MATCH THREAD ' CARDIFF CITY v BOURNEMOUTH ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v BOURNEMOUTH
Championship
Tuesday 17th March, 7.45pm.
Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff City Team : Moore, Fabio, Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Connolly, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Noone, Kennedy, Jones, Revell.

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About 700 plus Bournemouth fans coming

" UPDATED DAILY "

Marshal still doubtful.

Macheda and Harris both suspended.

Macheda is suspended for 1 match.

Kadeem Harris is suspended for 3 matches.

Mason and Pilkinghton not yet ready to return.

Peltier is doubtful.

Ralls is expected to start.

Kenwyne Jones will start.



Latest News

' CARDIFF CITY '

Russell Slade will assess defender Lee Peltier who limped out of that victory with just 12 minutes gone. Joe Ralls is standing by to replace the former Huddersfield man.

' BOURNEMOUTH '


Bournemouth have Harry Arter available when they make the trip.

The midfielder served his one-match suspension as the Cherries ran out 4-0 winners over Blackpool on Saturday and he could step straight back into the starting line-up for Shaun MacDonald.

Eddie Howe will hope to call on Yann Kermorgant who missed that win having suffered with a sickness bug on Friday night. The striker will be monitored in the build up to kick-off.

Eunan O'Kane made a welcome return to the squad on Saturday after injury and he could be joined in the 18 by Dan Gosling who is building his match fitness after a spell on the sidelines.

Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

33 Moore S
21 Ralls
5 Manga
36 Morrison
3 Fabio
30 Kennedy
17 Gunnarsson
7 Whittingham
11 Noone
9 Jones
29 Revell

Bournemouth

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


Preview

A.F.C. Bournemouth is a football club playing in the Championship, the second tier in the English football league system. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.

Nicknamed The Cherries, the team traditionally played in red shirts with white sleeves until 1971, when the strip was changed to red and black stripes, similar to that of A.C. Milan. A predominantly red shirt was chosen for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons before announcing a return to the stripes for the 2006–07 season due to fan demand.

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League in the 2008–09 season, Bournemouth were promoted to League One at the end of the 2009–10. After making the League One play-off semi-finals in 2010–11 and achieving a mid-table finish in 2011–12, Bournemouth won promotion to the Championship at the end of the 2012–13 season, putting them in the second tier of the league for only the second time in their history.

Form - Last 5 Games

Cardiff

Tue 24/02/15 CHA Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Cardiff City
Sat 28/02/15 CHA Cardiff City 0 - 1 Wolves
Tue 03/03/15 CHA Rotherham 1 - 3 Cardiff City
Sat 07/03/15 CHA Cardiff City 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
Sat 14/03/15 CHA Brentford 1 - 2 Cardiff City

Bournemouth

Wed 25/02/15 CHA Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Sat 28/02/15 CHA AFC Bournemouth 0 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Tue 03/03/15 CHA AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Wolverhampton
Fri 06/03/15 CHA Fulham 1 - 5 AFC Bournemouth
Sat 14/03/15 CHA AFC Bournemouth 4 - 0 Blackpool

Last 5 meetings

2014/2015 Sat 13 Dec Bournemouth 5 - 3 Cardiff City Championship
2008/2009 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
2002/2003 Tue 10 Dec Bournemouth 2 - 1 Cardiff City (Associate Members)

Previous Highlights



Match Odds

Cardiff 10/11
Draw 5/2
Bournemouth 11/5

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased in person at the ticket office situated in the Grandstand, next to corporate entrance 2.

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

The easiest way is to book online.
https://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity/default.aspx

Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

2-1.

City 2 Bournemouth 2

The best away attacking record in the Championship against the 18th ranked home defence. Hmmm

1-3.

Unfortunately 1-4.

Bournemouth are scoring goals for fun. 4 yesterday and 5 against Fulham in their last away game.

We owe these a beating , 3-1 city

1-1

3-2 Cardiff

1-2 Bournemouth

0-4

2-2 same as the last game i predicted

Bournemouth are an excellent team, but Blackpool gave them so much space on Saturday. Pitman is a tidy striker but we've got better. I really hope Connolly and McAleny are back - 2 best players v. Charlton.

I'm hoping we can get a result but I was telling my wee boy this morning not to expect anything from the game so I'm gna go 2-3 Bournemouth but hope I'm wrong and we can take something from the game

0-0

Our bench is going to look a bit threadbare. I'd be chuffed with a draw, to be honest.

1-3

Going to this one, can't fooking wait.

They will tear us apart. 0:4

Really tough one to call this one, depends what city side turns up really. I can defo see them getting at least one goal. I will sit on the fence and go 1-1. If not, 0-2 Bournemouth.

This is a tough one. As James the Bluebird boy says, it depends what City side turns up. Bournemouth have also got a lot to play for, including building up their goal difference. That said, I think City could be harder to beat than some of the Cherries recent opponents. I'm going for a 1-1 draw but hope city carve out an overdue home win.

3:1 Bournemouth

2-0 city enough said time to walk the walk

Kadeem Harris is suspended for 3 matches.

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Bluebirds duo banned

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Cardiff will be without two players through suspension when they host high-flying Bournemouth.

The Bluebirds, who lost 3-0 to the Cherries in south Wales in a Capital One Cup tie earlier this season, saw Fedirico Macheda pick up a second yellow in their 2-1 win at Brentford on Saturday after Kadeem Harris had earned a straight red.

Winger Harris will serve the first of his three-match ban while Macheda's one-game suspension means Kenwyne Jones or Eoin Doyle stepping into the side.

Russell Slade will assess defender Lee Peltier who limped out of that victory with just 12 minutes gone. Joe Ralls is standing by to replace the former Huddersfield man.

Bournemouth have Harry Arter available when they make the trip.

The midfielder served his one-match suspension as the Cherries ran out 4-0 winners over Blackpool on Saturday and he could step straight back into the starting line-up for Shaun MacDonald.

Eddie Howe will hope to call on Yann Kermorgant who missed that win having suffered with a sickness bug on Friday night. The striker will be monitored in the build up to kick-off.

Eunan O'Kane made a welcome return to the squad on Saturday after injury and he could be joined in the 18 by Dan Gosling who is building his match fitness after a spell on the sidelines.

Russell Slade will assess defender Lee Peltier who limped out of that victory with just 12 minutes gone. Joe Ralls is standing by to replace the former Huddersfield man.

Looking at the players available to both teams, I can't get my head around how we are 22 points behind them. Doubt if we will get anything from tomorrow's game, but a good performance and at least running them close would be proof that we are finally improving. Going for Bournemouth 3-1.

The Bluebirds, who lost 3-0 to the Cherries in south Wales in a Capital One Cup tie earlier this season, saw Fedirico Macheda pick up a second yellow in their 2-1 win at Brentford on Saturday after Kadeem Harris had earned a straight red.

Winger Harris will serve the first of his three-match ban while Macheda's one-game suspension means Kenwyne Jones or Eoin Doyle stepping into the side.

Russell Slade will assess defender Lee Peltier who limped out of that victory with just 12 minutes gone. Joe Ralls is standing by to replace the former Huddersfield man.

Bournemouth have Harry Arter available when they make the trip.

The midfielder served his one-match suspension as the Cherries ran out 4-0 winners over Blackpool on Saturday and he could step straight back into the starting line-up for Shaun MacDonald.

Eddie Howe will hope to call on Yann Kermorgant who missed that win having suffered with a sickness bug on Friday night. The striker will be monitored in the build up to kick-off.

Eunan O'Kane made a welcome return to the squad on Saturday after injury and he could be joined in the 18 by Dan Gosling who is building his match fitness after a spell on the sidelines.

Marshall is still doubtful.

About 700 plus Bournemouth fans coming