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BOURNEMOUTH V CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 13th December
Dean Court
3.00pm

CardiffCity: Marshall; Brayford, Turner, Morrison, Connolly; Kim, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Noone; Le Fondre, Jones

Cardiff's Away allocation sold out

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Updated Daily ' CARDIFF CITY '


The likely line-ups
AFC Bournemouth (4-4-2):  A Boruc; S Francis, T Elphick (capt), S Cook, C Daniels; M Ritchie, H Arter, A Surman, M Pugh; C Wilson, Y Kermorgant.

Cardiff City (4-4-2):  D Marshall (capt); M Connolly, S Morrison, B Turner, J Brayford; C Noone, A Gunnarsson, P Whittingham, M Daehli; A Le Fondre, K Jones.

Cardiff:  The big decision for Russell Slade is what to do about covering the absence of injured Anthony Pilkington. Will Kim Bo-kyung be given a second chance? Should Mats Daehli get the nod? Is Ravel Morrison the right man to step in?

My feeling is that Norwegian Daehli is the man for a big occasion in Bournemouth and he’s desperate for a first Bluebirds start since September. Slade won’t make too many changes.

City are some way from their fluent best, but they have earned 17 points from nine matches since then new regime took charge.

Anthony Pilkington misses out through injury


Bournemouth:  Eddie Howe won’t tinker too much with his Cherries team, but he could make a change in attack. Top scorer Callum Wilson is back and while Brad Pitman started alongside him last time out he may make way against Cardiff.

Yann Kermorgant looks set to step in and partner Wilson up front.




' UPDATE ON CITY'S INJURIES '

Bruno Manga now back doing full training.
Kagisho Dikcagoi is out till at least Feb 2015.
Matt Connolly still struggling with his calf,but should be fit for Bournemouth game.
Anthony Pilkinghton another 2 weeks with his hamstring.



Declan John came through another full DVP game at Millwall last night,along with Kadeem Harris


Mat Daehli must believe he is going to start at Bournemouth after Russell said that Kimbo needs to show a bit more.

Ravel Morrison & Fabio Da Silva raring to start a full game

Adeyemi will be hoping for a chance to prove himself in the centre of midfield.

Cardiff recorded their first away win of their travels this season on their last outing away to Watford

High flying Bournemouth are 3rd in the league having just beaten Wolves away, and are on an 11 game unbeaten run. They are likely to be full of confidence ahead of City's visit.

' BOURNEMOUTH TEAM NEWS '

Probably the same starting lineup who beat Wolves even though Adam Smith did well at left back after coming on for Charlie Daniels.

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

Bournemouth
31 Boruc
2 Francis
5 Elphick
3 Cook
11 Daniels
30 Ritchie
8 Arter
6 Surman
7 Pugh
10 Pitman
13 Wilson

The Opposition

High flying Bournemouth are 3rd in the league having just beaten Wolves away, and are on an 11 game unbeaten run. They are likely to be full of confidence ahead of City's visit.

Form - Last 6 Games

Cardiff

Cardiff 0 - 0 Rotherham
Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff
Cardiff 2 - 1 Reading
Birmingham 0 - 0 Cardiff
Bolton 3 - 0 Cardiff
Cardiff 3 - 1 Leedsf

Bournemouth

Wolves 1 - 2 Bournemouth
Bournemouth 2 - 2 Millwall
Bournemouth 2 - 2 Ipswich
Middlesbro 0 - 0 Bournemouth
Sheff Weds 0 - 2 Bournemouth
Bournemouth 3 - 2 Brighton


Last 5 meetings

2014/2015 Tue 23 Sep Cardiff City 0 - 3 Bournemouth League Cup
2008/2009 Tue 12 Aug Bournemouth 1 - 2 Cardiff City League Cup
2004/2005 Tue 26 Oct Bournemouth 3 - 3 Cardiff City League Cup
2001/2002 Tue 05 Feb Bournemouth 1 - 3 Cardiff City League Division Two
2001/2002Sat 25 Aug Cardiff City 2 - 2 Bournemouth League D

Highlights (lowlights) of Cardiff 0-3 Bournemouth Sept 2014.



Match Odds
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Cardiff 7/2
Draw 13/5
Bournemouth 4/5

Tickets

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The Ground



Capacity: 12,000 (all seated)
Address: Dean Court, Kings Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7AF
Main Telephone No: 01202 726300
Fax No: 01202 726373
Ticket Office: 01202 726338
Pitch Size: 115 x 71 yards
Team Nickname: The Cherries
Year Ground Opened:
1910 (pitch rotated 90 degrees in 2001)

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City to win away ending there unbeaten run 2-1 to the mighty BLUEBIRDS

Bournemouth 1 Cardiff City 1

As long as we perform and compete I will be pleased

Bournemouth, now unbeaten in 11 games.

Massive credit to Bournemouth, a small club that got itself organized and doing really well

1-0 city.

Massive credit to Bournemouth, a small club that got itself organized and doing really well

Thomas,Now debt free and I think partially owned by its fans

Cardiff 3-2 Bournemouth

Bournemouth 1 - 2 city

They have scored 2 or more goals in 7 of the last 8 games . Scoring 24 goals in those 8.

If we play like we have the last 2 games we will take a kicking .

Saying that we play better against teams at the top and I can see the players making up for the rotherham performance with an exciting 2-2 draw, which will be a great result imo against the in form team in the league .

I got a sneaky feeling we are going to come away with a 1-0 win

lose 3-1

Sorry to say it, but I can see us losing 3-0 with worse results to come. I really hope I am wrong.

2-0 city

A spectacular feast of attacking football with end to end action.............0-0

Bournemouth play Liverpool in the Capital One Cup the following Weds.

So let's hope they are more focused on that.

Bournemouth are averaging two goals a game over their last few matches, so it's going to be a real battle to get a point

But hey, this is Cardiff City so anything can happen.

Whatever . . . I'm looking forward to a great weekend down there

' UPDATE ON INJURIES & WHOS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR FOR CARDIFF CITY '




Bruno Manga now back doing full training.

Kagisho Dikcagoi is out till at least Feb 2015.

Matt Connolly still struggling with his calf,but should be fit for Bournemouth game.

Anthony Pilkinghton another 2 weeks with his hamstring.


' Knocking on Russell Slades door '

Declan John came through another full DVP game at Millwall last night,along with Kadeem Harris


Mat Daehli must believe he is going to start at Bournemouth after Russell said that Kimbo needs to show a bit more.

Ravel Morrison & Fabio Da Silva raring to start a full game

Adeyemi will be hoping for a chance to prove himself in the centre of midfield.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/830137/Preview/?

If both us & Bournemouth play like we have been: 5-1 to Bournemouth! unfortunately.

Team News

Bournemouth
Yann Kermorgant could return in attack for Bournemouth.
Eddie Howe has the luxury of a fully fit squad to select from.
Cardiff
Fabio and Anhtony Pilkington could return to the starting XI.
Ravel Morrison is hoping to make a start, but will more than likely be on the bench.

From a Bournemouth Fan

By Peter Bell.

Thursday 11th Dec 2014

" What style can we expect from Cardiff against AFCB? "


If you look at Cardiff's last away game at Watford you might expect the Bluebirds to play in a similar way considering that Watford are a fast passing side like AFCB and were playing at home on that day. Russell Slade has seen his team get success with playing a few long balls up to Kenwyne Jones, while the predatory nature of Adam Le Fondre in the box and Frederico Mechada's sharp finishing is something that Tommy Elphick and Steve Cook will have to deal with.

It has been a reasonable start for Slade and while Cardiff are a side that will let the opposition enjoy affair amount of possession they tend to strike really hard on the break and they have plenty of height with Kenwyne Jones in their team. I never felt that Cardiff were a bad team even when they started off slowly in the Championship under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. They showed that even in the first game after Solskjaer's reign was over by getting a draw away at Derby County. Many of their squad have Premier League experience and AFCB will have to try and dominate players like Pilkington, Whittingham and Gunnarsson if they are to control the game.

Cardiff are perhaps not as adventurous as they were early on in the season. They have tightened up and are not conceding as many goals, although Bolton get the better of them at the start of November. It would be handy if Liam Feeney could hand on some tips as he was Cardiff's chief tormentor that day scoring a brace.

I'm sure Cardiff will set out to upset AFCB's passing game with a few testing long balls, but the Cherries's central defenders should be used to that by now. Eddie Howe will be concentrating more on how AFCB can hurt Cardiff and look to get the side's attacking players showing that the kind of skill they had around the box at Wolves is something they can replicate on a regular basis against any of the Championship teams.

There was a good win yesterday against an Exeter City team for most of the AFCB squad who you would imagine will be used to line up against Liverpool next week. It was good to hear that O'Kane and Stanislas had especially strong games.

MATCH FACTS

Eddie Howe's AFC Bournemouth are currently unbeaten in their last 12 matches

Six points currently separate City and the Cherries in third place

Cardiff have kept clean sheets in three of their last four games

Bournemouth welcomed back nine-goal striker Callum Wilson from injury in their win over Wolves

City's last league win at Dean Court came in February 2002, goals from Kavanagh, Earnshaw and Boland in a 3-1 victory

BOURNEMOUTH TEAM NEWS

Probably the same starting lineup who beat Wolves even though Adam Smith did well at left back after coming on for Charlie Daniels.

This Saturday our visitors are one of the sides relegated from the Premier League last season in Cardiff City.

Will we see the Blue Birds playing in blue instead of their now normal home colours of red?

We have already beaten them on their own ground this season 3-0 in the Football League Cup.

Cardiff sit in 9th place 6 points behind the Cherries, they drew their last game at home in a 0-0 draw with Rotherham, previously they won 1-0 at Watford.

AFC Bournemouth go into this game unbeaten in 10, but the last 2 home games have ended in 2-2 draws.

Read more: http://www.bournemouth.vitalfootball.co ... z3LdBeQij2

AFC Bournemouth v Cardiff City
Goldsands Stadium, Saturday, 3pm

The likely line-ups
AFC Bournemouth (4-4-2):  A Boruc; S Francis, T Elphick (capt), S Cook, C Daniels; M Ritchie, H Arter, A Surman, M Pugh; C Wilson, Y Kermorgant.

Cardiff City (4-4-2):  D Marshall (capt); M Connolly, S Morrison, B Turner, J Brayford; C Noone, A Gunnarsson, P Whittingham, M Daehli; A Le Fondre, K Jones.

Team news

Cardiff:  The big decision for Russell Slade is what to do about covering the absence of injured Anthony Pilkington. Will Kim Bo-kyung be given a second chance? Should Mats Daehli get the nod? Is Ravel Morrison the right man to step in?

My feeling is that Norwegian Daehli is the man for a big occasion in Bournemouth and he’s desperate for a first Bluebirds start since September. Slade won’t make too many changes.

City are some way from their fluent best, but they have earned 17 points from nine matches since then new regime took charge.

Anthony Pilkington misses out through injury


Bournemouth:  Eddie Howe won’t tinker too much with his Cherries team, but he could make a change in attack. Top scorer Callum Wilson is back and while Brad Pitman started alongside him last time out he may make way against Cardiff.

Yann Kermorgant looks set to step in and partner Wilson up front.

BBC
Friday 12th Dec 2014

TEAM NEWS

Bournemouth defender Ian Harte is unlikely to start despite recovery from a calf problem, along with Elliot Ward who has just returned to training.
Eunan O'Kane and Ryan Fraser staked their claims for a start after both appeared in a midweek friendly.


Cardiff manager Russell Slade could rotate his squad after last weekend's goalless draw against Rotherham.
Winger Anthony Pilkington misses out (hamstring), as does centre-back Bruno Manga (knee).




Head-to-Head
• Bournemouth won 3-0 at the Cardiff City Stadium in the Capital One Cup on 23 September.
• This is the first league meeting since Cardiff won 3-1 at Bournemouth in the old Division Two in February 2002.
• Both sides have won three of the last seven meetings in all competitions, drawing the other one.
• Cardiff have won three of the last four meetings at Bournemouth in all competitions, losing one.

Bournemouth
• Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last 11 games in all competitions, winning eight. Their last defeat was 2-0 at Derby in the Championship on 30 September.
• Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last seven home games in all competitions, drawing the last two. Their last defeat at home was 3-1 against Leeds in the Championship on 16 September.

Cardiff
• Cardiff are unbeaten in their last four games, winning two. Their last defeat was 3-0 at Bolton on 4 November.
• Cardiff won their last away game 1-0 against Watford on 29 November - their first away win in the Championship this season.

I'm hoping, but not expecting, a more even game as we are lining up against a similar 4-4-2 set up. Quite often, it seems we are outnumbered & outplayed all around the pitch due to Slade being unable to see or change the tactics accordingly.
One can live in hope!

' Russell Slade: 'Cardiff City need to score goals' '



By Sian Cowper, Reporter

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Friday, December 12, 2014


Russell Slade has said that Cardiff City need to create opportunities to score more goals during their Championship match against Bournemouth this weekend.

The Bluebirds have lost only once in their last six outings, but have averaged just a goal a game during that spell.

The manager told the club's website: "Of course, looking specifically towards tomorrow, three clean sheets in four games says we are looking solid.

"Now the key is to balance between staying solid and still being able to penetrate, create chances and score goals. We're unbeaten in four games, and now we'd like to get ourselves into the position that Bournemouth are.

"I've known Eddie [Howe] for an awfully long time. He has Bournemouth well organised and they will be a tough nut to crack. On Saturday we will be both do everything we can to win, of course, and he will know how much I want Cardiff to come out on top. We've done well against the teams flying high in the league his season, and there's no reason why we can't continue that."

Cardiff sit ninth in the table ahead of this weekend's fixtures.

Midfielder Anthony Pilkington misses out with a hamstring injury, although manager Russell Slade said the Irish international was ahead of schedule in his recovery.

Defender Bruno Ecuele Manga returns to the squad following a knee problem, but Slade will assess his match fitness before the game.