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

READING V CARDIFF CITY
Championship
Saturday, 19 March, 15:00
Madejski Stadium

Marshall; Peltier, Connolly, Manga, Malone; Noone, O'Keefe, Ralls, Lawrence; Immers, Pilkington

Subs: Wilson, Fabio, Morrison, Gunnarsson, Dikgacoi, Ameobi, Saadi

UPDATED " YOU CAN PAY ON THE DAY CASH "


Well over 1,700 Cardiff Fans are expected to travel

Cardiff have been given 1,500 tickets, but can have an extra 1,000 if they need them


17/03/16

Cardiff City

Fabio returns from a one-match suspension while Peter Whittingham battles for fitness after picking up a hamstring tweak last time out. David Marshall missed the Bluebirds’ last clash after picking up a virus but he is expected to return, if he is deemed unfit then Simon Moore will remain between the sticks for Cardiff. Ben Turner will remain out for anther 2-3 weeks.

Federico Macheda recently departed on loan, joining Nottingham Forest until the end of the season, Tommy O’Sulivan has re-joined Newport County and Deji Oshilaja re-joined Gillingham on loan.



Fabio Da Silva is back after a one match ban.

14/03/16
Russell Slade has confirmed that Peter Whittingham was taken off with a tight hamstring in the game against Ipswich Town and David Marshall missed the match with a virus .

But a later decision would be taken on both of them as it was too early to tell if they would miss the next match against Reading as well, we will monitor them both through out



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Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

1 Marshall
2 Peltier
5 Ecuele Manga
16 Connolly
28 Malone
11 Noone
22 O'Keefe
8 Ralls
7 Whittingham
13 Pilkington
27 Immers


Reading

26 Al Habsi
2 Gunter
5 McShane
15 Ferdinand
11 Obita
8 Hector
9 Robson-Kanu
6 Norwood
21 Quinn
20 John
31 Cox


The Opposition



Reading FC

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

SAT 13 MAR 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 0 Ipswich
TUE 8 MAR 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 0 - 2 Leeds
SAT 5 MAR 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Bristol 0 - 2 Cardiff
SAT 27 FEB 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 2 - 1 Preston


Reading

FRI 11 MAR 2016 - FA CUP Reading 0 - 2 Crystal Palace
TUE 8 MAR 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Huddersfield 3 - 1 Reading
SAT 5 MAR 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Reading 2 - 2 Fulham
SAT 27 FEB 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Charlton 3 - 4 Reading


Recent meetings

2015/2016 Sat 07 Nov Cardiff City 2 - 0 Reading Championship
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 12/5
Draw 5/2
Reading 5/4


Madejski Stadium



Key facts

Club: Reading FC
Opening: 1998
Capacity: 24,161 seats

History and description

Madejski Stadium replaced Reading’s previous ground Elm Park. It came at a cost of £50 million.

Madejski Stadium opened on the 22nd of August 1998 with a match between Reading and Luton Town (3-0), though the official opening was a few weeks later.

The stadium is named after chairman of the club John Madejski. It got built on the site of a household waste dump, and as a result one can find many metallic posts around the stadium that let off the underground methane gases.

In the mid 2000s, plans were made for the expansion of Madejski Stadium to a capacity of potentially 37,000 seats, however these plans were abandoned after Reading relegated to the Championship in 2008.

Madejski Stadium is also the home of rugby club London Irish.


Tickets

Saturday, 19th March 2016 - 3:00pm

Available to current Season Ticket Holders and Gold / Junior Bluebird Members only.

General Ticket Prices
Adults: £25.00
Senior Citizens Over 65yrs: £15.00
18-24 Years: £10.00
17 & under: £7.00

Disabled Allocations
Prices as stated above with a Carer: free of charge

Family Area Pricing. Available through our Ticket Office only (Not Online).
Two Adults + Two 17 & under: £44.00
Two Adults + One 17 & under: £42.00
One Adult + Two 17 & under: £29.00
One Adult + One 17 & under: £27.00

Tickets are now available to purchase
Call: 0845 345 1400
Online: http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity


Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

Biscuit Men (remember that anyone)1 City 2

I'm going for 3.1 to the mighty bluebirds.

Cardiff have been given 1,500 tickets, but can have an extra 1,000 if they need them

Reading 1 Cardiff City 2

Reading 1-3 Cardiff City

Reading have won just two home league games since the turn of the year. In that time, Cardiff City have lost just two away games.

Reading have the 9th best home record in the league this season, winning seven out of their 18 home games so far. Cardiff City have the 13th best away record in the league, winning five out 18 away games.

1-3 City.

Hal Robson Kanu looks good for Wales, but don't rate him when playing for club. I'd play vokes over him in Euros. Anyway i digress, 1-0 City

2 nil city
Blooooooooobirds

Going 1-1 predicted this at Bristol and we know the rest.......

Russell Slade has confirmed that Peter Whittingham was taken off with a tight hamstring in the game against Ipswich Town and David Marshall missed the match with a virus .

But a later decision would be taken on both of them as it was too early to tell if they would miss the next match against Reading as well, we will monitor them both through out

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does any one have 2 16-21 gold membership no. i can borrow ?
Just contacted the box office. They insisted that we need to buy membership in order to purchase away tickets.
As a student, the membership honestly doesn't really matter to me... so I don't see the point of getting one with only a couple of games left for the season.

Would be great if someone could help me out here.
Thanks

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Both men remain doubtful for Saturday and are being given time to recover over the next few days. Staff at the club will reassess their situation further on Thursday when they expect to get a clearer picture of whether Marshall and Whittingham have a chance of making the trip to the Madejski Stadium. It is thought they may need late fitness tests closer to the match itself, an anxious wait for boss Russell Slade.

Simon Moore is on stand-by should Marshall not recover in time whilst Tom Lawrence, who was rested by boss Russell Slade for the Ipswich game, and Sammy Ameobi are in line to step in should Whittingham not make it.

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Cardiff City

Fabio returns from a one-match suspension while Peter Whittingham battles for fitness after picking up a hamstring tweak last time out. David Marshall missed the Bluebirds’ last clash after picking up a virus but he is expected to return, if he is deemed unfit then Simon Moore will remain between the sticks for Cardiff. Ben Turner will remain out for anther 2-3 weeks.

Federico Macheda recently departed on loan, joining Nottingham Forest until the end of the season, Tommy O’Sulivan has re-joined Newport County and Deji Oshilaja re-joined Gillingham on loan.

Reading

Jake Cooper returns after serving a one-match suspension and Matej Vydra is still not being risked for more than 60-65 minutes but elsewhere, the Royals are injury free and Brian McDermott has a full squad to pick from. Welsh international Hal Robson-Kanu is expected to start.

Date and Time: Saturday 19th March (15.00)

Venue: Madejski Stadium

Referee: Darren Drysdale

Cardiff travel to the Madejski Stadium to face Brian McDermott’s Reading who currently find themselves in the bottom-half of the Championship. Cardiff need to keep up their good form to stay within touching distance of the play-offs.


The Bluebirds make the short trip up the m4 to face Reading at the Madejski in a bid to keep in touch with the play-offs. Russell Slade’s men are currently one point outside the Championship’s top six in seventh position.

Last time out, Cardiff had to grind out a slender 1-0 win against play-off rivals Ipswich Town and the Cardiff City Stadium. In the current Championship form table, Cardiff are actually second after picking up 12 points from six games.

Reading are enduring another troubling season and their now on their second manager after replacing Steve Clarke with former manager Brian McDermott. The Royals are currently fifteenth in the table, seven points above the relegation zone.



Reading were beaten by high-flyers Brighton at the Amex during mid-week with James Wilson getting the crucial goal for the Seagulls. Manager McDermott actually kept his team in the dressing room for 45 minutes following the Brighton game, giving his men a stern talking to.

When the two teams met earlier in the season, Cardiff come out on top thanks to goals from Matthew Connolly and Kenwyne Jones. On that occasion there was just one position between the two teams but currently they are separated by eight places. Cardiff have won four of the last six meetings between the two clubs.

LATEST ON CITY INJURY LIST

MARSHALL

Cardiff City could be without goalkeeper David Marshall for a second consecutive game as the 31-year-old continues to battle a virus.

Marshall has been absent for much of the week in preparation for the trip to Reading and is rated very doubtful, meaning Simon Moore may get the chance to deputise again.

Moore came in for the 1-0 win over Ipswich at the Cardiff City Stadium last weekend as the Bluebirds maintained their position on the edge of the play-offs - his sixth appearance of the season.


WHITTINGHAM

Peter Whittingham hopes to train on Friday after undergoing light sessions on a hamstring injury but remains a doubt for the trip to the Madejski Stadium.

FABIO

Fabio, suffering with a groin problem, could make the substitutes bench.


ZOHORE

Kenneth Zohore is ruled out with a hamstring injury.

He came off shortly after the hour mark of the Bluebirds development side's 1-0 win over Ipswich Town on Monday.

Reading have lost three games in a row and their season is now well and truly over.
Cardiff's isn't though and they sit just one place and one point outside the play off places.
The Bluebirds have lost just one of their last five away from home.

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UPDATED " YOU CAN PAY ON THE DAY CASH "


Well over 1,700 Cardiff Fans are expected to travel

Now Up to 2,000 Cardiff fans going today

Marshall; Peltier, Connolly, Manga, Malone; Noone, O'Keefe, Ralls, Lawrence; Immers, Pilkington

Subs: Wilson, Fabio, Morrison, Gunnarsson, Dikgacoi, Ameobi, Saadi

Excellent goal by Reading, we're not looking good

results going our way at the moment though. Birmingham and Ipswich losing and Sheff Wed drawing.

We need to play together more as a team

Birmingham equalised 1-1

Sheff Wed take the lead 1-0.

we need to score