MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v EXETER CITY " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v EXETER CITY
Friday 26th December, 3pm
Sky Bet League One - Match 21
Cardiff City Stadium 


Cardiff City XI: Turner; Ng, Lawlor, Chambers, Bagan; Wintle, Robertson; Ashford, Kellyman, Davies; Salech.

Subs: Kpakio, Fish, J. Colwill, Turnbull, Willock, Tanner, Robinson.




Crowd expected to be over 22,000


Both sets of fans can pay on the day for this 3pm kick off on Boxing Day


Exeter now Sold Over 1,500 Tickets




BBM:

"We have enough players to cope no matter what so we'll be fine."



BBM HAS SOME BIG INJURY WORRIES:

Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan and Will Fish have all become ill, with midfielder David Turnbull also suffering with a groin injury. Nathan Trott, who missed the defeat by Lincoln City, has also not trained yet and is still a doubt


Tanner expected to play some of this game

Rubin Colwill out till about March / April

Eli King out for the season


“Gabriel Osho was back on the pitch today, and if he continues to progress well, he could be back within a week or so, but he’s not back in full training yet.”





Exeter Near the Bottom of League 1 / Division 3
Exeter City lost their last 5 Away games and have Sold nearly 1,500 Tickets so far / Fair play
Boxing Day in Cardiff and No Trains for them
Exeter get barely 5,000 Fans at home

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About Exeter City

Exeter City are now in their fourth successive season in League One, having been promoted from League Two in 2022.

Last season they finished 16th.

They are currently 20th, with 23 points from 20 games.

Club Connections

Josh Magennis plays for Exeter and previously played for us.

The Opposition's Manager

Gary Caldwell has been Exeter manager since October 2022.

He previously managed Wigan, Chesterfield and Partick Thistle.

As a player, he was best known for his time at Celtic.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Ilmari Niskanen impressed in their win on Saturday, scoring his first league goal of the season. He has five assists in the league.

Jayden Wareham has scored six league goals this season.

Referee

Referee should be confirmed early this week.

Head To Head - Last Five Meetings

Exeter have beaten us just once in the last five meetings, with us winning three of those games.

We played them away in the Vertu Trophy earlier this season and won 1-0.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Turner, Ng, Fish, Lawlor, Bagan, Wintle, Robertson, Kellyman, Ashford, Willock, Salech

Exeter City: Whitworth, McMillan, Sweeney, Fitzwater, Woodhouse, Niskanen, Brierley, Doyle-Hayes, Aitchison, Cox, Wareham

Last Game

We lost 2-1 at Lincoln on Saturday.

On the same day, Exeter won 3-0 at home to Barnsley.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 4/7
Exeter City - 4/1
Draw - 3/1

Predictions

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Hopefully back to winning ways 3-0 city win and journey back to Pembroke wife driving me having a couple cans festive fare a happy one

Get back on track 2-0 to the BLUBIRDS!!!

Will we end our Boxing Day hoodoo? We are dreadful at Christmas. I think you have to go as far back as 2012 for our last win and I think we've only won two this century. Last year's Boxing day was arguably our worst game of the season losing 3 v 2 to Oxford. I predict we will really struggle again to win but this hoodoo has to end one day, maybe its this year.

Both sets of fans can pay on the day for this 3pm kick off on Boxing Day

BBM HAS SOME BIG INJURY WORRIES:


Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan and Will Fish have all become ill, with midfielder David Turnbull also suffering with a groin injury. Nathan Trott, who missed the defeat by Lincoln City, has also not trained yet and is still a doubt

Osho could be back

Tanner expected to play some of this game

Rubin Colwill out till about March / April

Eli King out for the season

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FIXTURES:


Tue Dec 16 League Cup 5th Rd Cardiff City v Chelsea Crowd 33,027 Away Support 3,239



Sat Dec 20 Lincoln City Cardiff City Crowd 9,913 Away Support 1,617







Fri Dec 26 Cardiff City v Exeter City Crowd Away Support


Mon Dec 29 Cardiff City v Stevenage Crowd Away Support







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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Exeter had a great win beating barnsley ,we have to be up for this we don' t want 3 defeats in a row.

Exeter had a great win beating barnsley ,we have to be up for this we don' t want 3 defeats in a row.

Exeter have lost their last 5 league games in a row, their away form is awful

I wasn't surprised we lost yesterday, Lincoln is a very tough place to go.

But this is a game we really should be winning.

I'll say a routine 3-0 win.

We really need to understand that we are top but that does not mean we can just turn up for 3 points,
most teams playing us it's there cup final and biggest scalp in this division
i hope the lads realise this it needs to be drummed into them that teams are going to be putting more effort to play us ,
and we need to overcome that by raising our game .this could be our only downfall complacency.

We really need to understand that we are top but that does not mean we can just turn up for 3 points,
most teams playing us it's there cup final and biggest scalp in this division
i hope the lads realise this it needs to be drummed into them that teams are going to be putting more effort to play us ,
and we need to overcome that by raising our game .this could be our only downfall complacency.

Yep and Doncaster is a prime example of that of late.

They were unlucky against us to go home with nothing. Their next game they got stuffed 1-5 at home to poorly Plymouth. After that performance against us their fans must be more frustrated than us.

We really need to understand that we are top but that does not mean we can just turn up for 3 points,
most teams playing us it's there cup final and biggest scalp in this division
i hope the lads realise this it needs to be drummed into them that teams are going to be putting more effort to play us ,
and we need to overcome that by raising our game .this could be our only downfall complacency.

Yep and Doncaster is a prime example of that of late.

They were unlucky against us to go home with nothing. Their next game they got stuffed 1-5 at home to poorly Plymouth. After that performance against us their fans must be more frustrated than us.

Agree
I was there watching doncaster
Exeter thumped barnsley 3 0 saturday and they will be up for there biggest game of the season and upping there game,
that extra effort from teams could be our downfall

Personally we should not even struggle against these small clubs never mind being in this league.

We really need to understand that we are top but that does not mean we can just turn up for 3 points,
most teams playing us it's there cup final and biggest scalp in this division
i hope the lads realise this it needs to be drummed into them that teams are going to be putting more effort to play us ,
and we need to overcome that by raising our game .this could be our only downfall complacency.

Yep and Doncaster is a prime example of that of late.

They were unlucky against us to go home with nothing. Their next game they got stuffed 1-5 at home to poorly Plymouth. After that performance against us their fans must be more frustrated than us.

Agree
I was there watching doncaster
Exeter thumped barnsley 3 0 saturday and they will be up for there biggest game of the season and upping there game,
that extra effort from teams could be our downfall

There tales will be up after sat win

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I think we’ve got to win our 2 home games over Christmas,got a couple of tricky away games in January

Exeter Near the Bottom of League 1 / Division 3

Exeter City lost their last 5 Away games and have Sold nearly 1,500 Tickets so far / Fair play

Boxing Day in Cardiff and No Trains for them

Exeter get barely 5,000 Fans at home

Exeter City striker Jayden Wareham is good enough to impress beyond League One, according to manager Gary Caldwell.

The 22-year-old scored his ninth goal of the season in the 3-0 win over Barnsley that took Exeter out of the League One relegation places.

Wareham, a summer signing from Reading, has become Exeter's first-choice forward in recent months.

Caldwell sees similarities between him and Millenic Alli, who left Exeter for Luton Town last January for a fee worth £1.5m.

"I think when Millenic Ali did that we all know what he was valued at and what happened with his career, it goes to the next level," Caldwell told BBC Radio Devon.

"I think Jayden Wareham is a top striker at this level and beyond.

"He's still in his early 20s, and not just his goals, how he plays the game, how he leads the line.

"I think he has that little bit of aggression. I've played against those centre-forwards that leave a bit on you and he's aggressive and he's cute and he knows how to use his smaller frame.

"His aerial ability is incredible for his size, his timing and the way he leads the line and presses from the front is brilliant and the goals will come off the back of that.

"He knows how to score goals, I can't teach him that. What I think we've done with him and worked with him on is that number nine who can press from the front and lead the team as the starting block of our out-of-possession work and he's doing that incredibly well."

Exeter now Sold Over 1,500 Tickets

BBM:

Asked if the players would feature against the Grecians on Boxing Day, he added:


"Will Fish was ill at the game on Saturday, the same for Joel Bagan, so those guys are almost three days ahead of Calum Chambers and we haven't seen them train yet, so I don't know, but hopefully they can make an appearance today or on Christmas Day of some sort and see if they can be available.

"We have enough players to cope no matter what so we'll be fine."

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“Gabriel Osho was back on the pitch today, and if he continues to progress well, he could be back within a week or so, but he’s not back in full training yet.”

Quote (BBM): "We have enough players to cope no matter what so we'll be fine."

This is why I say we have the ‘right’ players, rather than the ‘number’ of players; so we can be confident that the matchday ‘jig-saw’ doesn’t leave us thinking we’re ‘scraping the barrel’ for replacements

A couple of ‘smart’ additions in January, will keep up the levels and hopefully improve them further!

Around 1,500 supporters will be heading over the Severn Bridge for the Boxing Day clash at Cardiff City, although there are still tickets available for that game, while only a handful of City’s 900-strong allocation for the trip to AFC Wimbledon on December 29 remains available.

“FAO CARDIFF CITY FANS”
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We haven't won on Boxing Day in any of the last 13 years.

Only won twice on Boxing Day in the last 25 years.

We haven't won on Boxing Day in any of the last 13 years.

Only won twice on Boxing Day in the last 25 years.

Cardiff to Win 3-1

On route with my boys and one of there mate's. I expect a comfortable win today 3-0 as they are right down there. Although I hope they are not in our back lines faces pressing us as that's where we play 70 percent of our football the back 4 and goalkeeper which usually leads to mistakes it's cost us goals in the past. Some crosses in the box and get men in there with some entertaining football today please when we have the chance to get it in rather than 10 passes down the side of there box then back to our goalie. Two up top Vs these surely today rather than an isolated salech. 3 points please city

Cardiff City XI: Turner; Ng, Lawlor, Chambers, Bagan; Wintle, Robertson; Ashford, Kellyman, Davies; Salech.

Subs: Kpakio, Fish, J. Colwill, Turnbull, Willock, Tanner, Robinson.

Exeter goal keeper looks very small in the warm up. I'd certainly be looking to put some inswinging corners straight on top of him

Bluebirds