MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v READING " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v READING
Friday 17th February, 8pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 



We won 2-0 at Birmingham in midweek to get our first win in 15 games, Sabri Lamouchi and the team will be looking to build on that result

Reading beat Rotherham on Tuesday to get their first win in six games in all competitions. They haven't won in their last six away games.



PAY ON THE NIGHT CARDIFF CITY V READING

Cardiff will receive £150,000 for the live home game on Sky Tv



Cardiff could welcome Rubin Colwill back into the fray after he missed the last two matches with an ankle injury.

Elsewhere, Ebou Adams remains out following surgery on his knee, while Jamilu Collins is likely out for the season as he continues his recovery from an ACL rupture.

Connor Wickham is in contention for his first start after coming off the bench against Birmingham City.









TEAM NEWS:

Over all hardly any injuries in the last few months.



Ebou Adams needs more time
He’s not training yet and it still looks to be another month.

Lamouchi



How is the squad looking?

No problem at all. Rubin Colwill is fit.

Lamouchi

Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

This match is live on Sky Sports Main Event

The Opposition's Manager - Paul Ince

Ince has been in charge of Reading since last February. Initially being manager on an interim basis, he successfully kept them in the Championship last season and was given the job permanently in May.

He has been under pressure from Reading fans recently as their form has dipped after a strong start to the season.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Tom Ince has seven goals and four assists this season in the league.

Andy Carroll and Shane Long are likely to be their strikers to start, they have six league goals between them this season.

Ex-Cardiff City player Junior Hoilett will probably start for the visitors.

Previous Meeting 

Reading beat us 2-1 in August

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Allsop, Romeo, McGuinness, Kipre, Ng, O'Dowda, Sawyers, Wintle, Rinomhota, Etete, Kaba

Reading: Lumley, Hoilett, Yiadom, Sarr, Mbengue, Baba, Hendrick, McIntyre, Ince, Long, Carroll

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Birmingham City 0-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 1-3 Middlesbrough
Hull City 1-0 Cardiff City

Reading 2-1 Rotherham United
Sunderland 1-0 Reading
Reading 2-2 Watford

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 11/10
Reading - 12/5
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

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Reading manager Paul Ince views Cardiff game as an opportunity for his side to pick up points this week.



The Bluebirds face the Royals at home on Friday night, with both teams so far winless in 2023. Both, of course, will hope to change that sooner rather than later.

They have midweek games to contend with first, of course, with Cardiff travelling to Birmingham City on Tuesday and Reading taking on Rotherham United in midweek. But Ince is hopeful of getting points from his upcoming games amid a packed schedule.

"It's tough - we have a six and a half hour journey back from Sunderland which is not nice considering how the game went and losing in the last minute, but the lads are still positive," Ince told BBC Radio Berkshire.

"We have three games now against Rotherham, Cardiff and Blackpool where we can pick up some points. Nothing has really changed in the table, that's stayed the same. We just have an opportunity now where we can pick up some points.

"They're all important games. We've lost one and drawn two and lost two and drawn one [in the league] so it will be nice if we can pick up a win because our home form has been very good.

"But Rotherham have been to Watford and drawn so they are no pushovers. They went to Blackpool on Saturday and drew too. So it's a game where we go again. It's tough for us having gone up to Sunderland, then playing Rotherham and then going up to Cardiff - they [the EFL] are not doing us any favours, are they? But as far as I am concerned, it was a very good performance from the boys at Sunderland."

TEAM NEWS:

Over all hardly any injuries in the last few months.



Ebou Adams needs more time
He’s not training yet and it still looks to be another month.

Lamouchi



How is the squad looking?

No problem at all. Rubin Colwill is fit.

Lamouchi

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PAY ON THE NIGHT CARDIFF CITY V READING

Cardiff will receive £150,000 for the live home game on Sky Tv

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27th January 2023 Sabri Lamouchi New Manager:



Tues Jan 31st 7:45pm Luton Town 1 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 9,031 Away Support ( 544 )


Sat Feb 4 – Hull City 1 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 16,584 Away Support ( 530 )

Sat Feb 11 – Cardiff City 1 Middlesbrough 3 Crowd 19,182 Away Support 1,820 )

Tue Feb 14 – Birmingham City 0 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 14,639’Away Support (845 )

Sky Friday Feb 17 - 8pm Cardiff City v Reading Crowd Away Support ( )

Sat Feb 25 – Norwich City (A)



12:30pm Sat Mar 4 – Cardiff City v Bristol City Crowd Away Support ( )

Sat Mar 11 – Preston North End (A)

Wed Mar 15 – West Bromwich Albion (H)

Sat Mar 18 – Rotherham United (A)



Sat Apr 1 – Swansea City (H)

Fri Apr 7 – Blackpool (A)

Mon Apr 10 – Sunderland (H)

Sat Apr 15 – Sheffield United (A)

Wed Apr 19 – Watford (A)

Sat Apr 22 – Stoke City (H)

Sat Apr 29 – Huddersfield Town (H)



Sat May 6 – Burnley (A)

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In 32 games we have kept 10 clean sheets TEN. When we got promoted under Warnock we kept 16 in 46 games.
We are not a bad side , just been so unlucky , fingers crossed we have found some goalscorers , to turn our luck around

Are we sure the kick off is 8.00pm ?

Are we sure the kick off is 8.00pm ?

Definitely 8pm, the Friday night game on Sky always is.

Are we sure the kick off is 8.00pm ?

Umm yeah, bought my ticket last night

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' No time to dwell - this has to be only the beginning '




Apologies for ending on what might be considered a bit of a downer, but anyone getting carried away by this win would be well advised to look at the table.

It's still pretty sobering. Yes, Cardiff's win has opened up a three-point gap over Wigan Athletic in 22nd, but the Latics still have the luxury of two games in hand.

As do Huddersfield Town and Blackpool, both of whom prop up the table on 28 points. Both of whom have also hired former Cardiff bosses in their bids to avoid the drop.

Ironically, a few may well be silently cheering on Swansea City when they host the Tangerines on Wednesday night. A Swans win would certainly ease some of the lingering concerns. But Cardiff can't count on any favours from anyone at this stage.

After seeing Blackpool hire Mick McCarthy, some will perhaps feel a little uneasy at Huddersfield's appointment of Neil Warnock, a man whose expertise in this sort of a crisis is unrivalled.

Cardiff play the Terriers on April 29 in the penultimate game of the season. It would certainly be wise to ensure the survival mission is complete by then. Dwelling on this victory would be a mistake, and that message has clearly already been drummed into the players.

"Everyone's buzzing," Ng added after the game. "But the manager's brought us back down to earth saying we need to focus on the game Friday now, so we'll enjoy it now.

"But we've got to get ready for Friday."

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Paul Ince: Cardiff will be buoyant




Reading boss Paul Ince is expecting a tough test when his side come to Cardiff tomorrow.

The Royals are coming off a decent win against Rotherham, against whom they had to come from behind, while Cardiff are also coming into the game off the back of a rare victory.

“Any game for us at the moment is going to be a tough game,” said Ince. “We don’t usually have games where we’re 3-0 up and we can just breathe… they tend to be tense, nervous games!

“I don’t expect any different at Cardiff. They’re coming off the back of a 2-0 win at Birmingham, which isn’t an easy place to go. They’ll be in a buoyant mood. And they haven’t had an easy start under Lamouchi, with three away games from his first four. So they’ll want to get three points in front of their fans.

“We’re under no illusion – it’ll be a tough game. But we go in off the back of three points against Rotherham, so we’ll go in full of confidence.

“We know our away form hasn’t been great this year. That’s been about small margins. So the most important thing is that we stay in every game. As we showed against Rotherham on Tuesday, if we stay in the game, we’ve got a chance of picking up points.”

Can't wait for this one and I believe 3 points will be ours.

Cardiff could welcome Rubin Colwill back into the fray after he missed the last two matches with an ankle injury.

Elsewhere, Ebou Adams remains out following surgery on his knee, while Jamilu Collins is likely out for the season as he continues his recovery from an ACL rupture.

Connor Wickham is in contention for his first start after coming off the bench against Birmingham City.





As for Reading, Andy Yiadom is suspended for the trip to south Wales after picking up 10 yellow cards. Shane Long also suffered a knock in midweek and is a major doubt for the fixture. Baba Rahman will also face a late fitness test.

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Paul Ince:


“Any game for us at the moment is going to be a tough game. We don’t usually have games where we’re 3-0 up and we can just breathe… they tend to be tense, nervous games!

“I don’t expect any different at Cardiff. They’re coming off the back of a 2-0 win at Birmingham, which isn’t an easy place to go. They’ll be in a buoyant mood. And they haven’t had an easy start under Lamouchi, with three away games from his first four. So they’ll want to get three points in front of their fans.

“We’re under no illusion – it’ll be a tough game. But we go in off the back of three points against Rotherham, so we’ll go in full of confidence."

Reading can be awkward, we can do it

We are saved Colwill is back ha ha. What's the point another injury prone player 45 Mins then out for a couple of games. He is not needed in this team so why why all the fuss with him.?

What are the odds?



Cardiff City win - 11/10

Draw - 9/4

Reading win - 13/5

(Odds courtesy of SkyBet, correct at time of publishing. Please gamble responsibly.)

O'Dowda just dribbles out of play. Goal kick.

City the better team in the early stages

Kaba heads just wide. Good cross by Philogene

Kaba header straight at Lumley in the Reading goal

Wow. What a move.

Kipre with a laser-like pass out to O'Dowda, who zips past Hoilett before putting in a great cross. Kaba connects well, but heads straight at Lumley!

Etete has a shot saved by Lumley.

Great start by Cardiff.

Kaba with a big chance but heads over

Dann booked for pulling back Etete

Ng free kick so close to going in but goes just wide

Should have been a huge chance.

Etete picks up a loose ball and sprints into the box. He crosses well, but Mbengue's slight touch takes it out of Robinson's path.

McGuinness booked for a late challenge

McGuinness goes into the book for heavy challenge which was late.