MATCH THREA: " CARDIFF CITY v BIRMINGHAM CITY " MATCH THREAD

We can win this today for sure along as BBM sets up right and if it's not working change it to suit what they are doing if they are on top, although he won't but theres always hope depending how it's going.

Should be a decent crowd but no doubt 1000s won't show because they may melt in the rain but suddenly become waterproof if it's a prem top end team in a cup game

Come in the city

I think we'll win today and go on a run, we're better than the league suggests

I think we'll win today and go on a run, we're better than the league suggests

Birmingham a really good team though.

Neutrals say they've been good in pretty much every game. Great manager too.

Weather is awful, feel sorry for the people say in the front few rows and not covered by the roof.

A WIN TODAY IS NEEDED

BLUEBIRDS

Match odds
Cardiff 13/8

Draw 5/2

Birmingham 11/8

Last-minute change for Cardiff - Krystian Bielik has pulled out in the warm-up - Yousef Salech starts!

Weather terrible

Birmingham City should score. Jay Stansfield with an excellent cross and Luis Vazquez should head home at the back post, but misses.

QPR 2 Swansea 0

Joel Bagan with a peach of a ball over the top for Salech - but the striker cannot control it. If he did he would have been through on goal.

Cian Adhford almost through there. He beats Phil Neumann to the ball and is into a dangerous area. His low cross towards Joel Colwill is cut out, however.

QPR 3 Swansea 0

Not much between them both

17 mins gone NO Shots from either Side

Weather definitely playing a part here. Utterly horrendous conditions, blowing a gale and hammering with rain. Cardiff can't get their slick passing going just yet.

Penalty Cardiff

Salech terrible pen saved

Very weak penalty. Didn't think he looked confident at all.

Very weak penalty. Didn't think he looked confident at all.

Awful, my opinion

You just knew salech would miss that, why not let someone else take it? Anyone…..we won’t win this today with him up front either….

Nothing happening in front of both goals

Ollie Tanner takes Alex Cochrane on, on the outside, and hammers one at goal. It's a tight angle and it flies over the bar.

YES 1NIL

BRILLIANT BY SALECH

Get in there Salech!

Great defensive work from Scanlon there, shepherding the ball out under pressure from Carlos Vicente.

You just knew salech would miss that, why not let someone else take it? Anyone…..we won’t win this today with him up front either….

And of course he had now scored!!!

You just knew salech would miss that, why not let someone else take it? Anyone…..we won’t win this today with him up front either….

lols…long way to go yet