' MATCH THREAD ' CARDIFF CITY v ROTHERHAM ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v ROTHERHAM
Championship
Saturday, 23 January, 15:00
Cardiff City Stadium

" UPDATED DAILY "


Cardiff City starting XI: Marshall, Peltier, Manga, Connolly, Malone, O’Keefe, Ralls, Noone, Whittingham, Pilkington, Mason

Subs: Moore, Fabio, Dikgacoi, Gunnarsson, Immers, Ameobi, Macheda

22/01/16

Cardiff City Team : Marshall, Peltier, Malone, Connolly, Manga, O'Keefe, Ralls, Noone, Whittingham, Pilkington and Mason.

Subs : Moore, Fabio, Dikgacoi, Gunnarsson, Immers, Ameobi and Macheda.

Alex Immers to make his debut for City


Lex Immers will be in contention to feature for Cardiff in Saturday's Sky Bet Championship clash with Rotherham after completing his loan signing from Feyenoord.

The 29-year-old forward sealed his switch, until the end of the season, late on Thursday afternoon and will be available this weekend subject to international clearance.

Defender Sean Morrison remains sidelined with a knee injury, while striker Idriss Saadi is still out after tearing his hamstring on debut in November.


Rotherham have signed Chris Burke on loan until end of season.
Could make debut against us tomorrow?



Rotherham can confirm the signing of striker Luciano Becchio on a deal until the end of the season, he can play against Cardiff City

21/01/16

Cardiff City

Cardiff will be without vice-captain Sean Morrison who remains out until later on in February.

While striker Idriss Saadi has made progress on his injury and is likely to return within the next fortnight.

Aron Gunnarsson missed out on last weeks win at Wolves due to illness and will be expected to return to the squad this week
however, Stuart O’Keefe’s excellent performance last week may make it difficult for the Icelandic midfielder to walk straight back in to the starting XI.

Anthony Pilkington and Joe Mason rotated in the front-line last week and it is unclear whether the Bluebirds will use the same system or whether they will revert back to the more attacking and traditional style of 4-4-2 at home.

Craig Noone will be high on confidence after scoring two high quality goals last weekend and will more than likely keep his place.

Centre-back Matt Connolly signed a new contract this week which will see him remain at the club until the summer of 2019. Connolly has been a key player for Cardiff this season making an appearance in every single Championship fixture thus far.



Idriss Saadi is back in full training

Aron Gunnarsson is back fit after his bug

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Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

01 Marshall
02 Peltier
05 Ecuele Manga
16 Connolly
28 Malone Booked
11 Noone Booked
22 O'Keefe
08 Ralls
07 Whittingham
13 Pilkington
10 Mason


Rotherham

01 Camp
28 Facey
05 Broadfoot
26 Belaid
03 Mattock
17 G Ward
11 Green
33 Smallwood
22 Newell
09 D Ward
27 Derbyshire


The Opposition



Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers,[1] is an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, that competes in The Football League Championship, the second tier in the English football league system.

Founded in 1925 as a merger between Rotherham Town (1899) and Rotherham County (1870),[2] the club's colours were initially yellow and black, but later evolved into the more traditional red and white.[3] Rotherham United play their home games at New York Stadium, a 12,000 capacity all-seater stadium, having previously played since its foundation at Millmoor for 101 years. Joining the football league back in 1925, Rotherham spent the first 25 years of their time in Division Three North the lowest level of the Football league finally gaining promotion to Division Two at the end of the 1950–51 season.[4]

The Millers featured in the inaugural League Cup final in 1961,[5] and won the 1996 Football League Trophy. They have also achieved two separate back to back promotions in 1999–2001 under Ronnie Moore and 2012–2014 under Steve Evans.


2015/16 Latest Results

Cardiff

SAT 16 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Wolves 1 - 3 Cardiff
WED 13 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Hull 2 - 0 Cardiff
SAT 2 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 0 Blackburn
TUE 29 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 1 N Forest


Rotherham

SAT 16 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Rotherham 0 - 3 QPR
TUE 12 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Rotherham 2 - 0 Brighton
SAT 9 JAN 2016 - FA CUP Leeds 2 - 0 Rotherham
SAT 2 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Preston 2 - 1 Rotherham


Recent meetings

2015/2016 Sat 19 Sep Rotherham U. 2 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2014/2015 Tue 03 Mar Rotherham U. 1 - 3 Cardiff City Championship
2014/2015 Sat 06 Dec Cardiff City 0 - 0 Rotherham U. Championship
2004/2005 Sat 06 Nov Rotherham U. 2 - 2 Cardiff City Championship
2004/2005 Sat 16 Oct Cardiff City 2 - 0 Rotherham U. Championship

Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 5/6
Draw 5/2
Rotherham 16/5


Tickets

Cardiff v Rotherham 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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Premier Club Tickets are priced as follows:

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Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

4 nill City.

4 nill City.

I suppose all four will be scored by Saadi?

4 nill City.

I suppose all four will be scored by Saadi?

Hope he's on the bench at least.

4 nill City.

Dont get to excited 1-1.

4 nill City.

Dont get to excited 1-1.

At least you haven't predicted a loss for once.

1-2 got a feeling Rotherham will park their bus and nick all 3 points.

1-2 got a feeling Rotherham will park their bus and nick all 3 points.

They better bring their snorkels then.

Well when did Rotherham sign the QPR starting 11

2-0 City!

City 3 Rotherham 1

4 nill City.

I suppose all four will be scored by Saadi?

Hope he's on the bench at least.

Calm down, it'll be a couple weeks at least yet.

3-1 city

Cardiff city 2-0 Rotherham
Fancy another three points here against a struggling Rotherham team even though they beat us with a late goal in the away fixture.cmon the city!!!!

Well when did Rotherham sign the QPR starting 11

I was thinking the same thing
11 emergency loans?

City to win 2-1.

4 nill City.

I suppose all four will be scored by Saadi?

Hope he's on the bench at least.

Calm down, it'll be a couple weeks at least yet.

A couple of weeks ago someone on here personally spoke to Saadi and he said that he will be back in 2 weeks well 2 weeks has passed now surely must in contention to play the next game or the one after.

4 nill City.

I suppose all four will be scored by Saadi?

Hope he's on the bench at least.

Calm down, it'll be a couple weeks at least yet.

A couple of weeks ago someone on here personally spoke to Saadi and he said that he will be back in 2 weeks well 2 weeks has passed now surely must in contention to play the next game or the one after.

I believe not.

4 nill City.

I suppose all four will be scored by Saadi?

Hope he's on the bench at least.

Calm down, it'll be a couple weeks at least yet.

A couple of weeks ago someone on here personally spoke to Saadi and he said that he will be back in 2 weeks well 2 weeks has passed now surely must in contention to play the next game or the one after.

I believe not.

We shall see.

2 1 city hope Saadi plays

2 1 city hope Saadi plays

He's not fit mate.

2-0 city we owe them one after the game up there bloobirds

Aron Gunnarsson is back fit after his bug.

1-0 Cardiff.

2-0 city another step closer to the play offs

2-0 City

Ref Watch v Cardiff

CCFC V RUFC

Jeremy Simpson from Lancashire

This will be Jeremy's second time in the middle of a Millers game this season, the first being our home game in October against Reading at the New York Stadium. Nick Blackman opened the scoring on twenty-six minutes for the visitors but a goal three minutes into the second half from Danny Collins gave the hosts a point from the game. Danny Collins and Harry Toffolo were booked that Tuesday night.

The time before this he was last in charge of our game at the New Meadow in January 2014. First half goals from Tom Hitchcock, Ben Pringle and James Tavernier gave the Millers a three-nil win and all three points. Hitchcock, Rob Milsom and Mark Bradley saw yellow for Rotherham that day while Jeremy also booked three Shrewsbury players.

Jeremy was at the New York Stadium back in September 2012 when a goal from Alex Revell on thirty-four minutes was the only goal of the game. That day Jeremy booked four players - Ian Sharps, Nicky Hunt and Ben Pringle from the hosts and Torquay's Aaron Downes.

This season Jeremy has been in he middle of twenty-one games showing eighty yellow cards and two red cards


Running the line will be …

Andy Hendley from the West Midlands
and
Barry Holderness from Essex

The Fourth Official will be …

5-1 Cardiff

We need a big scoring win to reinstate some confidence!

Idriss Saadi is back in full training

4 nill City.

I suppose all four will be scored by Saadi?