MATCH THREAD:: " CARDIFF CITY v QPR " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v QPR
Wednesday 3rd November, 7.45pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 





TEAM NEWS:



Injury update:


“No new news. We haven’t lost anyone. James Collins is still out, nothing new. Marlon comes back into contention.”

Joe Ralls, Vassell and Sang still out.


Steve Morison



No new injuries

Marlon Pack is back after suspension.


Tom Sang 50-50

Isaac Vassell still out after another operation.



Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV.

The Opposition's Manager - Mark Warburton

Warburton was appointed as QPR manager in May 2019.

He made his name at Brentford where he successfully guided them to promotion from League One.

He also had spells at Nottingham Forest and Rangers, where he took them back to the Scottish Premiership.

Opposition Dangerous Players  

Lyndon Dykes already has six goals in the league this season.

Ilias Chair is also a good player, with six league goals of his own.

Previous Meeting  

QPR beat us 1-0 in January

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Phillips, Ng, McGuinness, Morrison, Nelson, Giles, Vaulks, Bacuna, Evans, Colwill, Moore

QPR: Dieng, Dickie, De Wijs, Barbet, Dozzell, Johansen, McCallum, Adomah, Willock, Chair, Dykes

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Stoke City 3-3 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-2 Middlesbrough
Fulham 2-0 Cardiff City

QPR 1-1 Nottingham Forest
QPR 0-0 Sunderland
Peterborough United 2-1 QPR

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 8/5
QPR - 8/5
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

City win 3-1

TEAM NEWS:


No new injuries

Marlon Pack is back after suspension.


Tom Sang 50-50

Isaac Vassell still out after another operation.

Needs to win this to have a chance.Got a feeling he'll make some changes.

City win 3-1

I hope the tide was turned on Saturday and each game will see the team more used to the new 'system'

Confidence should be sky high after the second half comeback and if we can cut out the daft defensive errors, we will be fine

Going to be an interesting game and I hope the positive crowd replace the silent one of late...

This will be an interesting test for Morison against a top 10 team.

I really hope that he gets a win because that would tell us a lot about his abilities to re-organise this squad with little money to spend.

A draw away from home followed by a home win against two teams in the Top 10 would be impressive for any manager but on the back of 8 straight defeats, only a week or so in charge and a number of players out injured I'm not sure he could do much more than that.

If the rumours are true then he's not top of the list of prospective managers. But, with someone like Wilder very unlikely to be an option, a win on Wednesday and another result on Saturday and Morison won't be just knocking on the door he'll be virtually kicking it down and also carrying a lot of us fans with him.

My head says 0-1 defeat, but my heart is desperate for a 3-0 win

City win 3-1

Two clear,yes

Injury update:


No new news. We haven’t lost anyone. James Collins is still out, nothing new. Marlon comes back into contention.


Joe Ralls, Vassell and Sang still out.


Steve Morison

Updated:

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QPR: in-form striker Lyndon Dukes is a doubt for the clash, having injured his ankle in the dying minutes of the 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest at the weekend.

Meanwhile, Sam McCallum and Jordy de Wijs have been ruled out of the game with hamstring and calf injuries respectively

Match facts

Cardiff City have won just two of their last 12 league games against QPR (D3 L7), both home wins in 2017-18 and 2019-20.


Queens Park Rangers are looking to win consecutive away league matches against Cardiff for the first time since October 1932, having beaten them 1-0 last season.



After losing four consecutive league matches against Cardiff between 2015 and 2019, QPR manager Mark Warburton has since won each of his last three league meetings with them, winning 1-0 in this exact fixture in January earlier this year.



Cardiff came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with Stoke last time out, ending a run of eight straight Championship defeats.



After a run of five consecutive wins and one draw away from home, QPR have lost each of their last four league games on the road.

What are the latest betting odds?



Cardiff 8/5

Draw 12/5

QPR 13/8

This will be an interesting test for Morison against a top 10 team.

I really hope that he gets a win because that would tell us a lot about his abilities to re-organise this squad with little money to spend.

A draw away from home followed by a home win against two teams in the Top 10 would be impressive for any manager but on the back of 8 straight defeats, only a week or so in charge and a number of players out injured I'm not sure he could do much more than that.

If the rumours are true then he's not top of the list of prospective managers. But, with someone like Wilder very unlikely to be an option, a win on Wednesday and another result on Saturday and Morison won't be just knocking on the door he'll be virtually kicking it down and also carrying a lot of us fans with him.

My head says 0-1 defeat, but my heart is desperate for a 3-0 win

Apparently a certain balance will be found - a draw I suppose with QPR it is possible. Isn't it?

I’m going for a hard earned 2-2 draw with Kiefer Moore scoring 1st.Really looking forward to it.
C’mon fans support the boys and make some noise

Ooh Zimba on the bench, quite exciting. He's been looking good for the U23s, nice to see him get some game time if the game is going well!

Any live threads please as unable to attend

Evans does well on the left to close down Dickie and Cardiff have a throw-in high up.

Interesting that Cardiff, from the kick-off, decided to play it on the floor rather than, like default, lump up to Kieffer. A pointed change of style.

Almost!

Wow. Amazing football. Evans releases Giles down the wing and the wing-back cuts it across goal. It misses Colwill and Ng hits it left-footed. Looks for all the world to be going in, but it just misses the far post!

Big chance, that.

Ng shoots just wide.

Brilliant build up play.

Ng shoots just wide.

Brilliant build up play.

The pass down the wing was as good as you'll see...!

LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 QPR

Just settled a little after early Cardiff dominance. QPR being allowsed the ball across their back line, but Cardiff doing well to snuffle out attacks in midfield and higher up.

QPR seeing more of the ball but, dare I say, it's so boring to watch.


Just passing it back and forth along the back line before banging a ball over the top and out of play.

Save!

Vaulks lays off Colwill, who rifles one from 25 yards. He catches it clean but Dieng holds well.

First chance of any note for QPR.

Adomah whips a cross in with his left and Andre Grey glances a header wide of the post. Nothing for Smithies to worry about, though.

More good work from City.

Ng swings a ball in to the near post but it just evades Moore's head. Just inches away, there.

Some intelligent play from the Bluebirds, who seem to be responding to their new roles/system

Shots on target and some smart passing

LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 QPR

Stadium is buzzing here. It's lovely to see Cardiff playing this way.

Colwill dinks one in behind for Evans but Barbet heads out. Evans takes a stinger of a corner but QPR clear.

QPR look to break and slot a ball in behind. Nelson, who has started brilliantly, shepherds it out well.

We're looking very well organised. Do worry about QPR going forward though.

Hairy moment there. Cardiff caught out with a ball over the top and Grey is found in the box, but the attack is quelled.