' LATEST NEWS ' CARDIFF CITY v BRENTFORD ' MATCH THREAD
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:36 pm
CARDIFF CITY V BRENTFORD
Saturday 20th December
Cardiff City Stadium
3.00pm
Cardiff City team v Brentford: Marshall, Brayford, Fabio, Manga, Turner, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Harris, Noone, le Fondre, Macheda
You can pay on the day
Season Ticket holders & ex Season Ticket holders can buy a ticket for only £10 & £5
Expected line-ups
Cardiff City (4-4-2): D Marshall (capt); M Connolly, S Morrison, B Turner, J Brayford; K Harris, A Gunnarsson, P Whittingham, C Noone; K Jones, A Le Fondre.
Brentford (4-2-3-1): D Button; M Odubajo, T Craig (capt), H Dean, J Bidwell, T Craig; T Diagouraga, J Douglas; Jota, A Pritchard A Judge; A Gray.
Russell Slade will again stick mainly with the tried and trusted, but looks likely to make one change to his starting line-up. That will be in midfield where Kadeem Harris is favourite to take over from Kim Bo-kyung.
He will consider whether Bruno Manga, now back to fitness, should be called into the heart of the defence after City leaked five goals at Bournemouth. Brentford have won six of their last seven Championship fixtures and manager Mark Warburton looks certain to stick with the starting line-up from a 3-1 home win against Blackburn last weekend.
Updated Daily ' CARDIFF CITY '
' NEWS UPDATED 19th DEC 2014 '
Kadeem Harris is expected to start
Cardiff could hand Kadeem Harris a full debut against his former club Brentford.
The former Wycombe winger was sent on for his Bluebirds bow at half-time of last Saturday's 5-3 defeat at Bournemouth and he could start against the club where he spent an 11-game loan spell last season.
Kim Bo-Kyung looks most likely to step out of the side for Harris and while Anthony Pilkington is closing in on a return following a hamstring injury this match looks to have come too soon for the winger.
One player who will not be involved is Ravel Morrison. The West Ham loanee returned to Upton Park this week on compassionate leave and looks unlikely to feature for Cardiff again before his loan spell comes to an end.
Kim has prob played his last ever City game.
Pilkington is on the mend after his hamstring injury and is back in training, but he won’t be available this weekend.
Harris for Kim could be the only change made by Slade, although Bruno Manga is now available at centre-back. City have an analysed their poor defensive performance during the 5-3 defeat at Bournemouth and Slade will think long and hard before making selection decisions in the back four.
John Brayford is playing on the left when he is a natural right-back, while centre-half Matt Connolly is being utilised wide in the back four and Fabio is out of the team.
Manga hasn’t played for six weeks, suffering an injury at Bolton during early November, but has been training and needs matches before heading off to the Africa Cup of Nations finals in January.
He will be available for City’s first Championship match of 2015, against Fulham at home on Saturday, January 15, but will miss Norway (away), Middlesbrough (away) and Derby (home) during January and probably more. The Bluebirds have earned 17 points from 10 League matches under Slade, and they need a big performance against Brentford.
Cardiff have gained 1pt from their last 6pts available and need a win from this game as they are sliding down the table and the gap is getting bigger with the top 2 teams.
Brentford's previous away game was a 3-1 loss at struggling Huddersfield Town.
' BRENTFORD '
Brentford are likely to be unchanged following the 3-1 win over Blackburn last weekend. The in-form Bees, who have won six of their last seven matches, have no new injury concerns with only long-term absentees Alan McCormack and Scott Hogan unavailable.
Defender McCormack will be out until the new year with an ankle injury and striker Hogan is continuing his recovery from the cruciate injury he suffered in August. Winger Moses Odubajo will continue to deputise for McCormack at right-back while Andre Gray leads the line again after scoring his ninth goal of the season against Rovers.
Possible Lineups
Cardiff City
1 Marshall
16 Connolly
36 Morrison
6 Turner B
2 Brayford
13 Kim BK
17 Gunnarsson
7 Whittingham
11 Noone
9 Jones
10 Le Fondre
Brentford
27 Button
10 Odubajo
6 Dean
5 Craig
3 Bidwell
8 Douglas
23 Jose Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo
20 Diagouraga
21 Pritchard
18 Judge
19 Gray
The Opposition
Brentford got their surprise promotion bid back on track this weekend, as goals from Jonathan Douglas, Andre Gray and Jota secured a 3-1 win over Blackburn.
The in-form Bees, who came up from League One last season, had won five games on the trot to move into the top six before last weekend’s defeat at Huddersfield. But they responded in style on Satuday to sink a Blackburn side whose recent run of one defeat in 10 matches had raised the prospect of a promotion tilt of their own.
Form - Last 6 Games
Cardiff
Bournemouth 5-3 Cardiff
Cardiff 0-0 Rotherham
Watford 0-1 Cardiff
Cardiff 2-1 Reading
Birmingham 0-0 Cardiff
Bolton 3-0 Cardiff
Brentford
Brentford 3-1 Blackburn
Huddersfield 2-1 Brentford
Brentford 4-0 Wolves
Brentford 2-1 Fulham
Millwall 2-3 Brentford
Nott'm Forest 1-3 Brentford
The Stats
Last 5 meetings
2002/2003 Tue 04 Mar Brentford 0 - 2 Cardiff City League Division Two
2002/2003 Tue 17 Sep Cardiff City 2 - 0 Brentford League Division Two
2001/2002 Tue 12 Feb Brentford 2 - 1 Cardiff City League Division Two
2001/2002 Tue 04 Dec Cardiff City 3 - 1 Brentford League Division Two
1999/2000 Sat 12 Feb Cardiff City 1 - 1 Brentford League Division Two
Highlights
Highlights from City's last meeting with Brentford:
Match Odds
Click here for full odds
Cardiff 13/10
Draw 12/5
Brentford 2/1
Tickets
Tickets on sale:
http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity
0845 345 1400
Guess the Score / Attendance
Post your predicted score/attendance below
Saturday 20th December
Cardiff City Stadium
3.00pm
Cardiff City team v Brentford: Marshall, Brayford, Fabio, Manga, Turner, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Harris, Noone, le Fondre, Macheda
You can pay on the day
Season Ticket holders & ex Season Ticket holders can buy a ticket for only £10 & £5
Expected line-ups
Cardiff City (4-4-2): D Marshall (capt); M Connolly, S Morrison, B Turner, J Brayford; K Harris, A Gunnarsson, P Whittingham, C Noone; K Jones, A Le Fondre.
Brentford (4-2-3-1): D Button; M Odubajo, T Craig (capt), H Dean, J Bidwell, T Craig; T Diagouraga, J Douglas; Jota, A Pritchard A Judge; A Gray.
Russell Slade will again stick mainly with the tried and trusted, but looks likely to make one change to his starting line-up. That will be in midfield where Kadeem Harris is favourite to take over from Kim Bo-kyung.
He will consider whether Bruno Manga, now back to fitness, should be called into the heart of the defence after City leaked five goals at Bournemouth. Brentford have won six of their last seven Championship fixtures and manager Mark Warburton looks certain to stick with the starting line-up from a 3-1 home win against Blackburn last weekend.
Updated Daily ' CARDIFF CITY '
' NEWS UPDATED 19th DEC 2014 '
Kadeem Harris is expected to start
Cardiff could hand Kadeem Harris a full debut against his former club Brentford.
The former Wycombe winger was sent on for his Bluebirds bow at half-time of last Saturday's 5-3 defeat at Bournemouth and he could start against the club where he spent an 11-game loan spell last season.
Kim Bo-Kyung looks most likely to step out of the side for Harris and while Anthony Pilkington is closing in on a return following a hamstring injury this match looks to have come too soon for the winger.
One player who will not be involved is Ravel Morrison. The West Ham loanee returned to Upton Park this week on compassionate leave and looks unlikely to feature for Cardiff again before his loan spell comes to an end.
Kim has prob played his last ever City game.
Pilkington is on the mend after his hamstring injury and is back in training, but he won’t be available this weekend.
Harris for Kim could be the only change made by Slade, although Bruno Manga is now available at centre-back. City have an analysed their poor defensive performance during the 5-3 defeat at Bournemouth and Slade will think long and hard before making selection decisions in the back four.
John Brayford is playing on the left when he is a natural right-back, while centre-half Matt Connolly is being utilised wide in the back four and Fabio is out of the team.
Manga hasn’t played for six weeks, suffering an injury at Bolton during early November, but has been training and needs matches before heading off to the Africa Cup of Nations finals in January.
He will be available for City’s first Championship match of 2015, against Fulham at home on Saturday, January 15, but will miss Norway (away), Middlesbrough (away) and Derby (home) during January and probably more. The Bluebirds have earned 17 points from 10 League matches under Slade, and they need a big performance against Brentford.
Cardiff have gained 1pt from their last 6pts available and need a win from this game as they are sliding down the table and the gap is getting bigger with the top 2 teams.
Brentford's previous away game was a 3-1 loss at struggling Huddersfield Town.
' BRENTFORD '
Brentford are likely to be unchanged following the 3-1 win over Blackburn last weekend. The in-form Bees, who have won six of their last seven matches, have no new injury concerns with only long-term absentees Alan McCormack and Scott Hogan unavailable.
Defender McCormack will be out until the new year with an ankle injury and striker Hogan is continuing his recovery from the cruciate injury he suffered in August. Winger Moses Odubajo will continue to deputise for McCormack at right-back while Andre Gray leads the line again after scoring his ninth goal of the season against Rovers.
Possible Lineups
Cardiff City
1 Marshall
16 Connolly
36 Morrison
6 Turner B
2 Brayford
13 Kim BK
17 Gunnarsson
7 Whittingham
11 Noone
9 Jones
10 Le Fondre
Brentford
27 Button
10 Odubajo
6 Dean
5 Craig
3 Bidwell
8 Douglas
23 Jose Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo
20 Diagouraga
21 Pritchard
18 Judge
19 Gray
The Opposition
Brentford got their surprise promotion bid back on track this weekend, as goals from Jonathan Douglas, Andre Gray and Jota secured a 3-1 win over Blackburn.
The in-form Bees, who came up from League One last season, had won five games on the trot to move into the top six before last weekend’s defeat at Huddersfield. But they responded in style on Satuday to sink a Blackburn side whose recent run of one defeat in 10 matches had raised the prospect of a promotion tilt of their own.
Form - Last 6 Games
Cardiff
Bournemouth 5-3 Cardiff
Cardiff 0-0 Rotherham
Watford 0-1 Cardiff
Cardiff 2-1 Reading
Birmingham 0-0 Cardiff
Bolton 3-0 Cardiff
Brentford
Brentford 3-1 Blackburn
Huddersfield 2-1 Brentford
Brentford 4-0 Wolves
Brentford 2-1 Fulham
Millwall 2-3 Brentford
Nott'm Forest 1-3 Brentford
The Stats
Last 5 meetings
2002/2003 Tue 04 Mar Brentford 0 - 2 Cardiff City League Division Two
2002/2003 Tue 17 Sep Cardiff City 2 - 0 Brentford League Division Two
2001/2002 Tue 12 Feb Brentford 2 - 1 Cardiff City League Division Two
2001/2002 Tue 04 Dec Cardiff City 3 - 1 Brentford League Division Two
1999/2000 Sat 12 Feb Cardiff City 1 - 1 Brentford League Division Two
Highlights
Highlights from City's last meeting with Brentford:
Match Odds
Click here for full odds
Cardiff 13/10
Draw 12/5
Brentford 2/1
Tickets
Tickets on sale:
http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity
0845 345 1400
Guess the Score / Attendance
Post your predicted score/attendance below