' LATEST NEWS: CARDIFF v BURTON ALBION ' MATCH THREAD

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CARDIFF CITY v BURTON ALBION
Championship
Saturday 21 January, 15:00
Cardiff City Stadium

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" UPDATED DAILY "




Cardiff City McGregor, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Connolly, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Harris, Hoilett, Pilkington, Zohore
Subs Murphy, Richards, Whittingham, Halford, Lambert, Kennedy, Healey



PAY ON THE Day

A crowd of 15,000 plus is expected including approx 300 Burton fans.


21/01/17

Neil Warnock has confirmed Alan McGregor will make his CardiffCity debut v Burton

20/01/17

Warnock has a fully fit squad

Zohore will start again upfront.

Warnocks two other strikers Lambert and Rhy Healey will be on the bench.

New goalie McGregor will start.


19/01/17


Ex City player Ben Turner will be back at Cardiff City for Burton Albion this week.



18/01/17 Confirmation that Allan McGregor from Hull on loan will wear the number 1 shirt and is available for selection against Burton Albion on Saturday






Latest News



Possible Lineups

Cardiff City


1 McGregor
2 Peltier
16 Connolly
4 Morrison
14 Bamba
3 Bennett
7 Whittingham
17 Gunnarsson
8 Ralls
13 Pilkington
26 Zohore


Burton Albion

13 Bywater
3 Brayford
5 McFadzean
6 Turner
10 Akins
16 Palmer
30 Murphy
11 Dyer
12 Ward
9 Sordell
8 O'Grady


The Opposition



Burton Albion

Full name: Burton Albion Football Club
Nickname(s): Brewers
Founded: 1950; 66 years ago
Ground: Pirelli Stadium
Capacity: 6,912 (2,034 seated)
Chairman: Ben Robinson
Manager: Nigel Clough
League: Championship
2015–16: League One, 2nd (promoted)

Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Burton Albion competed in the non-League of English football from their formation in 1950 until 2009, when they were promoted to the Football League.

The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005, and their nickname is The Brewers, stemming from the town's brewing heritage dating back hundreds of years.


2016/17 Results

Cardiff

SAT 14 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Bristol City 2 - 3 Cardiff
SUN 9 JAN 2017 - FA CUP Cardiff City 1 - 2 Fulham
MON 2 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 1 - 0 Aston Villa
FRI 30 DEC 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Brighton & Hove Albion P-P Cardiff City
SAT 27 DEC 2016- CHAMPIONSHIP Brentford 2-2 Cardiff City


Burton Albion

Saturday 14th January 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP Burton 0-2 Wigan
Saturday 7th January 2017 FA CUP - THIRD ROUND Watford 2-0 Burton
Monday 2nd January 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP Burton 0-1 Preston
Thursday 29th December 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP Rotherham 1-2 Burton


Recent meetings

2016/2017 Sat 01 Oct Burton Albion 2 - 0 Cardiff City League
2010/2011 Wed 11 Aug Cardiff City 4 - 1 Burton Albion League Cup


Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 3/4
Draw 13/5
Burton Albion 7/2


Tickets

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated in the Grandstand, next to Corporate Entrance 2.

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

The easiest way is to book online - http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity


Guess the Score / Attendance
Post your predicted score/attendance below

[NIBluebird]

I'm going for 2 0 city

[lyndipops]

I think 2.1 City!

[Dahboy]

1:0

[Pembroke bluebird]

I'm doing a bet 3-1 whitts to score anytime

[norms76]

3-0 City.

[Forever Blue]

I think City will give Burton a hammering 3 or 4 nil

[BlakeCCFC]

I fancy us to win this quite comfortably. Lets hope we can kick on after consecutive wins!

[Forever Blue]

Burton Albion

A bitesize, early preview of Saturday’s game at home to Burton Albion right here...

Is this the match when Cardiff finally stamp their authority on a team they SHOULD beat in front of their own fans?

It feels like a watershed moment, where a win can help Warnock’s men put relegation fears to bed and look up rather than over their shoulders.

Burton are coming off the back of a poor 2-0 defeat to lowly Wigan and won’t arrive in South Wales with much confidence.

The home fans will demand three points and Cardiff could secure a THIRD back-to-back victory, providing they can deal with the pressure of being overwhelming favourites. Warnock’s men have often thrived with the ‘underdogs’ tag, so complacency mustn’t become a problem.

If they can take the momentum from Saturday’s triumph at Ashton Gate and create that siege mentality once again, another victory is within their grasp.

[Summer of '75]

The game when the reality of the season's remainder - for both teams - is realised.

6-0.

[Steve Zodiak]

Cardiff 4-2 Burton.

[jamie ccfc bluebirds]

4-0 win!

[Blue_Barber]

3-1 City

[Fusilier23]

I fancy us to win this quite comfortably. Lets hope we can kick on after consecutive wins!

With Bywater in goal I hope we put many a ball into the back of the net and concede few if any

[cardiff city stadium]

Personally I will be happy with a scrappy 1-0 win. These sort of games we find very tricky.

[theclaw]

3-1

[Brettbluebird]

2-0 city!

[Plymuff Bloobird]

3-2 City.

[TopCat CCFC]

Lucas Akins says Burton Albion's management team will help to keep morale high as the Brewers target a return to Championship form at Cardiff City on Saturday. Six defeats from their last seven league outings has left Albion just one point and one place outside the relegation zone after 26 fixtures.

With the three sides below them also showing inconsistencies, a couple of positive results in that time could have helped give the Brewers some welcome breathing space, but a couple of flat performances at home to Preston North End and Wigan Athletic have kept them firmly in the battle at this stage. Saturday's trip to the Cardiff City Stadium provides Nigel Clough's side with another chance to make up important ground on a team in the bottom section of the division.

[BluebirdForever]

I'd be disappointed if we got any less than 3 points

[Philippine blue]

I will go for a 3-1 win to City.

[Mr Moo Cow]

2-0

[Reza]

hopefully this is a game where we might see us look a good side and really dominate the game, i'll not hold my breath tho. 3-1 city id love to see us put 4-5 into them tho

[Krutches]

3-1 city

[D4nnyboi]

2-0 city Mcgregors first clean sheet

[RV Casual]

Another side in terrible form, one win in seven and that being against Rotherham.

Wigan beat them in their own backyard 0-2 on the weekend and they are also a team in terrible form.

Ultimately 3 points will do but would be nice to boost our goal difference.

I'm going for 2-0. Attendance: 15,186

[Forever Blue]

Looking ahead to Burton

It looks like Burton Albion top scorer Jackson Irvine is still a doubt for the Brewers’ visit to Cardiff City this weekend.

Irvine 24 consecutive league games for the Brewers this season before an injury ruled the striker out of their 2-0 defeat to Wigan.

One to watch this weekend.

[Forever Blue]

18/01/17 Confirmation that Allan McGregor from Hull on loan will wear the number 1 shirt and is available for selection against Burton Albion on Saturday

[Forever Blue]

Turner back

Ben Turner will be back at Cardiff City for Burton Albion this week.

[englishbluebird]

You watch Bywater put in a world class performance