MATCH THRE: “ CARDIFF CITY v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN “ MATCH THREA

CARDIFF CITY v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Wednesday 6th March, 7.45pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 



Cardiff City: Horvath; Ng, Goutas, Phillips, Wilson-Esbrand; Wintle, Ralls; Bowler, Turnbull, Grant; Diedhiou.

Subs: Turner, Romeo, O'Dowda, Collins, Meite, Siopis, Colwill, Tanner, Ashford.







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TEAM NEWS:


Updated:

Cardiff City’s Two Strikers:

Erol Bulut: “We rested Karlan Grant, but he will be back for Wednesday’s gave v Huddersfield.”

“As to Etete he was a bit stiff, so we took him off but he is ok now.”




McGuinness still with physio.

O’Dowda will be in the squad and in the bench.

Alnwick is ok again

Callum Robinson 7 more days.

Ramsey hopefully April fully back playing.

Grant will have a late fitness test again.


The Opposition's Manager

Andre Breitenreiter was appointed Huddersfield manager in February. He is their third permanent manager of the season, after Neil Warnock and Darren Moore.

He previously had several management jobs in Germany, including with Schalke and Hoffenheim.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Jack Rudoni is highly rated and reportedly wanted by Premier League clubs in the summer.

Ex-City striker Danny Ward recently scored two goals in their victory at Watford.

Head To Head 

We won 4-0 at Huddersfield in October.

That was only one of two wins for us in the last five meetings, with them winning the other three.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Horvath, Ng, Goutas, Phillips, Wilson-Esbrand, Siopis, Ralls, Colwill, Bowler, Turnbull, Etete

Huddersfield Town: Nicholls, Thomas, Pearson, Lees, Nakayama, Spencer, Kasumu, Matos, Rudoni, Ward, Burgzorg

Last Game

We won at Bristol City on Saturday.

On the same day, Huddersfield drew at home to Leeds.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 11/8
Huddersfield Town - 2/1
Draw - 9/4

Predictions

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TEAM NEWS:


McGuinness still with physio.

O’Dowda will be in the squad and in the bench.

Alnwick is ok again

Callum Robinson 7 more days.

Ramsey hopefully April fully back playing.

Grant will have a late fitness test again.

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A very winnable game for us, but their confidence will have grown with their draw at Leeds.

If we get the 3 points then that means an almost certain safety for us, which is a hell of a lot better than where we were last year

O'Dowda coming back has given us a lift going forward, if Grant is fit I would start with O'Dowda on the wing and Grant upfront

Realistically, playing like we did yesterday, we could win 8 of our remaining games taking us to 71 pts

I would love to see Grant play through the centre and Odowda and Bowler down the flanks

Huddersfield will be without Jonathan Hogg for this game.

The Terriers’ captain was sent off in the first half of their 1-1 draw against Leeds on Saturday.

Robinson still 7 days???

Must be man-flu at this rate.

Huddersfield Town find themselves in the middle of a relegation battle again this season.

The Terriers finished 18th in the table last year, surviving due to a positive end to the campaign that lifted them away from the fight at the bottom.

But it has been another difficult year for the Yorkshire outfit, with the club now on its third permanent manager of the season.

Andre Breitenreiter has recently been appointed with the task of keeping Huddersfield in the Championship, replacing Darren Moore in the dugout.

The club will be hoping to stave off the drop to League One, with positive results in recent weeks moving them up the table.

Cardiff City’s Two Strikers:

Erol Bulut: “We rested Karlan Grant, but he will be back for Wednesday’s gave v Huddersfield.”

“As to Etete he was a bit stiff, so we took him off but he is ok now.”

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Did Odowda get on the pitch against Bristol? If so, did he look fit enough to start this match?

Did Odowda get on the pitch against Bristol? If so, did he look fit enough to start this match?

Yes he came on 2nd half and looked ok , he did some nice play and did well to win a free kick towards the end to waste time , hopefully shud be ready to start against the jacks

Did Odowda get on the pitch against Bristol? If so, did he look fit enough to start this match?

Yes he came on 2nd half and looked ok , he did some nice play and did well to win a free kick towards the end to waste time , hopefully shud be ready to start against the jacks

Cheers mate, sounds promising

Huddersfield Town head into Wednesday's trip without key midfielder Jonathan Hogg, who was sent off for a second bookable offence in the first half of their draw with Leeds United last time out, while defender Yuta Nakayama will join Oliver Turton, Josh Ruffels and Rhys Healey in the engine room after being forced off in the opening 30 minutes on Saturday.

Their injury issues have eased slightly, though, with Danny Ward returning to contention and netting a brace against Watford, while centre-back Michal Helik returned off the bench in Nakayama's place to score his ninth Championship goal of the season against Leeds, and he should come into the back line from the outset on Wednesday.

Huddersfield have scored at least once in 12 of their last 13. The only failure to score was a 5-0 pasting off Man City.

I feel and fear that we'll need to do something beyond our reach and score more than 1; which we have done once in our last 10 (5 of those we didn't score).

Voted win. Lets see some confidence against an energetic but beatable team. Sunderland are the only team we can catch +1 place above us; they host a wobbly Leicester. A win for us and Leicester will put us 10th, and 3 wins on the bounce (something we haven't done since September).

For me it has a goaless draw written all over it,we did however rip them apart earlier this season.

Huddersfield boss: Cardiff are good technical team

Huddersfield Town boss André Breitenreiter expects a tough test against Cardiff tomorrow night, citing their technical ability and positive recent form.

The Bluebirds have moved up to 11th in the Championship table thanks to wins over Stoke City and Bristol City, as well as a point against Blackburn Rovers in their last three games.


And the Terriers, who themselves are coming off the back of a good away win over Watford and a draw against promotion-chasers Leeds United in their last two games, are preparing for a difficult visit to the Welsh capital,

"Today we have prepared everything about Cardiff and we know Cardiff are technically a good team. They are in really good form at the moment," said Breitenreiter.


"We always have respect for every opponent, but we want to speak about our team and find solutions, like at Watford, like in the first half against Leeds. We want to play our style of play and see if it works in Cardiff."

Asked specifically about Cardiff's set-piece threat, the Terriers boss said: "Set pieces are important. But we are used to preparing for everything."


Meanwhile, Huddersfield defender Yuta Nakayama has been ruled out of tomorrow night's clash following a knee injury he sustained against Leeds United

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Latest Match Odds

Cardiff City - 11/9
Huddersfield Town - 3/1
Draw - 9/4

Another 4-0 win I see

Think we’ll win tonight.

I’ll go for 3-1.

2-0 to The Blooobirds

Cardiff City: Horvath; Ng, Goutas, Phillips, Wilson-Esbrand; Wintle, Ralls; Bowler, Turnbull, Grant; Diedhiou.

Subs: Turner, Romeo, O'Dowda, Collins, Meite, Siopis, Colwill, Tanner, Ashford.

My only worry is Sorba Thomas's deliveries. He'd do a job for us to be fair.

My only worry is Sorba Thomas's deliveries. He'd do a job for us to be fair.

I'm sure we'd soon put a stop to him crossing the ball if he played for us, how dare he.

Very low crowd

Come on Bluebirds

Hufddersfield pushing from the startbut thr Bluebirds hold their shape and it's early doors yet...

LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (5 mins)

Scrappy start but we look the more dangerous when we get the ball

Seems very quiet, a lot more so than usual.