MATCH THREAD ' CARDIFF CITY v BRIGHTON ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v BRIGHTON
Championship
Tuesday 10th February, 7.45pm.
Cardiff City Stadium

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TEAM NEWS

Cardiff City : Marshall, Peltier, Malone, Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, O’Keefe, McAleny, Noone, Jones.

Cardiff City subs: Moore, Fabio, Connolly, Adeyemi, Harris, Doyle, Revell.

Cardiff City: David Marshall is on course to make his first appearance of 2015.

First choice keeper Marshall has been out since December but is fit and back in training after ankle and groin problems.

Lee Peltier (ankle) and Scott Malone (back) have been in the treatment room but are expected to play.

Conor McAleny and Eoin Doyle are set to make their home debuts.


Brighton:
Dale Stephens is back in Albion squad for first time in 10 months, while Greg Halford, a loan signing from Nottingham Forest, is back in contention after recovering from a calf injury.



A final decision on whether Marshall or Simon Moore will start in goal against Brighton will be made closer to kick-off.

Lee Peltier and Scott Malone suffered minor knocks at Wednesday but both are expected to play against Brighton.

Cardiff have only won, 1 game from their last 10 League games.

Brighton beaten by Blackpool in their last away game, the worst team in the Championship.

Brighton have lost their last 4 games and are 4th from bottom.

Latest News

' CARDIFF CITY '

Team News

Goalkeeper David Marshall could make his first appearance of 2015 after recovering from an ankle injury.

Lee Peltier, who came off during Saturday's draw at Sheffield Wednesday with a hip injury, is likely to play.

Scott Malone faces a late fitness test.


' BRIGHTON '
Dale Stephens may return after 10 months out with ankle ligament damage.
Sam Baldock (hamstring) is also set to return after one game out.
Solly March (calf) is a doubt after coming off against Nottingham Forest.

Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

33 Moore
2 Peltier
36 Morrison
5 Manga
4 Malone
22 O'Keefe
17 Gunnarsson
7 Whittingham
13 Doyle
9 Jones
15 McAleny


Brighton

13 Stockdale
2 Bruno
3 Greer
5 Dunk
30 Bennett
22 Danny Holla
24 Ince
14 Calderon
17 Teixeira
27 March
11 O'Grady


Preview

Form - Last 5 Games

Cardiff

Sat 17/01/15 CHA Norwich City 3 - 2 Cardiff City
Tue 20/01/15 CHA Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Cardiff City
Sat 24/01/15 FAC Cardiff City 1 - 2 Reading
Sat 31/01/15 CHA Cardiff City 0 - 2 Derby County
Sat 07/02/15 CHA Sheff Wed 1 - 1 Cardiff City

Brighton

Sat 17/01/15 CHA Brighton 0 - 1 Brentford
Wed 21/01/15 CHA Brighton 3 - 2 Ipswich Town
Sun 25/01/15 FAC Brighton 2 - 3 Arsenal
Sat 31/01/15 CHA Blackpool 1 - 0 Brighton
Sat 07/02/15 CHA Brighton 3 - 2 Nottingham Forest

The Stats

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Last 5 meetings

2014/2015 Tue 30 Sep Brighton & HA 1 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2012/2013 Tue 19 Feb Cardiff City 0 - 2 Brighton & HA Championship
2012/2013 Tue 21 Aug Brighton & HA 0 - 0 Cardiff City Championship
2011/2012 Wed 07 Mar Brighton & HA 2 - 2 Cardiff City Championship
2011/2012 Wed 17 Aug Cardiff City 1 - 3 Brighton & HA Championship


Match Odds

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Cardiff
Draw
Brighton

Tickets

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The easiest way is to book online.
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Brighton History

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club is an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. It is often referred to just as Brighton.

They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.

The team is nicknamed the "Seagulls" or "Albion". The team has historically played in blue and white stripes, though this changed to all white briefly in the 1970s and

again to plain blue during the club's most successful spell in the 1980s. Crystal Palace is considered the club's main rival, although the grounds are 40 miles apart.

Founded in 1901, Brighton played their early professional football in the Southern League before being elected to the Football League in 1920. The club enjoyed

greatest prominence between 1979 and 1983 when they played in the First Division and reached the 1983 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester United after a replay.[4] They

were relegated from the top division in the same season. Mismanagement brought Brighton close to relegation from the Football League to the Conference which they

narrowly avoided in 1997 and 1998. A boardroom takeover saved Brighton from liquidation, and following successive promotions they returned to the second tier of

English football in 2002 and have played in the second and third tiers ever since

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2-0 city.

1-2 if he doesn't change midfield, which I doubt he will

1-2 Brighton

2-2. 19,670

City 2 Brighton 1

2-1 City

Cardiff - 2 ShitStabbers - 1

It's a must win game. Keep the faith 2-1 City

Brighton beaten by Blackpool in their last away game

3-1 city

City 3 knob jockeys 1

3-0

Brighton beaten by Blackpool in their last away game

Blackpool beat us.

2:1 City but we,ll probably draw

2-1 City.

Probably 2-0 ht.

Squeaky bum time at the end but enough to hold them off.

1-1 or 1-2.

Pre Match report for the Cardiff game - Tuesday, 10th February 2015

Cardiff v Brighton

Albion sits just above the drop zone (21) and desperately requires more points to get clear of impending trouble.
For this mid-weeks shenanigans, lower-table clubs are all in the mix:
16 Bolton v 17 Fulham, Blackburn v 18 Rotherham, 19 Charlton v Norwich, Reading v 20 Leeds, Birmingham v 22 Millwall, Forest v 23 Wigan and 24 Blackpool v Middlesbrough.


CARDIFF halfway; P23 W8 D7 L8 F30 A31 Pt31 Po11 = 1.34pt/gm - forecasting approx 62 points at that rate of progress.
FA CUP; R4 lost @ home to Reading 1-2. There was more protesting from unsettled local supporters.
Boss Russell Slade said, +we have to unite, be strong, face the criticism and respond+
R3 won @ MK Dons 0-3.

RUSSELL SLADE has his work cut out trying to make City a force in the Championship and after scrambling a point at Wednesday on Saturday said, +our attitude was first class from the start+
He has shifted a number of players out of the club this term in a further attempt to cut large wage bills.

4-0 city

Evening Ladies.

Well, the day I've been looking forward to the most is nearly upon us as it'll be my sixth visit to the beautiful country of Wales, four times to Ninian Park, once to the Millennium Stadium for the play off final and now for the triple and that's your new ground and it'll be my last time.

I'm hoping things have calmed down some what since the Ninan days as sometimes I felt like i was walking into an early grave, don't get me wrong, I've been to many grounds where it's like holy f**k but none of them compare to the Ninain park days where the adrenalin is pumping and the hostility is every fans nightmare but that's why I always came back for second and third helpings, proper football ground where fans and players should fear, none of this namby pamby bollocks which we get now days.

It's a fact back in those days the home team always had the advantage because of the hostile atmosphere but nowadays the away teams feel like its their home ground.

I'm not meant to travel as was supposed to be admitted to hospital on Saturday but told them it'll have to wait till Thursday as need to visit Cardiff one more time. Got a new laptop Friday as broke the last one a couple of weeks back, bloody stupid as I sat on the thing and snapped the hinge.

Onto the Footy.

If Slade has done his homework then I expect a 5-1 win for you, if not then maybe a draw or we'll nick it 2-1.Stockdale our keeper and Greer our Capitan are our weakest links. Oh no, mustn't or can't drop the OAP as he's Captain.

Stockdale is Mr Calamity- Last two games they've had four shots on target and have scored four times. Stockdale the keeper has probably saved us 1 point so far but has cost us at least 12 or more points. Watch the Forest first goal on Saturday and you'll see why. He's so indecisive it's unreal, he'll cost us relegation.

I'll be happy either way come Tuesday after game, I'll give a wee smile if you win or us. Paul Barber our chief executive has picked his Bonus up for reducing our debts by selling our best players while bringing in mediocre players from divisions below. Trying to do things on the cheap has only one outcome and he thought he was being clever. The club has nose dived since he joined so that's why if you win on Tuesday I'll give a wee smile.

Not only that, I've watched Cardiff play more than any other club.

Hope it's an entertaining game for all and noticed from above it's POTD for home fans so i assume it's for away fans as well?

3-1 city

2-1 City.

4-1 to the Blooobirds (whitts, doyle hat trick)

2-0 City

0-0

Dale Stephens is back in the Albion squad for the first time in ten months for the visit to Cardiff tomorrow night.

Greg Halford is also back in contention after injury and ineligibility and Sam Baldock has a chance of being involved.


But Solly March is a likely absentee and the Seagulls are also concerned about the workload of Kazenga LuaLua so soon into his recovery.

Former Charlton midfielder Stephens, sidelined since April by ankle ligament and nerve damage, has stepped up his recovery recently with three partial outings in the under-21s.

Manager Chris Hughton told The Argus this morning: "He's in the squad, which is good. We're happy that he has done enough training and showed enough to be part of the squad. Some of that is about getting him back involved again, because he's a good player."
Utility player Halford, on loan from Nottingham Forest, is available for the trip to Wales. He could not play against his parent club at the Amex on Saturday under the terms of the loan agreement after missing the previous three games with a calf problem.

Hughton said: "He's back fit and fine and will be in the squad. He has trained for the last couple of days and would have been available for the Forest game.

"He had come in and done well in games in central defence but he has a versatility about him. With the injury problems we've had he's a good one to have in the squad."

Baldock missed the 3-2 setback against Forest with a hamstring injury sustained in the previous defeat at Blackpool.

Hughton said: "Sam is very close. We're hoping he is going to train today."

March is a major doubt with the calf injury that forced him off early on against Forest. Replacement LuaLua had been out since November with knee trouble.

Hughton said: "He certainly came on perhaps earlier than we would have liked and you could see the effects of that in the latter part of the game. He is one we have got to be mindful of and manage in the best way we can."

City 0--2 Brighton 19,764

Brighton lost 3-2 to Forest on the weekend and didn't win 3-2 as the OP indicates:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31070468

3-1 to Cardiff methinks!

3-1 city

DALE STEPHENS is set to return to the Brighton & Hove Albion squad for the trip to Cardiff City tomorrow (Tuesday).

The midfielder, who has been out with a long-term ankle injury, has made three appearances for the Seagulls' U21 side in recent weeks, but is now set to make his first return to the first team since April.


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Sam Baldock is also closing in on a return from injury and could feature in the Championship clash, while Greg Halford will return to the squad, having been ineligible to face Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

However, Solly March is set to miss the match in south Wales after injuring his calf on Saturday.

TEAM NEWS

Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall could make his first appearance of 2015 after recovering from an ankle injury.
Lee Peltier, who came off during Saturday's draw at Sheffield Wednesday with a hip injury, is likely to play. Scott Malone faces a late fitness test.


Brighton's Dale Stephens may return after 10 months out with ankle ligament damage.

Sam Baldock (hamstring) is also set to return after one game out.

Solly March (calf) is a doubt after coming off against Nottingham Forest.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-Head
• The earlier meeting this season ended as a 1-1 draw at the AMEX Stadium in September.
• Brighton are unbeaten in the last five meetings, winning two. Cardiff's last win was 1-0 at home in the League Cup in August 2007.
• Brighton have won the last two meetings at Cardiff - 3-1 in August 2011 and 2-0 in February 2013.
Cardiff
• Cardiff have lost four of their last five games in all competitions, drawing the other. Their last win was 1-0 against Fulham at home in the Championship on 10 January.
• That win against Fulham is Cardiff's only win in their last five home games in the Championship.
Brighton
• Brighton have lost four of their last five games in all competitions, winning the other. Their only win since 10 January was 3-2 against Ipswich at home in the Championship on 21 January.
• Brighton lost their last away game 1-0 at Blackpool on 31 January, after winning their previous three away games in all competitions.