CHELSEA V CARDIFF CITY ' TEAM NEWS ' OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD

The Bluebirds are 10/1 just to get a shock straight win.

My prediction
Chelsea 3 Cardiff City 0 But you never know anything could happen in football, as they say its a funny old game.


' Team News '

' CARDIFF CITY '
Cardiff City were unfortunate to come away from their 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United without at least a point before the international break and the Bluebirds will be looking to surprise Chelsea this weekend.
Manager Malky Mackay is still without the services of Andreas Cornelius, but faces no further injury concerns ahead of the encounter.
That could see Craig Bellamy again start from the bench, with Peter Odemwingie expected to begin the game on the right flank.


" UPDATED "

' CHELSEA '

Torres is fit and could start. It's between him, Eto'o and Demba Ba for the striker spot. Ashley Cole and Schurrle are both definitely out.

Jose also said in his press conference that he doesn't think Cardiff's recent problems will affect them on the pitch. Fairly standard response to that one.



Chelsea's 3-1 win over Norwich City lifted the Blues into the top 4 and manager José Mourinho will be looking to extend their unbeaten league run to 4 games.
The Portuguese tactician will be without the injured quartet of Marco van Ginkel, Tomas Kalas, Fernando Torres and Ashley Cole for the welcome of Cardiff City.
Ryan Bertrand is expected to deputise at left-back, while Andre Schürrle could start following his hat-trick for Germany on Tuesday night, meaning Eden Hazard will likely begin the encounter from the bench.



Chelsea v Cardiff – preview

CARDIFF CITY
To say that Cardiff’s preparation for their first visit of the season to a Champions League regular has been overshadowed by the increasingly comical off-field developments is not strong enough – the shadow over the club is less a shadow than the dark side of the moon. Nonetheless, Cardiff board their bus to Stamford Bridge, recently the spiritual home of the sacking of backroom staff sackings, a little unsure whether the man behind the wheel will be the man coaching them next week. This blog was only ever intended to talk about tactics and not off-field politics but it’s certainly been a distraction to fans so who knows how the players and staff are coping this week.



CHELSEA under the command of Jose Mourinho again, have tightened up their defence so far this season at only a small expense to their attacking flamboyance. Only Southampton have conceded fewer goals and only Man City have allowed fewer shots against them. Somewhat surprisingly for a team castigated for letting Lukaku leave on loan and then sitting Mata on the bench, they are towards the top of the goalscoring charts and only Spurs have taken more attempts on goal. Their shot efficiency is somewhat midtable, with less than a third of shots on target (10th in the league) and a shot-to-goal ratio of 8% (lower than Cardiff’s 10%).

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Chelsea 4 Cardiff 0
between off the field distractions and international (jet Lag) i got a funny feeling we are going to get battered.

hope im wrong

Chelsea 4 Cardiff 0
between off the field distractions and international (jet Lag) i got a funny feeling we are going to get battered.

hope im wrong

chelseas players have been playing internationals too you know.


think we will nick a goal in this one.

Going to say 3-1 chelsea.

3-1 cardiff terry sent off early for in the box tackle on kim

3-1 cardiff terry sent off early for in the box tackle on kim

I will take that now, odds prob 100/1

3-1 cardiff terry sent off early for in the box tackle on kim

I will take that now, odds prob 100/1

I'd expect a bit more than 100/1 haha

I'll say a narrow 1-0 defeat, think Marshall will again be MOTM

1-0 Cardiff. Marshall has a blinder, we frustrate the life outta them and nick it at the death with a whitts screamer!

Malky fist pumps the air, absolutely delighted!

You never know!

ive got a horrible feeling we're going to get thumped in this game, i'll be optomistic and say 3 nil chelsea

3-1 Chelsea.

Oscar gives them the lead, Turner equalises with a header from a corner, then Hazard and Eto'o get two late goals.

Score prediction I don't know but think we will lose but get a goal.

Looking at Bertand who hasn't much game time then he could be a weak link if Odemwingie attacks at him.

I guess the plus side who is ever up top then with Caulker and Turner they will have a good chance on Ba and SE to keep them out of the game.

Cant see us winning but then i had a fiver on us to beat man city at 10-1 and that worked out pretty good so im going for it

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1815 ... ord-bridge?

3-1 Chelsea. We'll frustrate them but their quality will eventually show through.

STATS…

Chelsea are one of only two Premier League sides (along with Stoke City) for whom a striker has not scored a league goal this season.

Petr Cech will make his 300th Premier League appearance in this match if selected, becoming the third player to reach this landmark for the club (after Lampard and Terry).

Cardiff glovesman David Marshall has made more saves than any other Premier League goalkeeper this season (31).

Cardiff have averaged 54% possession away from home in the Premier League this season; well above their home possession rate (40%).

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 88904.html

Apparantly Medel's out and Alisher Apsalyamov's playing instead......didn't see that one coming!

Head says 3-0 Chelsea, Heart says 2-1 city

Think like most we expect to lose this game, but if we put in a performance and show we can attack and get chances. Most will be happy with that, not another West Ham type loss

Got a few quid on us to draw! 1-1!

But in reality, 3-0 Chelsea i reckon

1-0 Jordan Mutch.

FEKIN GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesssssssssss Mutch 1-0

Gifted equaliser. Now for the onslaught

Looks like Marshal has dropped a clanger! Once you let the ball drop out of your hands its fair game. That could cost us.

Get Gunnarsson off half time hes shitting out on everything.

Looks like Marshal has dropped a clanger! Once you let the ball drop out of your hands its fair game. That could cost us.

Could cost us? It has cost us the lead

What a terrible way for them to level, soul destroying! If it was a decent strike it would be easier to take. Still winnable they just have to block that out if their heads.

We can't get out of our half

Apparently their goal should not have stood. Bet we wouldn't have been given it

Why the fck didn't cowey shoot? Now they have scored!