' TODAYS TEAM: HUDDERSFIELD v CARDIFF ' MATCH THREAD

HUDDERSFIELD v CARDIFF CITY
Championship
Sunday 7 May, 12:00
John Smith's Stadium





Cardiff City team

Murphy, Peltier, Connolly, Morrison, Richards, Bennett, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Hoilett, Pilkington, Zohore.


Cardiff subs

Amos, Whittingham, Noone, Halford, Lambert, Mark Harris.



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Warnock is able to chose from a nearly fully fit squad



Iceland midfielder Aron Gunnarsson could also be rested ahead of international duty, and Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock is expected to hand a few fringe players an opportunity.

Defender Matt Connolly, goalkeeper Brian Murphy and wingers Mark Harris and Craig Noone could all start.



Rickie Lambert is ok, but not fully fit.

Cardiff will be without long-term absentees Sol Bamba and Rhys Healey for the game at the John Smith's Stadium


NEIL WARNOCK"


"I think I’d want to lose if I was them, I wouldn’t want to get Fulham! Don’t know what side, there’ll be one or two wanting a game, as a player you don’t like not playing. It’ll be a strong team and they’ll want to beta us, last home match, go out with a bang.”





' Huddersfield Plenty of Injuries '

Philip Billing set to miss Huddersfield's home clash with Cardiff



Friday May 05, 2017


Source: ClubCall


Huddersfield: Philip Billing set to miss Huddersfield's home clash with Cardiff


Huddersfield midfielder Philip Billing is expected to miss the home game against Cardiff due to a knee injury.

Billing was forced out of last week's defeat at Birmingham, where head coach David Wagner rested key players ahead of the play-offs and made 10 changes.

Striker Elias Kachunga (calf) remains sidelined but is hoping to be fit for the play-off semi-final, while on-loan Chelsea forward Kasey Palmer (hamstring) and Jon Gorenc Stankovic (knee) will play no further part this season.

Wagner must decide whether to recall the likes of Jonathan Hogg, Chris Lowe, Raj van La Parra, Izzy Brown and Michael Hefele to his squad.






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Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

1 McGregor
6 Richards
4 Morrison
5 Ecuele Manga
3 Bennett
15 Halford
33 Hoilett
17 Gunnarsson
7 Whittingham
11 Noone
26 Zohore


Huddersfield

13 Coleman
2 Smith
5 Hudson
14 Cranie
21 Wellsat
4 Whitehead
8 Billing
18 Lolley
16 Payne
11 Bunn
23 Quaner


The Opposition



Huddersfield

Full name: Huddersfield Town Association Football Club
Nickname(s): The Terriers
Founded: 15 August 1908; 108 years ago
Ground: John Smith's Stadium
Capacity: 24,500
Chairman: Dean Hoyle
Head Coach: David Wagner
League: Championship

Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of English football.

In 1926, Huddersfield became the first English club to win three successive league titles, a feat which only three other clubs have matched, and none has bettered. They also won the FA Cup in 1922.

Nicknamed The Terriers, the club plays in blue and white vertically striped shirts and white shorts. They have played home games at the John Smith's Stadium since 1994. The stadium replaced Leeds Road, Huddersfield Town's home since 1908.


2016/17 Results

Cardiff

FRI 28 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 0 - 2 Newcastle
SAT 22 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Wigan 0 - 0 Cardiff City
MON 17 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
FRI 14 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Sheff Wed 1 - 0 Cardiff


Huddersfield

SAT 29 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Birmingham City 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town
TUE 25 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
SAT 22 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Huddersfield Town 1 - 4 Fulham
MON 17 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Derby County 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town


Recent meetings

2016/2017 Sat 19 Nov Cardiff City 3 - 2 Huddersfield Town League
2015/2016 Sat 30 Jan Huddersfield Town 2 - 3 Cardiff City League
2015/2016 Sat 12 Sep Cardiff City 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town League
2014/2015 Sat 21 Feb Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Sat 16 Aug Cardiff City 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town League


Previous Highlights




John Smith's Stadium



Key facts

Club: Huddersfield Town FC
Opening: 1994
Capacity: 24,554 seats


History and description

John Smith’s Stadium was one of the first modern-era stadiums to be built in England. It replaced Huddersfield’s old Leeds Road.

Construction of the stadium started in 1992, and when two new stands were finished in the summer of 1994, Huddersfield moved into their new home. The stands at both ends were completed in late 1994 and 1998.

The stadium was initially called Alfred McAlpine Stadium, but changed names in 2004 to Galpharm Stadium following a new sponsorship deal. The stadium has been called John Smith’s Stadium since the summer of 2012 after a new sponsorship deal was agreed with brewer Heineken.


Match Odds

Cardiff 29/10
Draw 5/2
Huddersfield 11/10


Tickets

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated inthe Grandstand, next to Corporate Entrance 2.

Alternatively, you can call the Stadium Ticket Office on 0845 345 1400. The Ticket Office is open from 9am to 5:30pm on Monday to Friday, and 9am to 3pm on non match-day Saturdays.

The easiest way is to book online - http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity


Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

Huddersfield Town 1 Cardiff City 1

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It's a shame that your predictions are mostly wrong. If they were correct, we would already have 45 league wins to our name this season.

Officials - Huddersfield v Cardiff (7/5/17)

Officials - Huddersfield v Cardiff (7/5/17)
The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Huddersfield Town and Cardiff City this Sunday.

Huddersfield Town host Cardiff City on Sunday May 7 for the game at the John Smith's Stadium and the match carries a 12pm kick off.

Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Linesmen: Billy Smallwood and Michael George
Fourth Official: Darren Drysdale

Match Day referee Simpson has officiated 39 games in 2016/17 with a return of 165 yellow cards and five red cards.

This season his highest card count was nine yellows in the game between Reading and Ipswich Town.

He took charge of 35 matches last season and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 115 yellow cards and five red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Bradford City and Port Vale on August 29 with a total of seven yellows being shown. He also showed seven yellows in the game between Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest on October 31 and seven again between Leeds and MK Dons on January 2. Five yellows and two reds appeared in February's game between Accrington and Carlisle.

Simpson is a former international assistant referee, who officiated in many Champions League matches and other international fixtures. He opted for a career with the whistle after refereeing the 2012 National League Play-Off Final between York City and Luton Town. He was then appointed to the EFL Referees List in 2012/13 and in his four years on the list has refereed over 100 matches.

Huddersfield have their mind on the play-offs

Cardiff City have only 3 points left to play for in this year's battle in the Championship.

With the games dwindling down now at the real business end of the campaign as Cardiff City find themselves heading towards the end of May, Cardiff sit in 13th place in the Championship table on 59 points.

With the Play Off spots well out of reach, so are the relegation spots at the other end of the Championship so with one game remaining it's simply about trying to end the year with a victory.

Then all eyes can turn to the summer and we see what Neil Warnock has planned when it comes to the transfer market and further strengthening the side given recent improvements.

Run In:

Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City - Sun 7 May - 12:00

Huddersfield 0-2 City Zohore and Whitts (pen)

So the season comes to an end on Sunday and the Bluebirds have little more than pride at stake when they face Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium.

But the Bluebirds could actually finish in the top half of the table if results go their way.

Cardiff would need to beat Huddersfield and hope Wolves can claim all three points against Preston, with a six-goal swing also needed. Unlikely but not impossible.

The lowest Neil Warnock’s men can finish is 14th, impressive when you consider where they were before the Yorkshireman took over.

Cardiff will be without long-term absentees Sol Bamba and Rhys Healey for the game at the John Smith's Stadium

Warnock on sides fielding weakened teams


NEIL WARNOCK:

"I understand where David (Wagner) is coming from, but he’s never seen it from the other side, the hurt it causes. It’s still poisonous at the back of my mind when I look at the Liverpool teamsheet that played Fulham. Then United with no Scholes, Rooney. It was deflating."

"I don’t think they should be punished, you should pick who you want, but when you’ve experienced my side of the coin. I’ll take it to the grave with me.”

On Huddersfield

NEIL WARNOCK"


"I think I’d want to lose if I was them, I wouldn’t want to get Fulham! Don’t know what side, there’ll be one or two wanting a game, as a player you don’t like not playing. It’ll be a strong team and they’ll want to beta us, last home match, go out with a bang.”

' Huddersfield Plenty of Injuries '

Philip Billing set to miss Huddersfield's home clash with Cardiff



Friday May 05, 2017


Source: ClubCall


Huddersfield: Philip Billing set to miss Huddersfield's home clash with Cardiff


Huddersfield midfielder Philip Billing is expected to miss the home game against Cardiff due to a knee injury.

Billing was forced out of last week's defeat at Birmingham, where head coach David Wagner rested key players ahead of the play-offs and made 10 changes.

Striker Elias Kachunga (calf) remains sidelined but is hoping to be fit for the play-off semi-final, while on-loan Chelsea forward Kasey Palmer (hamstring) and Jon Gorenc Stankovic (knee) will play no further part this season.

Wagner must decide whether to recall the likes of Jonathan Hogg, Chris Lowe, Raj van La Parra, Izzy Brown and Michael Hefele to his squad.

3-0 Huddersfield

How many city fans are expected to travel?

How many city fans are expected to travel?

Hopefully 800 plus, but I reckon 500.

Its pay on the day, 2,500 we are allowed, No restrictions, but there is Nothing to play for.

Cardiff Have sold just under 500 tickets for our Championship match away at Huddersfield today, last game of the season and its pay on the gate

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Cardiff City team

Murphy, Peltier, Connolly, Morrison, Richards, Bennett, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Hoilett, Pilkington, Zohore.


Cardiff subs

Amos, Whittingham, Noone, Halford, Lambert, Mark Harris.

TEAM NEWS with @ViessmannUK: David Wagner makes nine changes to the #htafc line-up to face @CardiffCityFC

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Connolly as DM ?

Weather good up here after a shockingly early start. Looks like about 500 here. They've put Hudson on the front of the programme. I reckon we will make a fair bit of noise today.

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Huddersfield’s ‘Ultras’ share the same stand as the away fans and have a fair few European style flags on show with the standard drum-led chants already going. Not looking like a sell-out yet but a decent enough crowd in their seats. Huddersfield don’t have a lot to play for apart from jostling for position in the play-offs. As it stands they will play Sheffield Wednesday but could move into third and get a game against sixth-placed Fulham.

There’s an Icelandic flag in honour of Gunarsson in the away fan along with Darth Vader, a penguin, the Super Mario Brothers and a bunch of bananas. There’s also a Bananaman but I’m guessing he read the memo wrongly

Nearly an early opening goal for Junior Hoilett and Cardiff City.

The Canadian blazes over, but was presented with a gaping hole to sprint into there.

Shape

Looks like three at the back - or at least three centre-backs. Connolly on the right of the centre, Peltier on the left and Morrison in the middle. Richards right wing back, Bennett on the left and Gunnarsson, Ralls and Pilkington in midfield behind Zohore and Hoilett in a front two.

Superb defending from Chris Schindler to stop Hoilett going round him and into the area

There’s an Icelandic flag in honour of Gunarsson in the away fan along with Darth Vader, a penguin, the Super Mario Brothers and a bunch of bananas. There’s also a Bananaman but I’m guessing he read the memo wrongly

That's the Huddersfield team sorted, but what are the City players wearing??

Apologies if already asked but is there any radio commentary today - poor show by Radio. Wales if not

Anti-Leeds

Cardiff and Huddersfield fans joining in with the same chant about hating Leeds. Irony not lost on the guys dressed as (actual) Monks in the front row of the away end.