MATCH THRE: " CARDIFF CITY v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN " MATCH THREA

CARDIFF CITY v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Saturday 6th December, 12.30pm
Sky Bet League One - Match 17
Cardiff City Stadium 


Huddersfield have Sold over 350 Tickets City Charging City £5 / £10



Injury update:

Osho out injured toe

Tanner back training

Rubin Colwill out till about April

Eli King out for the season

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About Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield are in their second successive season in this league, having been relegated from the Championship in 2024.

Last season they finished 10th.

Many people expected them to be in the promotion picture this season. They are currently 8th with 26 points from their 17 games.

Club Connections

Neil Warnock of course managed us and took us to the Premier League.

He then went on to manage Huddersfield and keep them in the Championship.

The Opposition's Manager

Lee Grant has been Huddersfield manager since May.

This is his first managerial role, although he did have a spell as a coach at Ipswich.

As a player, he was a goalkeeper and made over 450 league appearances.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Alfie May has been on the bench recently but did score 16 goals last season. He scored their late equaliser on Saturday from the bench.

Leo Castledine is on loan from Chelsea and has four goals.

Referee

Elliot Bell will take charge of this game. It's his second City match this season, after the home win against Swindon in the Carabao Cup.

This season, he has shown 82 yellow cards across 24 games - an average of 3.4 per game.

He has also showed three red cards.

Head To Head - Last Five Meetings  

Huddersfield have won three of the last five meetings, although we have won the last two.

The last of these was in the Championship in March 2024. We won 1-0 at CCS.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Trott, Ng, Fish, Lawlor, Bagan, Wintle, Turnbull, Robinson, Ashford, Davies, Salech

Huddersfield Town: Goodman, Sorensen, Feeney, Balker, Roosken, Gooch, Ledson, Charles, Castledine, Ashia, Radulovic

Last Game

We lost at home to Wimbledon in the Vertu Trophy on Tuesday. We won our last league game, 3-0 at home to Mansfield last Saturday.

Huddersfield also played in the Vertu Trophy on Tuesday, they won away at Lincoln. They drew 3-3 at home to Wimbledon in their last league game on Saturday.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 10/11
Huddersfield Town - 11/4
Draw - 5/2

Predictions

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Huddersfield have sold over 350

City charging them only £5 & £10

Huddersfield score lots of goals but conceed plenty as well so I'm going for a high scoring 4-2 cardiff win

Annis promotion is the No1 priority big game for us 2-0 win for the BLUEBIRDS come on CITY

Murray Wallace marked his first Huddersfield Town appearance since September by setting up Joe Taylor's second-half opener at Lincoln City, putting the Terriers on course for a victory they sealed through Wallace's 90th-minute header in a 2-0 win.

Good Win for Huddersfield tonight and their 1st clean sheet in 11 games .

Tues December 2 Vertu Trophy Rd 32 Cardiff City 1 AFC Wimbledon 5 Crowd 2,107 Away Support ( 83 Fans)


Sat Dec 6 12:30pm Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town Crowd Away Support

Tue Dec 9 Stevenage v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support

Sat Dec 13 Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers Crowd Away Support


Tuesday Dec 16 Live ITV 8pm League Cup 5th Rd Cardiff City v Chelsea Crowd Away Support 3,000


Sat Dec 20 Lincoln City v Cardiff City

Fri Dec 26 Cardiff City v Exeter City

Mon Dec 29 Cardiff City v Stevenage







Thur Jan 1 Wycombe Wanderers (A) - 3pm, live on Sky Sports

Sun Jan 4 Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic

Sat Jan 10 Leyton Orient v Cardiff City

Sat Jan 17 12:30pm Bradford City v Cardiff City Live Sky Tv

Sat Jan 24 12:30pm Cardiff City v Stockport County Live Sky Tv

Tue Jan 27 Barnsley (H)

Sat Jan 31 Burton Albion (A)

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Annis promotion is the No1 priority big game for us 2-0 win for the BLUEBIRDS come on CITY

100% agree without a doubt

Injury update:


Tanner back training

Rubin Colwill out till about April

Eli King out for the season

Let's hope our heads are on this game Saturday not Tuesday with chelsea.
Got a funny feeling we are going to come a croper in this game hope I am wrong.

Let's hope our heads are on this game Saturday not Tuesday with chelsea.
Got a funny feeling we are going to come a croper in this game hope I am wrong.

We've got three games before Chelsea so would hope they're not looking that far ahead.

Let's hope our heads are on this game Saturday not Tuesday with chelsea.
Got a funny feeling we are going to come a croper in this game hope I am wrong.

We've got three games before Chelsea so would hope they're not looking that far ahead.

Yes got my dates mixed up thanks I'll be there sat and Doncaster exeter and stevenage but not chelsea

Huddersfield Town boss Lee Grant has hailed his side's confidence levels after Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Lincoln City in the EFL Vertu Trophy.

The Terriers, who scored twice in the second half to knock out their fellow League One promotion hopefuls, have won three of their past five games in all competitions.

"I enjoyed every bit of that - from start to finish, I thought we were really good," Grant told BBC Radio Leeds.

"The confidence - I could see a few chests out and shoulders pinned back, and that was lovely to see. That really flattened the stadium, I think that flattened their team and gave us a boost."

Lincoln are five points above Huddersfield in League One, but Grant felt confident his side would be the one to progress in the competition.

"I wasn't in any doubt that this group could produce a level like that," the 42-year-old added.

Huddersfield have only Won 4 games in their last 12 games

BBM:

“Gabriel Osho came off in the game on Tuesday with a dislocated toe," said Brian. "He’ll be assessed and scanned today.

"We’re not sure on the timescale yet, but he won’t be available on the weekend. The longer he's been here, the more obvious it's been to his teammates how important he will be for us in the long run, and obviously he wants to show that to the supporters as well.

He concluded: “Ollie’s doing really well, he’s starting to join little parts of our training but we’re keeping our expectations realistic in terms of when and where he will return.

"We’re still looking towards the end of December for a return to game action based on how much we have to train him because of how long he’s been out."

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Huddersfield Town injuries and absences -

Jack Whatmough (calf) and Marcus McGuane (groin) are still working their way back from injury, with Whatmough ‘progressing nicely’ through the later stages of his recovery.

Mickel Miller is ruled out until around late January with a hamstring injury.

Herbie Kane has returned to light individual training but is still some way off returning from his groin injury.

Antony Evans does not need surgery on the knee injury that forced him off against Luton last week, but is still expected to be out for ‘a couple of months’.

Will Alves (foot) and Zepiqueno Redmond (knee) remain out for the longer term.

Massive game come on CITY get at them from the start!!!!!!

442 some direct football and no Turnbull starting hopefully from tinkerman

442 some direct football and no Turnbull starting hopefully from tinkerman

I hope to see some more rotation during this busy period, keeps the team fresh.

No chance of 442 and rightly so, there's a reason hardly any teams start like that anymore - it doesn't work.

Huddersfield have now sold over 1,000 tickets for tomorrows game

Huddersfield have now sold over 1,000 tickets for tomorrows game

Thought they'd sell more with the £10 tickets.

Crowd expected to be not much more than 17,000

And Huddersfield are bringing less than we originally thought.

Conditions not great. Will not suit our way of playing today. Tough game ahead.

Shit show with the weather very windy and constant rain forecast
0-0 for me.

Huddersfield have only Won 4 games in their last 12 games

Won those 4 in their last 6 including a draw and a loss. On good form.

I am not sure if professional managers even take conditions into account like us parks-based lads. Today is not a day for intricate, clever passing (only) its winning second ball as the weather will make basic passes a little more difficult.

I want to see Wintle Robertson and Joel in Rubin position. I'd rather NG today over Kpackio is defence, allowing him to push further forward with Davies on the other flank. I don't think this is a day for Willock to start.

Murray Wallace marked his first Huddersfield Town appearance since September by setting up Joe Taylor's second-half opener at Lincoln City, putting the Terriers on course for a victory they sealed through Wallace's 90th-minute header in a 2-0 win.

Good Win for Huddersfield tonight and their 1st clean sheet in 11 games .

Hope you’re score prediction is correct mate with salech scoring first goal £10 returns £510

Cardiff City: Trott, Ng, Fish, Lawlor, Bagan, Wintle (C), Turnbull, Kellyman, Ashford, Willock, Salech.

Substitutes: Turner, Kpakio, Chambers, Robertson, J. Colwill, Robinson, Davies.

Top of the league and an awful home crowd

Nervy moment for the away side as Balker heads over his own bar from Bagan's cross.

Corner delivered to the far post, but Lawlor can't quite get there.