West Ham Vs Cardiff City - Official Match Thread

Capital One Cup third round
Venue: Upton ParkDate: Tuesday, 24 September
KO 19:45

West Ham midfielders Joe Cole (hamstring) and Stewart Downing (knee) will not feature as they have only just returned to training after injury.

Mark Noble will also definitely be absent as he serves a one-match ban.

Like Hammers' manager Sam Allardyce, Cardiff boss Malky Mackay will also rotate his squad.

New signing Peter Odemwingie could make his first start but Andreas Cornelius is still struggling with an ankle injury picked up in the last round

MATCH PREVIEW
West Ham and Cardiff go into Tuesday's League Cup tie locked together in the Premier League, with both teams having won one, drawn two and lost two of their five league matches so far.

In fact, the only difference lies in the goals conceded column, where Cardiff have let in two more than the Hammers - goals that can be traced back to their 2-0 defeat at Upton Park on the opening day of the season.

West Ham's only subsequent win was against League Two Cheltenham in this competition, and they have suffered home defeats to both Stoke and Everton.

The League Cup has been bitter-sweet for Cardiff in recent years. The Welsh club reached the final in 2012, only to suffer the heartbreak of losing to Liverpool in a penalty shoot-out. And they fell at the first hurdle last year, with League Two side Northampton dumping them out.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
•The two sides have met five times before in the League Cup, including in 1966, when West Ham won the two-legged semi-final 10-3 on aggregate and went on to lift the trophy.
•West Ham have won the last four meetings with Cardiff in all competitions, including the Premier League meeting between the two sides in August.

West Ham
•The Hammers have won eight of their last 10 League Cup matches played at Upton Park (W8, L2).
•This match will be Sam Allardyce's 100th in charge of West Ham. His record so far is P99, W42, D27, L30
•West Ham have not won any of their last four league matches (D2, L2).

Cardiff
•Cardiff have won just one of their last seven away games in all competitions (W1, D4, L2).
•The Welsh side have lost both their matches against London clubs so far this season.
•They have won just one of their last 12 League Cup clashes against top-flight sides (including replays), with that victory (against Blackburn) coming on their way to reaching the 2012 final.

My Possible line up -

Lewis

Kev
Brayford
Hudson
Connelly

Noone
Mutch
Cowie
Smith

Maynard
Odemwingie

Im going for a 2-1 win

Looking forward to going to Upton Park tomorrow night.

Really fancy this one

I will go for West Ham 1 Cardiff City 3

Looking forward to going to Upton Park tomorrow night.

Really fancy this one

I will go for West Ham 1 Cardiff City 3

Hopefully some attacking football to, i would rather have a go and lose than sit back hoofing it back to them and lose

Also looking forward to the game tomorrow night Annis. 2-1 to the Bluebirds.

http://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=3280

Enjoy it lads, saving myself for Saturday, but still would of liked to go,

I think we will do a smash n grab on them.

2-0 to us

Cardiff 0 -West ham 2

Cardiff 0 -West ham 2

We're away

Cardiff 0 -West ham 2

We're away

West ham 4 Cardiff 0

Any team news yet?

Lewis

Brayford
Connolly
Hudson (capt)
John

Noone
Mutch
Cowie
Odemwingie

Mason
Maynard

Subs - Moore, Smith, Gestede, McNaughton, Harris, Lappin, Healey

According to CCFC official FB page...

Eti should play

1-0 West Ham

shite

20 secs and it was our kick off !

Who cares? Mickey Mouse cup,remember!!!

Shite 2-0

fucks sake

fucks sake

7 minutes ....wtf???

Playing well it seems

I care cos these players are trying to impress for a place in first team squad. We need strength in depth for a long season and this is not impressive.

fucks sake

7 minutes ....wtf???

How is this even happening ?!

MALKEE OWT

Don't care about the cup but the I want our reserves to get some game time. Seems they need a whole lot more. Malky going to have some way decisions to make in January and beyond

I can see a moral busting drubbing on the cards - 2nd team or not

Don't care about the cup but the I want our reserves to get some game time. Seems they need a whole lot more. Malky going to have some way decisions to make in January and beyond

You said a while back you didn't care for the Premier League too.What exactly interests you then,FA Cup?

I say im not bothered about the cup but get very frustrated when we lose, especially in the manor were loosing right now. Sounds like it could go on to be 4,5 or 6. Hope I'm wrong

Don't care about the cup but the I want our reserves to get some game time. Seems they need a whole lot more. Malky going to have some way decisions to make in January and beyond

You said a while back you didn't care for the Premier League too.What exactly interests you then,FA Cup?

I said I wasn't bothered about the PL if we couldn't compete in it. If we go down then so be it but that doesn't mean I want to get relegated. I want us to win games. My view on the cups is that we have to focus on the league as we cant afford injuries but I wanted us to use them as game times for reserves.
Looks like it will have to be the FA cup

Don't care about the cup but the I want our reserves to get some game time. Seems they need a whole lot more. Malky going to have some way decisions to make in January and beyond

You said a while back you didn't care for the Premier League too.What exactly interests you then,FA Cup?

I said I wasn't bothered about the PL if we couldn't compete in it. If we go down then so be it but that doesn't mean I want to get relegated. I want us to win games. My view on the cups is that we have to focus on the league as we cant afford injuries but I wanted us to use them as game times for reserves.
Looks like it will have to be the FA cup

Oooh you ickle Championship lover you!!!

I hope we don't get tumped, but I'm not all that bothered about the cup.