Omer Riza is confident Cardiff City can continue to progress after claiming a long-awaited first league win of the season against Millwall in midweek.

Cardiff remain bottom of the Championship as they prepare for Sunday’s Severnside derby at Bristol City.

But interim boss Riza believes his team can put the club’s worst ever start to a season behind them by building on the Millwall victory.

“We have made changes tactically, we have made personnel changes, and I think there’s been elements of an uplift in that,” said Riza, who took charge after Erol Bulut was sacked 13 days ago.

“I think there’s a real togetherness at the moment. We have got a result in a tough game against Millwall and if we continue doing the things we are working on, we will continue to improve.”

Riza’s first game at the helm was a heavy defeat at Hull City last weekend.

But having taken the lead in a league game for the first time this season against the Tigers, Cardiff repeated the trick when Perry Ng headed in against Millwall on Tuesday.

They then dug deep to deliver a maiden league clean sheet of the 2024-25 campaign.

“I think you can see that element of belief coming back in the squad,” Riza added.

“You can see the players understanding the work-rate and work ethic have to be there no matter what, whether it’s a derby.

“Whether it’s Millwall, whether it’s Plymouth, it doesn’t matter. That has to be there first and foremost before you get any foothold in a game.

“We have the quality as players in possession and the way we set up to cause the opposition a problem, so we are confident we can progress.”