' MATCH THREAD CARDIFF CITY v BRENTFORD ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v BRENTFORD
Championship
Tuesday, 15 December, 19:45
Cardiff City Stadium

Team

Marshall; Peltier, Connolly, Morrison, Fabio; Pilkington, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Noone; Jones, Mason

Subs: Moore, Manga, Malone, Whittingham, O'Keefe, Ameobi, Mason

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15/12/15

Slade has a very strong squad to pick from and is expected to start with the same line up as the previous game v Sheff Wed, With Tony Watt and Kenwyne Jones up front

TEAM NEWS

Cardiff boss Russell Slade has repeated his commitment to his players despite them dropping out of the Championship play-off positions at the weekend.

Cardiff have lost only twice in the last 12 games, but have drawn half of those matches.

Brentford have Harlee Dean available after a ban, meaning Jack O'Connell is expected to drop to the bench.
James Tarkowski, who scored an own goal at Fulham at the weekend, could also find his position under threat.


Slade has No injury worries for this game, so Slade will for the third match running have a strong squad to pick from

" UPDATED DAILY "


Brentford are unlikely to make major changes, however Jota is pushing for a start.


Cardiff City

Russell Slade may have to make some changes in order to keep his player fit with three games in six days, including another in just three days time.
Lee Peltier recovered in time to play against Sheffield Wednesday last time out so he will be expected to play once again.

Matt Connolly was another to pass a late fitness test last time out so he should be fit to keep his place in the team. Slade could look to bring Bruno Ecuele-Manga into the side with Cardiff conceding two in each of their last three fixtures.

Idriss Saadi remains out until the new year so he won’t be available.

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Latest News


Brentford

Maxime Colin has recently returned from a long term injury but s not expected the start while elsewhere, John Swift has returned to action and could well start against Cardiff. The injury problem Dean Smith has in Alan McCormack who remains out with a troubling hamstring problem.


Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

01 Marshall
02 Peltier
04 Morrison
16 Connolly
28 Malone
11 Noone
17 Gunnarsson
08 Ralls
13 Pilkington
33 Watt
09 Jones

Brentford

27 Button
28 Yennaris
26 Tarkowski
22 O'Connell
03 Bidwell
15 Woods
20 Diagouraga
47 Canos
18 Judge
17 Kerschbaumer
21 Vibe

The Opposition



Brentford Football Club is a professional football club based in Brentford, in the London Borough of Hounslow, that currently plays in the Football League Championship. It was founded on 10 October 1889 and plays its home games at Griffin Park, its home stadium since 1904, after a nomadic existence playing at five previous grounds. Brentford's most successful spell came during the 1930s, when it achieved consecutive top six finishes in the First Division. Since the Second World War, it has spent most of its time in the third and fourth tiers of English football. Brentford has been FA Cup quarter-finalists on four occasions, and has three times been Football League Trophy runners-up.


2015/16 Latest Results

Cardiff

SAT 12 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 2 - 2 Sheff Wed
SAT 5 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Bolton 2 - 3 Cardiff
SAT 28 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 2 - 2 Burnley
SAT 21 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Derby 2 - 0 Cardiff


Brentford

SAT 12 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Fulham 2 - 2 Brentford
SAT 5 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Brentford 2 - 0 MK Dons
MON 30 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Bolton 1 - 1 Brentford
SAT 21 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Brentford 2 - 1 Nottm Forest


Last 5 meetings

2014/2015 Sat 14 Mar Brentford 1 - 2 Cardiff City Championship
2002/2003 Tue 04 Mar Brentford 0 - 2 Cardiff City League Division Two
2002/2003 Tue 17 Sep Cardiff City 2 - 0 Brentford League Division Two
2001/2002 Tue 12 Feb Brentford 2 - 1 Cardiff City League Division Two
2001/2002 Tue 04 Dec Cardiff City 3 - 1 Brentford League Division Two


Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 6/5
Draw 11/5
Brentford 2/1

Tickets

Cardiff v Brentford is a BRONZE 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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3-1 City

2-1 win just.

Cardiff City 1-2 Brentford

City to throw away yet another lead under Slade.

2-1

Slade will leave Manga and Fabio on the bench.

We'll go two up and look comfortable.

Then it'll end 2-2.

City 3 Brentford 1

2-0 to the bloobirds (watt Jones) and yes we hold on to a 2 goal lead

2-0 city. A clean sheet Scorers Watt and macheda/ mason which ever 1 comes on as a sub

Match Day Officials v Brentford

The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Brentford this midweek.

Cardiff host Brentford on Tuesday December 15 for the game at the Cardiff City Stadium and the match carries a 7.45pm kick off.

Referee: Simon Hooper
Linesmen: Adam Matthews and Marvyn Amphlett
Fourth Official: Stephen Martin

Match Day referee Hooper (Wiltshire) has officiated one Cardiff game this season - the two all draw with Queens Park Rangers on August 15. In that game he didn't show a single card.

He has however already taken in twenty two other matches so far in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and Football divisions, he has handed out a total of 53 yellow cards and two red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Brighton and Hull on September 12 with a total of five yellows being shown. He also showed five yellows in the match between Charlton and Preston and then Brentford and Queens Park Rangers in October.

Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of our players edge closer to automatic bans.

Cardiff City

Russell Slade may have to make some changes in order to keep his player fit with three games in six days, including another in just three days time.
Lee Peltier recovered in time to play against Sheffield Wednesday last time out so he will be expected to play once again.

Matt Connolly was another to pass a late fitness test last time out so he should be fit to keep his place in the team. Slade could look to bring Bruno Ecuele-Manga into the side with Cardiff conceding two in each of their last three fixtures.

Idriss Saadi remains out until the new year so he won’t be available.

Brentford

Maxime Colin has recently returned from a long term injury but s not expected the start while elsewhere, John Swift has returned to action and could well start against Cardiff. The injury problem Dean Smith has in Alan McCormack who remains out with a troubling hamstring problem.

Bring Manga in NOW!!! Push us forward with distribution!! Anyone disagree??

FOTBALL NEWS
BRENTFORD FC
Brentford defender hoping Fulham strike will help cement his place ahead of Cardiff trip

14 DEC 2015

BY TIM STREET


Dean back in contention tomorrow but O'Connell won't give up his shirt easily






Clearing his lines: O'Connell in action against Fulham
Jack O'Connell hopes his crucial goal for Brentford on Saturday will go some way towards helping him keep his place tomorrow.

O'Connell has filled in at centre-back for the Bees for the last three games while Harlee Dean sits out a suspension for his red card against Nottingham Forest.

Dean is available again for the midweek trip to Cardiff City and is expected to claim back his place but O'Connell hopes he's not made it any easy decision for Bees boss Dean Smith.

Even if he drops back to the bench, Bees fans will have a lot to be thankful to O'Connell for, having emulated Dean by scoring the equaliser against Fulham

He said: “I don't want to just be here as a stand-in when Harlee or James (Tarkowski) aren't available, I want to be playing every week. There's some healthy competition for places.


“Hopefully the goal will help my case. I scored five goals for Rochdale last season, and if I can do the same for Brentford, I'd be more than happy with that.

“I was told by Keith Hill at Rochdale that adding goals to my game would make me a better player, so I always try to sneak in at the back post and see what I can get on the end of. He had a big influence on my career.

“I've done all I can. I've been given this opportunity and I think I've done enough to keep my place, but if not all I

Brentford are unlikely to make major changes, however Jota is pushing for a start.

Brentford have drawn their last 3 away games.

Don't think we will lose this. A score draw looks a probability but I'm hoping we may scrape a one goal win if we get a bit of luck. Probably end 1-1.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't peltier pick up his 5th booking on Saturday?

# never mind just seen the cut off for 5 bookings was Nov 30th #

TEAM NEWS

Cardiff boss Russell Slade has repeated his commitment to his players despite them dropping out of the Championship play-off positions at the weekend.
Cardiff have lost only twice in the last 12 games, but have drawn half of those matches.


Brentford have Harlee Dean available after a ban, meaning Jack O'Connell is expected to drop to the bench.
James Tarkowski, who scored an own goal at Fulham at the weekend, could also find his position under threat.

Cardiff last kept a clean sheet at home 3 games ago.

The last 20 Cardiff home matches have produced an average of 2.10 goals per game.

In their last 20 home matches against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Cardiff have scored 1.3 goals per game and conceded 1.6 goals per game on average.

Brentford last kept a clean sheet away from home 4 games ago.

The last 20 Brentford away matches have produced an average of 2.65 goals per game.

In their last 20 away matches against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Brentford have scored 1.1 goals per game and conceded 1.5 goals per game on average.

Cardiff City 29/20
Draw 11/5
Brentford 19/10

Cardiff City 3 Brentford 2

Slade has a strong squad to pick from tonight

we need Manga and Fabio back in the side

we need Manga and Fabio back in the side

Seconded.

Matches to keep and eye on tonight

Cardiff City v Brentford tonight obviously, but also..

Fulham v Ipswich - we are currently one point behind Ipswich, so if they fail to win and we win then we will be back in the top six (unless Sheff Wed win by a bigger margin than we do)

Middlesbrough v Burnley - if we win tonight, and Burnley lose then we can move to within two points of them. Surprising really, given how things look at the start of the season

MK Dons v Sheff Wed - Sheffield Wednesday are level on points with us after the weekend, so we could do with them dropping points at MK Dons

Preston v Birmingham - The Blues will move above us if they win and we fail to

QPR v Brighton - QPR will move level on points with us if they beat the league leaders and we lose

Shrewsbury v Grimsby - the winner will play Cardiff City in the FA Cup 3rd round next month

Team

Marshall; Peltier, Connolly, Morrison, Fabio; Pilkington, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Noone; Jones, Watt

Moore, Manga, Malone, Whittingham, O'Keefe, Ameobi, Mason

Marshall; Peltier, Connolly, Morrison, Fabio; Pilkington, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Noone; Jones, Mason

Subs: Moore, Manga, Malone, Whittingham, O'Keefe, Ameobi, Mason

Kennedy is a goner in january.

3-1 home win