" MATCH THREAD " ' MILLWALL V CARDIFF CITY ' MATCH THREAD

MILLWALL V CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 25th October
The Den
12.15pm
' UPDATED DAILY '

25th Oct Saturday 2014

OFFICIAL TEAM

Marshall
Brayford Morrison Manga Fabio
Noone Gunnarsson Whittingham Pilkington
Macheda Le Fondre

Moore
Connolly
Gabbidon
Ralls
Ravel
Daehli
Maynard



Friday 24th Oct 2014


UPDATED TEAM NEWS

RUSSELL SLADE has a strong squad to pick from,with very few injuries.

Kenwyne Jones still has problems with a foot and the game at Millwall may come too quickly. We’ll see.

There has been a setback for Kagisho Dikgacoi, who played for our development team in midweek and picked up an injury.

Ben Turner played in that match, but he is not quite where we need him yet. That was his first full 90 minutes during the game at Crewe. He is, though, really close to being available.

Of the other players, everybody who started against Ipswich came through without problems and there are no issues with the starting XI.


THE LIKELY LINE-UPS
Millwall (4-4-2): D Forde; A Wilkinson, B Webster, A Dunne, S Malone; L Martin, R Chaplow, S McDonald, S Williams; R Fuller, L Gregory.

Cardiff City (4-4-2): D Marshall; J Brayford, B Manga, S Morrison, Fabio; C Noone, A Gunnarsson, P Whittingham, A Pilkington; F Macheda, A Le Fondre.



Cardiff City: If everybody is fit – there have not been reports of injuries – then Russell Slade will surely go with an unchanged team.

Ravel Morrison should be fit after a knee injury, but may have to be satisfied with a place among the substitutes.

Cardiff go to Millwall on the back of 2 confidence winning games. New manager Slade will be looking to make it a hat trick of wins against lowly milwall. Slade will have close to a full sqaud to choose from, with Ben Turner making his long awaited return tonight v crewe in a DVP game, and Kagisho Dikgachoi always making a return to fitness, Milwall however will be a game to soon for these 2 players, who will need to build up their fitness before returning to first team action.


Millwall
Milwall under Ian Holloway are searching for their first win since Blackpool at home on Aug 30th. They have recently signed Andy Wilkingson on loan, and Holloway hopes he can help prevent Millwall from leaking goals after an impressive performance at Wigan. Millwall are struggling to score goals at the opposite end of the pitch, but hope Ricardo Fuller can produce the same magic as he did against wolves away, scoring a brace from 3-0 to come back and level the score 3-3. Lee Martin has retrurned from a Knee Injury, and Shaun Williams will be back following his 1 game suspension for a red card picked up at Wolves.

Sean Williams is back after suspension and will come back in a midfield role, and Holloway could even switch to a 4-2-3-1 and try to outnumber City in central midfield.


WHAT THE BOOKIES SAY
Millwall 13/8, Draw 13/5 Cardiff 19/10.

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Russell Slade will be looking to make it 3 out of 3 as City are seemingly revitalised following Slade's appointment.

The City team are looking a lot fitter and are hoping they have no injuries for the Millwall game.

Millwall meanwhile will be looking for their first win since August, following a run of 8 games without a win.

Possible Lineups

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The Opposition

Millwall have failed to win in their last 8 games, and have drawn their last three games.
They will be hoping their loan signing of Andy Wilkinson will change their fortunes.

Form - Last 5 Games

Millwall have drawn 3 and lost 2 of their last 5 games.

City meanwhile have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 5 games.

Last 5 meetings

19 Mar 2011 Millwall v Cardiff City 3-3 League Championship
10 Dec 2011 Millwall v Cardiff City 0-0 League Championship
31 Mar 2012 Cardiff City v Millwall 0-0 League Championship
18 Sep 2012 Millwall v Cardiff City 0-2 League Championship
29 Dec 2012 Cardiff City v Millwall 1-0 League Championship

Match Odds
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Millwall 13/8
Draw 23/10
Cardiff 13/8

Tickets

Sat. 25th October 2014. KO. 12.15pm
Tickets available to current Season Ticket Holders and Gold Members.

Reserved Seating: North Stand Upper

Ticket Prices:
Adults @ £26.00
Senior Citizens 60+ @ £17.00
Under 16 @ £13.00
Under 12 @ £7.00
Disabled Allocation @ prices as listed above
Disabled Carer: Free Of Charge

Tickets on sale:
9am on Mon. 6th October 2014
http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity
0845 345 1400

The Ground

Club: Millwall FC
Opening: 1993
Capacity: 19,734 seats



The Club moved the relatively short distance to then was called the New Den after leaving their original Den ground which was their home for 83 years. This was first new major football ground to be constructed in London since before the Second World War. The stadium is made up of four separate two-tiered stands that are of the same height and look fairly similar. On one side is the Barry Kitchener Stand (named after a former player) which has the players tunnel and team dugouts at its front. This simple looking stand, has the same characteristics as both ends with windshields to either side in the upper tier and with the upper tier slightly overhanging the lower tier. The Dockers Stand on the other side, is slightly different having a row of executive boxes running across its middle. Between the East & North Stands in one corner is a large video screen.

Guess the Score / Attendance
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Millwall 1 City 3 (11,012)

Millwall have not won in eight games and are slipping down the table.
The Lions need to make the Den a fortress and it is sure to be lively here.
Cardiff arrive in great form since Russell Slade has taken over, winning two from two against sides above them.
The Bluebirds are still looking for their first win on the road this season though.

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Millwall 0 City 2

All I can say is that 8 goals will be scored and it will not be a draw !

Massive test for Slade this. He looks comfortable at home, our away form hasn't been good to say the least, so he now has a big job putting that right. 1-0 to the bluebirds will do fine

Win 2-0 bluebirds

We have a habit of ending bad runs for the opposition - 2:1

0-0

A win will be a bigger achievement than the last 2 home game results.

I think this game will be a touch and go affair with us looking like we could get all 3 points. A slight slip and we could drop 2 points. I can't see us losing but if we play it right we will get the 3 points.

The Bookies

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1-1 Noone (He's getting sharper with each match)

I predicted last game it was a 2-1 or 3-1.

This time I'm predicting the same.

Millwall 0 City 2

We don't do cleansheets

Preview: Millwall vs. Cardiff City

By Sian Cowper, Reporter

Last Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 16:04 UK
Millwall will be looking for their first league win since August when they host Cardiff City in the Championship on Saturday lunchtime.

Ian Holloway's side are without a victory in their last eight outings, with half of those matches resulting in defeats for the Lions, leaving them 18th in the table.

Ricardo Fuller came into the starting lineup for the trip to Wigan Athletic earlier this week after scoring a brace last weekend, but was unable to continue his goal-scoring run at the DW Stadium.

Ed Upson could be in line for a bigger role at the weekend, having played almost half-an-hour in Tuesday's goalless draw in place of Martyn Woolford.

Meanwhile, Cardiff will head into the match following back-to-back wins in the Championship, which have moved them up to 10th in the table.

Russell Slade's arrival at the club appears to have boosted the team, as they followed up Saturday's win over Nottingham Forest with a 3-1 victory against Ipswich Town earlier this week.

The manager made just one change last time out, bringing Fabio back into the starting lineup after he missed last weekend's outing with illness, and with no new injuries, he has the option to stick with the same lineup.

Cardiff won both of their matches against Millwall during the 2013-13 season.

Millwall 0 City 2

Tend to agree with you there Annis

Millwall will play a defensive game and look to hit us on the break, as they did so admirably in their 0-0 draws away Derby and Wigan.

They were 0-3 down at home to Wolves, then managed to get a 3-3 draw with 2 very late goals from Ricardo Fuller.

I believe Millwall will try to contain City, whilst playing counter attacking football for 75 - 80 minutes and then try to press us heavily for the last 10 - 15 minutes.

Slade will be aware of this potential game plan and hopefully be prepared.

TEAM NEWS
Cardiff City: If everybody is fit – there have not been reports of injuries – then Russell Slade will surely go with an unchanged team.

Ravel Morrison should be fit after a knee injury, but may have to be satisfied with a place among the substitutes.

Millwall:
Sean Williams is back after suspension and will come back in a midfield role, and Holloway could even switch to a 4-2-3-1 and try to outnumber City in central midfield.

WHAT THE BOOKIES SAY
Millwall 13/8, Draw 13/5 Cardiff 19/10.

Millwall:
Sean Williams is back after suspension and will come back in a midfield role, and Holloway could even switch to a 4-2-3-1 and try to outnumber City in central midfield.

fabio and brayford will counter that

Millwall:
Sean Williams is back after suspension and will come back in a midfield role, and Holloway could even switch to a 4-2-3-1 and try to outnumber City in central midfield.

fabio and brayford will counter that

Both outstanding this season

I'll go with a 4-1 City crushing blow to Millwall as they continue to slip down the table.

Gonna be cocky. 5-1 city.

Ricardo Fuller has a habit of netting versus City

City must surely break their away duck tomorrow.

Anything else will be a major disappointment after the flying start for Russell Slade.

Kenwyne Jones still has problems with a foot and the game at Millwall may come too quickly. We’ll see.

There has been a setback for Kagisho Dikgacoi, who played for our development team in midweek and picked up an injury.

Ben Turner played in that match, but he is not quite where we need him yet. That was his first full 90 minutes during the game at Crewe. He is, though, really close to being available.

Of the other players, everybody who started against Ipswich came through without problems and there are no issues with the starting XI.

Gonna be cocky. 5-1 city.

i'll raise, 6-2 to the city

Kenwyne Jones still has problems with a foot and the game at Millwall may come too quickly for him.

We can do this, Millwall are poor, 3 wins on the trot, BLUEBIRDS

Come on City you can do it

Marshall
Brayford Morrison Manga Fabio
Noone Gunnarsson Whittingham Pilkington
Macheda Le Fondre

Moore
Connolly
Gabbidon
Ralls
Ravel
Daehli
Maynard