under the gaze of 'football advisor' Harry Redknapp.
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