' MATCH THREAD: CARDIFF CITY v IPSWICH ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v IPSWICH
Championship
Saturday 18 March, 15:00
Cardiff City Stadium


TODAYS CARDIFF TEAM

Cardiff: McGregor, Bennett, Morrison, Bamba, Richards, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Hoilett, K Harris, Noone, Zohore .
Cardiff subs: Murphy, Manga, John, Pilkington, Halford, Lambert, Meite.



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Ipswich have sold 642 tickets so far,expected 700 Fans to make the long journey, they are 16th in the League

Ipswich are bringing about 700 fans approx


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UPDATE ON INJURIES 17/03/17


Neil Warnock:

"Just to confirm Lee Peltier is still a long term absence, while Rickie Lambert and Rhys Healey are both out."

Bruno Manga back in full training and Rickie Lambert


IPSWICH TOWN:

Duo are injury doubts for Ipswich Town’s trip to Cardiff City

and Luke Hyam (ankle ligaments) will be out for around four to six weeks.

15 March 2017


By Chris Brammer

Kevin Bru and Kieffer Moore are doubts for Ipswich Town’s visit to Cardiff City on Saturday.

The duo missed training this morning, Bru with a bang to his knee and Moore with a groin strain.

Steven Taylor has returned to training but will not be risked against the Bluebirds, and instead will be in the Town under-23s team for their game on Monday.

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CARDIFF CITY:

Aron Gunnarsson ,Kadeem Harris all fit to play Matthew Connolly

Greg Halford 50/50 being assessed today

Lee Peltier out for a long period

Rhys Healey out for over 9 months

Rickie Lambert long term back injury

Bruno Manga out for another few weeks



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Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

1 McGregor
6 Richards
4 Morrison
14 Bamba
3 Bennett
15 Halford
13 Pilkington
17 Gunnarsson
8 Ralls
33 Hoilett
26 Zohore


Ipswich Town

33 Bialkowski
4 Chambers
6 Berra
3 Knudsen
12 Spence
37 Diagouraga
8 Skuse
44 Huws
30 Kenlock
10 McGoldrick
27 Lawrence


The Opposition



Ipswich Town

Full name Ipswich Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Blues, The Tractor Boys
Short name Ipswich
Founded 1878; 139 years ago
Ground Portman Road
Capacity 30,311[1]
Owner Marcus Evans
Manager Mick McCarthy
League Championship

Ipswich Town Football Club also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, having last appeared in the Premier League in the 2001–02 season.

The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936, and was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938. They play their home games at Portman Road in Ipswich. The only fully professional football club in Suffolk, they have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Norwich City in Norfolk, with whom they have contested the East Anglian derby 139 times since 1902. The club's traditional home colours are blue shirts and white shorts.

Ipswich have won the English league title once, in their first season in the top flight in 1961–62, and have twice finished runners-up, in 1980–81 and 1981–82. They won the FA Cup in 1977–78, and the UEFA Cup in 1980–81. They have competed in the top two tiers of English football uninterrupted since 1957–58. They have competed in all three European club competitions, and have never lost at home in European competition, defeating Real Madrid, AC Milan, Internazionale, Lazio and Barcelona F.C., among others.


2016/17 Results

Cardiff

SAT 11 MAR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 1 - 1 Birmingham
TUE 7 MAR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Blackburn 1 - 1 Cardiff City
SAT 4 MAR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP QPR 2 - 1 Cardiff City
SAT 25 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 2 - 2 Fulham


Ipswich Town

SAT 11 MAR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Barnsley 1 - 1 Ipswich Town
TUE 7 MAR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
SAT 4 MAR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Brentford
SUN 26 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Norwich City 1 - 1 Ipswich Town


Recent meetings

2016/2017 Sat 10 Dec Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Cardiff City League
2015/2016 Sat 12 Mar Cardiff City 1 - 0 Ipswich Town League
2015/2016 Sat 31 Oct Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Tue 14 Apr Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Tue 21 Oct Cardiff City 3 - 1 Ipswich Town League


Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 10/11
Draw 12/5
Ipswich 16/5


Tickets


Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated inthe 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

2-1. City.

1-0 to cardiff until the 88th minute. So my guess is 1-1.

2-1 city

Hmmm

We might lose this 1-2

Tricky game.

Aron Gunnarsson ,Kadeem Harris all fit to play Matthew Connolly

Greg Halford 50/50 being assessed today

Lee Peltier out for a long period

Rhys Healey out for over 9 months

Rickie Lambert long term back injury

Bruno Manga out for another few weeks

2-1

Tom Lawrence and Emyr Huws


Speaking ahead of the Cardiff clash, Lawrence revealed: “I didn’t get the opportunities that I should have had at Cardiff City under Russell Slade and there were plenty off issues off the field that was unsettling the club,”

Lawrence has also been linking up with fellow Welsh international Emyr Huws to good effect in recent weeks after the midfielder was loaned to Ipswich by Cardiff on deadline day.

Huws will of course be missing for the trip to Cardiff due to loan conditions but Lawrence remains focused on the three points.

“The manager is not too happy with Saturday’s performance. We were nowhere near our best, so we’ll take the point, but we can’t perform like that again,” Lawrence added.

“When we played Reading and they got a draw out of us I thought we got robbed. We’ve robbed one at Barnsley, but I think we’ve been due a bit of luck.

“Now we just need to get the win before the international break. We’ve got to go to Cardiff and show how good we are.”

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Duo are injury doubts for Ipswich Town’s trip to Cardiff City

and Luke Hyam (ankle ligaments) will be out for around four to six weeks.

15 March 2017


By Chris Brammer

Kevin Bru and Kieffer Moore are doubts for Ipswich Town’s visit to Cardiff City on Saturday.

The duo missed training this morning, Bru with a bang to his knee and Moore with a groin strain.

Steven Taylor has returned to training but will not be risked against the Bluebirds, and instead will be in the Town under-23s team for their game on Monday.

David McGoldrick and Tom Lawrence, both returned to training today, after sitting out sessions earlier in the week, and should be fine, while Jonny Williams has recovered from a tight hamstring.

Luke Hyam (ankle ligaments) will be out for around four to six weeks.

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' IPSWICH TOWN '

Ipswich Town arrive in the Welsh capital having drawn their last six games and currently occupy sixteenth place in the Championship table.

Mick McCarthy’s men recorded a good 1-0 away win over Aston Villa midway through February, but since then they have drawn with the likes of Brighton & Hove Albion, Leeds United and Brentford.

Last time out, the Tractor Boys drew 1-1 with Barnsley at Oakwell. Midfielder Marley Watkins had put the Tykes in front in the second half, but a last gasp equaliser from former Bluebird Tom Lawrence earned his side a point.

Ipswich were active in the January transfer window in an effort to bolster their squad. Along with City's Emyr Huws, the Tractor Boys also brought Toumani Diagouraga and Dominic Samuel in on loan. McCarthy made four permanent signings in the window, with Jordan Spence, Kieffer Moore, Danny Rowe and Steven Taylor all arriving at Portman Road.

This one might be a draw. Going for 0-0 this weekend.

Ipswich: Blues face new injury problems ahead of Cardiff -

The72

Thursday 16th March 2017

The Blues face more injury problems as David McGoldrick and Tom Lawrence missed training earlier in the week, whilst Emyr Huws is ineligible to play his parent side.

Luke Hyman – who is yet to feature for the Tractor Boys this season in all competitions – continues to miss out on the action after a previous injury was aggravated in an under-23s game.

Hyam had undergone surgery on a damaged nerve in his leg at the start of the season but returned to the squad and appeared for the youth side recently. However, the Blues midfielder, who had his injury previously diagnosed as damage to his knee, had ruptured ligaments.

Town boss Mick McCarthy said: “Luke will be glad when the season is over.

“He will be out for six weeks or so from when he did it. It’s a blow for him and for us. Looking at Saturday, Kevin Bru and Kieffer Moore are our main concerns. Kevin took a knock in training on Tuesday and Kieffer has a groin strain.

“Tom Lawrence and Didz [David McGoldrick] both missed training at the start of the week but they trained today.”

With the injury count rising for Town, many supporters were hoping that Emyr Huws’ recent form could continue. However the winger is unavailable due to terms in his loan, but was also ruled out through injury by McCarthy.

“Emyr [Huws] can’t play against Cardiff because of his loan but he’s not fit anyway. He has a tight hamstring.”

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Other injuries

Neil Warnock:

"Just to confirm Lee Peltier is still a long term absence, while Rickie Lambert and Rhys Healey are both out."

Bruno Manga back in full training and Rickie Lambert

Bruno Manga could be set for a shock return to first team action, albeit from the bench

Ipswich have sold 642 tickets so far,expected 700 to make the long journey

Ipswich have sold 642 tickets so far,expected 700 to make the long journey, Ipswich are 16th in the Championship

Cardiff took 241 fans to Ipswich this season on a Saturday 3pm.

3-1 City

Cardiff City can rubber stamp their Championship status for another season by passing the 'magic' 50-point barrier with a win against Ipswich Town.

The play-offs look beyond the Bluebirds' reach but today sees Neil Warnock lock horns with fellow managerial veteran Mick McCarthy , whose Tractor Boys outfit are looking to secure safety themselves.

Former Cardiff loanee Tom Lawrence will be among the visitors' most potent threats, with the Bluebirds still heavily reliant on Kenneth Zohore.

The remainder of the season will allow Warnock to trail his squad ahead of a potential promotion push next time around. Team news will be announced at 2pm with kick off at 3pm.

Football writer Dominic Booth has all the latest updates from Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff subs: Murphy, Manga, John, Pilkington, Halford, Lambert, Meite.



Cardiff: McGregor, Bennett, Morrison, Bamba, Richards, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Hoilett, K Harris, Noone, Zohore.

Ralls injured, another one ffs

Ipswich get us underway

The hosts close to an early goal as Whittingham bends a free-kick towards the bottom corner but the ball deflects inches wide

t’s almost a 3-5-1-1 from Ipswich at the moment as Cardiff hem them in. Noone and Harris are seeing plenty of the ball on the Bluebirds’ flanks and Ipswich are getting frustrated, conceding a couple of sloppy fouls in dangerous positions. You don’t want to do that with Peter Whittingham about.”

Save

What a superb stop from Allan McGregor who denies Grant Ward from close-range. Brilliant stop.

City are attacking now

Throw...

Woeful long throw from Gunnarsson draws laughs. The ball slipped in his hands and it flew straight out.

15 of the 19 mins all Cardiff, Ipswich had the best chance

Lovely work from @KZohore, breaking from his own box. His eventual pass to @craignoone is slightly overhit though, Town clear. (0-0)