' MATCH THREAD: CARDIFF CITY v READING ' MATCH THREAD '

CARDIFF CITY v READING
Championship
Saturday, 7 November, 15:00
Cardiff City Stadium

Starting XI: Marshall, Peltier, Malone, Morrison, Connolly, Pilkington, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Noone, Mason, Jones.

Subs: Moore, Tamas, Dikgacoi, O'Keefe, Kennedy, Ameobi, Saadi.

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Reading As many as seven key players could be missing from Steve Clarke's squad as four injury doubts have been added to the three definites, Hal Robson-Kanu , Stephen Quinn and Aaron Tshibiola

Kenwyne Jones is expected to start.

Declan John will be on the bench.

Manga,Turner,Macheda and Fabio are still all injured.

Whittingham is suspended for one game after receiving 5 bookings.




Latest News

Slade will be looking for all 3 points on Saturday after a poor run of results.

Peter Whittingham is suspended for Saturday's game following his 5th booking against Leeds on Tuesday.


Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

01 Marshall
02 Peltier
04 Morrison
16 Connolly
28 Malone
11 Noone
17 Gunnarsson
13 Pilkington
08 Ralls
10 Mason
19 Revell


Reading

26 Al Habsi
02 Gunter
05 McShane
15 Ferdinand
11 Obita
06 Norwood
12 McCleary
23 Williams
17 Piazon
07 Vydra
22 Blackman


The Opposition

Reading Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Reading, which plays in the Football League Championship. The club competed in the 2012–13 Premier League season, having gained promotion at the end of the 2011–12 season after winning the Championship, but were relegated after just one season back in the top flight.

Reading are nicknamed The Royals, due to Reading's location in the Royal County of Berkshire, though they were previously known as The Biscuitmen, due to the town's association with Huntley and Palmers. Established in 1871, the club is one of the oldest teams in England, but did not join The Football League until 1920, and had never played in the top tier of English football league system before the 2006–07 season.

The club played at Elm Park for 102 years between 1896 to 1998. The club moved in 1998 to the new Madejski Stadium, which is named after the club's Co chairman Sir John Madejski.

The club holds the record for the number of successive league wins at the start of a season, with a total of 13 wins at the start of the 1985–86 Third Division campaign and also the record for the number of points gained in the professional league season with 106 points in the 2005–06 Football League Championship campaign. Reading then finished eighth in the 2006-07 Premier League, their first ever season as a top flight club.


2015/16 Latest Results

Cardiff

TUE 3 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Leeds 1 - 0 Cardiff
SAT 31 OCT 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich 0 - 0 Cardiff
MON 26 OCT 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 0 - 0 Bristol
TUE 20 OCT 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 0 Middlesbrough


Reading

TUE 3 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Reading 2 - 2 Huddersfield
SAT 31 OCT 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Reading 1 - 1 Brighton
SAT 24 OCT 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Fulham 4 - 2 Reading
TUE 20 OCT 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Rotherham 1 - 1 Reading


Last 5 meetings

2014/2015 Sat 04 Apr Reading 1 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2014/2015 Sat 24 Jan Cardiff City 1 - 2 Reading F.A. Cup
2014/2015 Fri 21 Nov Cardiff City 2 - 1 Reading Championship
2011/2012 Mon 02 Jan Cardiff City 3 - 1 Reading Championship
2011/2012 Sat 19 Nov Reading 1 - 2 Cardiff City Championship

Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 9/5
Draw 2/1
Reading 6/4

Tickets

Cardiff v Reading is a SILVER category match (see prices here: http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/tickets/ticket-prices/)

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. You can click here to purchase tickets: https://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity

For all ticket enquiries, please call the Cardiff City ticket office 0845 345 1400


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Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

1-2 Reading.

We will score early and the floodgates will open with reading ripping us apart but leaving big gaps in behind their midfield

3-3 draw imo

0-4 Reading. One certainty- we are unlikely to score

0-0

0-2 reading

1-2 Reading.

Well done thats more like it

Not sure how many Reading will get but I know we will get nil

1-1

Cardiff 0

1-2 Reading.

Well done thats more like it

I will eat humble pie and admit i am wrong.

Whittingham out - 3-0 City

City 1 Reading 3

Cardiff City 0

I am not sure how many Reading will or will not score.

0-3 a result waiting to happen.

Whittingham out - 3-0 City

I like your sarcasm

Whittingham out - 3-0 City

I like your sarcasm

Hi Steve, I hope you're well!

It was a bit tongue in cheek! (I imagine you would say foot in mouth!)

I can see it being 1-0 to us. There is no way it'll be 3-0 'cos I can't see us getting 3 own goals; 1 maybe.

But more important than our difference of opinion it seems we have new recruits to our club, which is fantastic news.

Pembroke Allan and Rydog have jumped ship and I hear rumours Steve Troobloo has also chucked his banner in the bin.

I propose we make all three Honorary Presidents of our ever increasing club, much like Tan did with Sam. What do you think?

Should move the ball around quicker, now that Whittingham won't be there to slow everything down. Looking forward to Saturday, Reading are a good pacey side, hope Slade gives Kennedy and Declan a chance to put some tempo in to our game.

I can't see a City win. 0-1 Reading.

Cardiff City 0 Reading 4

3-1 city

Cardiff Nil and whatever Reading score

0-2

2-1 to the Bloobirds

0-0
Best we can hope for is a one nil win courtesy of an own goal.

Whittingham out - 3-0 City

I like your sarcasm

I like your sarcasm most steve

0-0
Best we can hope for is a one nil win courtesy of an own goal.

While you have slipped into a coma.

0-0
Best we can hope for is a one nil win courtesy of an own goal.

While you have slipped into a coma.

Cardiff City 1-2 Reading

Kenwyne Jones is expected to start.

Manga,Turner,Macheda and Fabio are still all injured.

Whittingham is suspended for one game after receiving 5 bookings.