MATCH THREAD: “CARDIFF CITY v SHEFF UTD " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v SHEFFIELD UNITED
Saturday 29th August, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship - Match 3
Cardiff City Stadium

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Cardiff City : Trott; Ng, Bielik, Osho, Bagan; Robertson, Moylan, R. Colwill; Tanner, Salech, Ashford.

Subs: Tyrer, Turnbull, Willock, Scanlon, J. Colwill, Tankiewicz, Davies, Kpakio, Robinson.






Updated:


BBM:

“Dylan Lawlor and Will Fish face lengthy lay-offs, while Calum Chambers' mystery knee injury is harder to put a timescale on.”







TEAM NEWS:

Osho back for Saturday


BBM:

"Gabriel Osho I saw this morning and did a session, he looked good.”

No Calum Chambers. Obviously Will Fish and Dylan Lawlor are slightly more long term so nothing on those guys."

“Lawlor I really don’t know, but 6 weeks maybe for Will.”

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About Sheffield United

Sheffield United are in their third successive season in the Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League in 2024.

Last season they finished 13th, having had a revival when Chris Wilder returned following a terrible start to the season under Ruben Selles.

They have had three seasons in the Premier League since 2019.

Club Connections

Mark McGuinness now plays for Sheffield United.

We sold him to Luton in 2024 for a big fee.

He has been linked with a move in this transfer window, but remains with Sheffield United at time of writing.

The Opposition's Manager

Chris Wilder returned for his third spell in charge of Sheffield United in September 2025. He previously had the job between 2016 and 2021, as well as from 2023 to June 2025.

A lifelong fan of the club, he has achieved two promotions with them - one to the Championship and one to the Premier League.

He also has had promotions as a manager with Alfreton, Oxford and Northampton.

Other clubs he's managed are Middlesbrough and Watford.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Patrick Bamford is a well established and experienced striker at this level. He scored 12 goals in 28 league games last season.

Callum O'Hare is a great player in the Championship. He has had at least nine goals and assists in each of the last three seasons, with nine goals and seven assists last season.

Referee

John Busby will take charge of the game.

He refereed 26 games last season, showing 110 yellow cards - an average of 4.2 per game. He also showed 4 red cards.

He has done one game so far this season and showed two yellow cards.

Head To Head - Last Five Meetings

We have lost four of our last five meetings with Sheffield United.

The last of these was 2-0 defeat at Bramall Lane in April 2025, in the Championship.

Our last win against them was three months before that, in an FA Cup away game.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Trott, Kpakio, Ng, Bagan, Scanlon, Robertson, Moylan, R Colwill, Ashford, Tanner, Salech

Sheffield United: Cooper, Seriki, Tanganga, McGuinness, McCallum, Burrows, Rothwell, Arblaster, Peck, O'Hare, Bamford

Last Game

We drew our last league game, 2-2 at Derby. We then lost 2-1 at home to Norwich in the Carabao Cup.

Sheffield United drew 0-0 at Swansea in their last league game. They won 2-1 at Blackburn in the Carabao Cup.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 7/5
Sheffield United - 6/4
Draw - 5/2

Predictions

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I've gone for a 2-0 win at home we've been strong hoping we have at least one centre back signed do t think sheff united are anything of great shakes this season would be disappointed with draw or worse a defeat ohh no can't happen!!!

I think a 2-2 draw is on the cards.

Pay on the day Both Sets of Fans


If the Fans really believe in how everything is at the club then surely 25,000 plus

TEAM NEWS:



BBM:

"Gabriel Osho I saw this morning and did a session, he looked good.”

No Calum Chambers. Obviously Will Fish and Dylan Lawlor are slightly more long term so nothing on those guys."

“Lawlor I really don’t know, but 6 weeks maybe for Will.”

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Osho back for Saturday

Bielik:

"I’m ready, fit and healthy, and can’t wait to start with the team tomorrow and prepare for the big game on Saturday."

I got the exact scores for the Wrexham and Derby games and I fancy a 1 nil win for the Bluebirds on Saturday

Aug 2026

Mon Aug 17 Cardiff City 1 Wrexham Crowd 31,421 Away Support 2,549



Sat, Aug 22 Derby County 2 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 28,926 (including 2,771 Away Supporters


Saturday, Aug 29, 2026 (3pm) Cardiff City v Sheffield United





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BBM:

“Dylan Lawlor and Will Fish face lengthy lay-offs, while Calum Chambers' mystery knee injury is harder to put a timescale on

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For those living outside of the UK, this match has been chosen for international broadcast.

Therefore it will only be available on Cardiff City TV in the following countries:


Albania
American Samoa
Angola
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Comoros
Congo (Republic of)
Cook Islands
Cote d’Ivoire
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Gibraltar
Guam
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Kiribati
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Niger
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Socotra
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
St Helena & Ascension
Swaziland
Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Taiwan
Tanzania
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Wallis & Futuna
Western Samoa (Samoa)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

The wife has Paramount+ so it should be on there for me .

Sheffield United want to sign Hull City defender Cody Drameh on loan, according to Sky Sports.
Sheffield United have become the latest Championship side to be credited with an interest in the Premier League right-back. SUFC are in the market for more new faces before the end of the transfer window next Tuesday.

Drameh, 24, has been linked with Millwall, Preston North End and Stoke City already this summer following the Tigers’ promotion to the top flight. He is under contract at the MKM Stadium until June 2027, although the East Yorkshire outfit hold an option to extend his stay by a further 12 months on top of that running until 2028.

n this latest update regarding his situation, Sky Sports claim the Blades are interested in luring him to Bramall Lane on a temporary basis if possible. The source adds that the player’s preference is to stay where he is at this moment in time.

Sheffield United’s recruitment plans have switched towards free agents and loans recently and they are in need of some new faces to bolster their ranks. They have drawn their first two league fixtures of the new season 0-0 against Birmingham City and Swansea City respectively.

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Sheffield United have completed the signing of Southampton attacker Ben Brereton Díaz.

The 27-year-old has rejoined the club on a season-long loan deal

For those living outside of the UK, this match has been chosen for international broadcast.

Therefore it will only be available on Cardiff City TV in the following countries:


Albania
American Samoa
Angola
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Comoros
Congo (Republic of)
Cook Islands
Cote d’Ivoire
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Gibraltar
Guam
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Kiribati
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Niger
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Socotra
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
St Helena & Ascension
Swaziland
Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Taiwan
Tanzania
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Wallis & Futuna
Western Samoa (Samoa)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

I bet our huge fanbase in Wallis & Futuna are absolutely delighted!

For those living outside of the UK, this match has been chosen for international broadcast.

Therefore it will only be available on Cardiff City TV in the following countries:


Albania
American Samoa
Angola
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Comoros
Congo (Republic of)
Cook Islands
Cote d’Ivoire
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Gibraltar
Guam
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Kiribati
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Niger
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Socotra
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
St Helena & Ascension
Swaziland
Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Taiwan
Tanzania
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Wallis & Futuna
Western Samoa (Samoa)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

I bet our huge fanbase in Wallis & Futuna are absolutely delighted!

I can see a low scoring game tomorrow, I'll say 1-0 to us.

3-1 to city. Brace for Colwill and one for salach.

I think a 2-2 draw is on the cards.

Sadly, I don’t see us keeping a clean sheet currently, so there will be goals, and II back our guys up front to ‘do the business’ and bring in the three points

Bluebirds 2-0

2-2 I'll go for but if we can nick 3 points I'd be buzzing.nlets hope the rain does not dwindle the "I might melt like sugar" attending fans so didn't go

Sheffield United have completed the signing of Southampton attacker Ben Brereton Díaz.

The 27-year-old has rejoined the club on a season-long loan deal

That’s a very good signing for them!

Hope the officials are not as blind as in Boro game? Boro player in offside position(well offside) when a shot came in lino in line with players... shot hit keeper and the Boro player headed in!! Lino instead calling offside at point of shot as used fact it hit keeper later to say hes onside? Am I correct in saying offside is at point of 1st ball contact not at end of move?
He was in line with keeper when offside.

Cardiff City : Trott; Ng, Bielik, Osho, Bagan; Robertson, Moylan, R. Colwill; Tanner, Salech, Ashford.

Subs: Tyrer, Turnbull, Willock, Scanlon, J. Colwill, Tankiewicz, Davies, Kpakio, Robinson.

Bluebirds

Yes 1nil

Moylan what a goal

What a Start

Wow, I had just sat down.