MATCH THREAD: SHEFFIELD UNITED v CARDIFF CITY “ MATCH THREAD

SHEFFIELD UNITED v CARDIFF CITY
Monday 2nd April, 7.45pm
Sky Bet Championship
Bramall Lane


Cardiff team news

Cardiff City: Etheridge; Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Bennett; Grujic, Gunnarsson, Paterson; Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Zohore.

Subs: Murphy, Peltier, Bryson, Wildschut, J. Ward, Pilkington, Madine.

Cardiff City have sold just over 840 tickets.

Cardiff City allocation 2,340 tickets.

ITS PAY ON THE DAY/NIGHT FOR CARDIFF FANS

Blackman banned as Sheffield United host Cardiff

Sunday 1st April 2018


Sheffield United will be without goalkeeper Jamal Blackman for the Sky Bet Championship clash with Cardiff.


Blackman begins a three-match suspension following his sending-off for a tussle with Ryan Woods against Brentford on Good Friday.

Welsh duo Lee Evans and David Brooks will be pushing for starts after returning to the bench against the Bees following international duty.

Midfielder Paul Coutts remains sidelined as he recovers from a knee problem.


Aron Gunnarsson returned to the Cardiff team against Burton and suffered no ill-effects from his 23-minute run-out.
Gunnarsson has not played since November because of ankle surgery but after returning for Iceland in the international break was back in a Bluebirds shirt against Albion and will be looking to win back a starting place.

Jazz Richards has had a setback with his ankle injury in training which will rule him out for another two to three weeks.

Joe Ralls remains out with a hamstring problem.





I can’t get to Bramall Lane, is the match on TV?

Yes, the match is live on Sky Sports.

About Sheffield United

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The football club was formed in 1889 as an offshoot of Sheffield United Cricket Club, and are nicknamed The Blades due to Sheffield's history of steel production. The club have played their home games at Bramall Lane since their formation in 1889. Bramall Lane is currently an all-seater ground with a capacity of 32,702.

Sheffield United won the original First Division in 1898 and the FA Cup in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925. They were beaten finalists in the FA Cup in 1901 and 1936, and reached the semi-finals in 1961, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2014. They reached the semi-finals of the League Cup in 2003 and 2015.

For most of the club's history they have played in red and white striped shirts with black shorts. Their closest rivals are Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City derby.

Previous Meeting

We beat Sheffield United 2-0 in August, thanks to goals from Sean Morrison and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Etheridge, Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Bennett, Bryson, Grujic, Paterson, Mendez-Laing, Hoilett, Zohore

Sheffield United: Moore, Basham, Stearman, O’Connell, Baldock, Leonard, Lundstram, Fleck, Stevens, Clarke, Sharp

Form - Last Three Games

Cardiff City 3-1 Burton Albion
Brentford 1-3 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City

Brentford 1-1 Sheffield United
Sheffield United 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United 2-0 Burton Albion

Match Odds

Sheffield United - 6/4
Cardiff City - 15/8
Draw - 9/4

Predictions

Post your predictions below

980 tickets sold so far

Very very tough game but I reckon 3-2 to City

Repeat Brentford performance 3-1 City.

Very very tough game but I reckon 3-2 to City

Tough game yes Annis, but thier form aint great and all games are going to be tough now, I back our boys in any game, fight for everything, can win games with little possesion

Sheffield United had their keeper sent off today

8 wins a row, let’s kick on and make it 9!

1-3 zohore 2 and Morrison.

Ethridge
Peltier Morrison Bamba Bennet
Gunnarson Grujic Patterson
NML Hoillett
Zohore

Very very tough game but I reckon 3-2 to City

Agree a tough game - wonder if the weather will play it's part ?

I got a feeling for a draw.

Apparently the last time Cardiff City won nine in a row was 1947. One year before Neil Warnock was born. On Monday he could make a bit of history, matching that feat against his hometown club.

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the away stand holds 2350

0-1 city Patterson
Just checked met office for area surrounding ground and more rain than snow forecast

0-2 to Warnocks Warriors

1-3 zohore 2 and Morrison.

Ethridge
Peltier Morrison Bamba Bennet
Gunnarson Grujic Patterson
NML Hoillett
Zohore

Loving that line up

1-3 zohore 2 and Morrison.

Ethridge
Peltier Morrison Bamba Bennet
Gunnarson Grujic Patterson
NML Hoillett
Zohore

Loving that line up

There’s no chance that he’ll drop Bruno

980 tickets sold so far

?

Harry, We have sold 840 tickets up to an hour ago.

the away stand holds 2350

Agreed



SHEFFIELD UNITED V CARDIFF CITY EASTER MONDAY 2ND APRIL 2018


Ticket Update: @SUFC_tweets vs. #CardiffCity!

840 Away tickets currently sold
CCS Ticket Office will sell until 12pm today

Cardiff City's allocation up to 2,340 tickets

Is Sheffield keeper banned for red card yesterday? Could have a big impact on result.

Is Sheffield keeper banned for red card yesterday? Could have a big impact on result.

Yes he is banned, but Simon Moore will play.

980 tickets sold so far

?

Harry, We have sold 840 tickets up to an hour ago.

I asked yesterday and they said 980? , just rang up and said they sold over a thousand?

1-2 CITY

On another thread they are saying bans only kick in 4 days after sending off
Ffs who is right
Can some one put up the rule

Shocking support

980 tickets sold so far

?

Harry, We have sold 840 tickets up to an hour ago.

I asked yesterday and they said 980? , just rang up and said they sold over a thousand?

Ticket staff have been told to never say the real sales.


Official 2hrs ago


Ticket Update: @SUFC_tweets vs. #CardiffCity!

*840 away tickets currently sold
*CCS Ticket Office will sell until 12pm today

Shocking support

say that again

980 tickets sold so far

?

Harry, We have sold 840 tickets up to an hour ago.

I asked yesterday and they said 980? , just rang up and said they sold over a thousand?

Ticket staff have been told to never say the real sales.


Official 2hrs ago


Ticket Update: @SUFC_tweets vs. #CardiffCity!

*840 away tickets currently sold
*CCS Ticket Office will sell until 12pm today

oh that is why,better not listen to them until official news.
Got my ticket, hope we can get 1100+ up there

980 tickets sold so far

?

Harry, We have sold 840 tickets up to an hour ago.

I asked yesterday and they said 980? , just rang up and said they sold over a thousand?

Ticket staff have been told to never say the real sales.


Official 2hrs ago


Ticket Update: @SUFC_tweets vs. #CardiffCity!

*840 away tickets currently sold
*CCS Ticket Office will sell until 12pm today

oh that is why,better not listen to them until official news.
Got my ticket, hope we can get 1100+ up there

On another thread they are saying bans only kick in 4 days after sending off
Ffs who is right
Can some one put up the rule

May have something to do with appeals but as far as aware bans start immediately well never known them to start 4 days after and anyway 2 yellows there's no appeal so they will miss next game.

Sheffield United had their keeper sent off today

Great news, a keeper change always causes problems