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

[worcester_ccfc]

City having plenty of shots but not really testing Ruddy in the Brum goal

[Forever Blue]

Etete has just done very well to take a ball down on his chest and win a foul.

[Igovernor]

city starting to play a little bit now

[montyblue]

Hoofball up the middle why not o dowda on the wing to supply 2 big strikers

[Forever Blue]

Kaba puts perssure on Sanderson and the defender almost plays an errant backpass. Clears it before Etete can nick it.

[snoopystorm]

Sawyers playing some smart balls in midfield, a massive improvement on Saturday

[Igovernor]

get to half time and 0 0 and then pick it up second half

[worcester_ccfc]

The pitch is terrible

[Forever Blue]

Cardiff keeping the ball up the Brum end

[Igovernor]

city upping their game

[Forever Blue]

Sanderson floors Etete with a heavy challenge. Another free-kick incoming.

[Sven]

It looks to me that Lamouchi has further influenced his new squad and the Bluebirds are looking like they have a bit more 'dog' (thanks, Paul ) in them this evening...

The pitch is very poor for a Championship ground and may well have an effect as the game goes on...

We're doing okay so far but we know the pitfalls of complacency and need to be on our guard

LATEST SCORE: BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

[Forever Blue]

Wintle with a shot from range. Deflected into Ruddy's arms. Been that sort of game, folks.

[Igovernor]

anoth free kick to city

[Forever Blue]

Colin is slipped in with a neat ball into the box, O'Dowda blocks his cross and it's a corner.

[Forever Blue]

Kaba does well to earn a foul and Cardiff reset again.

[Igovernor]

lodowda good tacle precventing a cross in

[Forever Blue]

Good hold-up work from Etete and McGuinness then finds O'Dowda. He looks for Kaba but the cross is overhit. Romeo does excellently to win a foul on the far side, though.

[Sven]

Corner kick to Brum after good cover from O'Dowda and it's beaten away well. The ball is then sent back out and a well gained free kick for Kaba sees the pressure taken off a little

LATEST SCORE: BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

[Forever Blue]

Etete , Kaba, McGuinness and O'Dowda all playing really well

[Igovernor]

city free kick

[Forever Blue]

H-T 0-0

[Sven]

Great work from Romeo gets the Bluebirds a free kick on the righthand side of the box...

A decent cross is thwarted by an offside and the game heads into half-time as a stalemate...

HALF-TIME SCORE: BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

[Igovernor]

Second half, we can wint this, so long as we dont concede

[Bluebird1977]

Done ok last 15 mins. I'm just glad Brum have been worse than us that 1st half. The pitch is shocking to unless my eyes are failing me

Come on City! Let's get a goal 2nd half. It has to get better.

[worcester_ccfc]

Solid first half. Hopefully we can build on it in the second half and get the goal we need.

It's not been pretty, but at least we're competing much better.

[snoopystorm]

Decent 1st half for Cardiff, a bit scrappy in places but you can see where Sabri has worked with them, there’s a bit more confidence and belief about the squad tonight. Just need a goal or 2 for us now… no pressure

[worcester_ccfc]

Sawyers playing some smart balls in midfield, a massive improvement on Saturday

I've criticised him a lot but playing well tonight.

[ElyBoy1984]

Bring on Wickham for Etet. We can win this.

Brum's ground looks empty, no chanting from Brum. I thought we had problems with attendances.

[Lengee]

Good effort first half.
Particularly from Etete who has held the ball up well and ‘won’ a lot of free kicks. At least we have an out ball and it allows others to move up in support. That was something that was totally missing with Robinson up there. We just seem to lack pace…. Cant understand why Davies isnt in the squad.