' MATCH THREAD: CARDIFF CITY v SHEFF WED ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Championship
Saturday, 12 December, 15:00
Cardiff City Stadium

You can pay on the day

Shelf Wed have Sold So far over 1,300 tickets

" UPDATED DAILY "

11th Dec 2015

CARDIFF CITY TEAM :

Marshall, Peltier, Malone, Morrison, Connolly, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Pilkington, Noone, Watt, Jones.

Subs : Moore, Manga, Fabio, Whittingham, O'Keefe, Ameobi, Macheda

Slade says that Lee Peltier, replaced early on by Fabio in last weekend's win at the Macron Stadium , will be fine to face the Owls though.

Bruno Manga could make his first league start of the season against Sheffield Wednesday with Matt Connolly battling to overcome a back problem.


Russell Slade on injuries - Connolly a doubt

Russell Slade says Matt Connolly is a doubt to play against Sheffield Wednesday:

Peltier is okay. He took a bang which shut his eye. He will be fine, has trained and is fit for Sheffield Wednesday. Connolly came off with a back problem. He’s a worry. Other than that, we are okay.


Team News

Cardiff City

Cardiff will have to wait on full-back Lee Peltier who picked up an injury to his eye at Bolton last weekend while Fabio Da Silva would be a ready replacement if the former Huddersfield captain does miss out.

Peter Whittingham was left out of the Cardiff starting line-up in the last outing and he is expected to miss out again given it did the trick last time out. Some supporters have called for Bruno Ecuele-Manga to be brought back in with Cardiff conceding four in their last two games but that change is unlikely. Idriss Saadi remains out until the new year but elsewhere Cardiff are in good shape in terms of players fitness.

Tony Watt is expected to start alongside Kenwyne Jones up front after the Charlton loanee scored his first goal last week and Jones helped himself to two assists.


Russell Slade has a strong squad to pick from


Sheffield Wednesday

Tom Lees will miss out with a hamstring injury picked up against Stoke City two weeks ago and Wednesday will also be without Michael Turner and Vincent Sasso who’s absence continues. Jack Hunt remains a doubt after missing the visit of Derby County last weekend.

Owls captain Glenn Loovens will be a name all too familiar to Cardiff fans with the Dutchman serving tow spells at the Welsh capital. The solid centre-back first joined Cardiff on loan from Feyenoord from 2005/06 before signing permanently and staying at the club from 2006 to 2008 when he signed for Scottish giants Celtic for 2.1 Million.




Latest News

Sheffield Wednesday missed out on a chance of overtaking City as they held third placed Derby County to a 0-0 draw.

Cardiff are joint on points with Wednesday, only ahead on goal difference.


Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

01 Marshall
03 Fabio
04 Morrison
16 Connolly
28 Malone
11 Noone
17 Gunnarsson
08 Ralls
13 Pilkington
33 Watt
09 Jones

Sheffield Wednesday

01 Westwood
02 Palmer
04 Hutchinson
05 Loovens
36 Pudil
33 Wallace
20 Lee
21 López
41 Bannan
45 Forestieri
18 Lucas João

The Opposition



Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England who play in the Championship, the second tier of the English leagues. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the third oldest in the English league.

The Wednesday, as they were known until 1929, were founding members of The Football Alliance in 1889 and its first champions. They joined The Football League three years later and were also one of the founding members of the Premier League in 1992. Since joining the Football League in 1892, the club has spent most of its history in the top flight of English football but have not played at this level since being relegated in 2000. The Owls have historically been one of England's more successful clubs, and have won four League titles, three FA Cups and one League Cup. Wednesday have also competed at European level, most notably in the UEFA Cup in 1992–93.

Since 1899, Sheffield Wednesday have played home matches at Hillsborough Stadium in the north-western suburb of Owlerton, hence their nickname The Owls. Hillsborough is currently an all-seater ground with a capacity of 39,732.


2015/16 Latest Results

Cardiff

SAT 5 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Bolton 2 - 3 Cardiff
SAT 28 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 2 - 2 Burnley
SAT 21 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Derby 2 - 0 Cardiff
SAT 7 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 2 - 0 Reading


Sheffield Wednesday

TUE 1 DEC 2015 - LEAGUE CUP Stoke 2 - 0 Sheff Wed
SAT 28 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Blackburn 2 - 2 Sheff Wed
SAT 21 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Sheff Wed 3 - 1 Huddersfield
SAT 7 NOV 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Charlton 3 - 1 Sheff Wed


Last 5 meetings

2014/2015 Sat 07 Feb Sheff. Wed. 1 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2014/2015 Sat 27 Sep Cardiff City 2 - 1 Sheff. Wed. Championship
2012/2013 Sat 16 Mar Sheff. Wed. 0 - 2 Cardiff City Championship
2012/2013 Sun 02 Dec Cardiff City 1 - 0 Sheff. Wed. Championship
2009/2010 Sat 24 Apr Cardiff City 3 - 2 Sheff. Wed. Championship

Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff
Draw
Sheff Wed

Tickets

Cardiff v Wednesay is a GOLD category match (see prices here: http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/tickets/ticket-prices/)

Tickets can be purchased in person at the ticket office situated in the Grandstand, next to corporate entrance 2.

Alternatively you can call the Stadium Ticket Office on 0845 345 1400, which is open from 9am to 5:30pm - Monday to Friday and 9am to 3pm on non match-day Saturdays.

The easiest way is to book online. You can click here to purchase tickets: https://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity

For all ticket enquiries, please call the Cardiff City ticket office 0845 345 1400


Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

3-1 City.

3-2 we can't stop anyone recently, so we have to score three

City 2 Sheff Wed 2

City 2 wed 1

Very tricky to predict any City result these days let alone score line but going for 1-0 City win

Think Wednesday will do a job on us and win 2-0.

I'm going for 2-0 City, Manga to come back into the defense to shore things up a bit.

Not sure I can make to this weekend but I think City will come out of this with a 1-1 draw

I have no confidence in our Achilles Heel, i.e. keeping a clean sheet for 90 minutes

Sheffield Wednesday have currently sold 1,188 tickets for Saturday.

3-0 City, were on the up!

1-1

Russell Slade has a strong squad to pick from

Cardiff 1-1 Sheffield Wed

2-1 City

We'll grab a couple of goals and then concede with 10 minutes to go, for an inevitable squeaky bum time finish.

Cardiff City 2-1 Sheff Wed

im confident that we can win this one.

The league table below us is so congested that its important that we continue to push on.

I see a clean sheet so going to say 2-0

Coming down for this one. City to win 2-1.

2 nil to city until the 89 min---then 2 2

3-1 (watt ralls no one )

Sheff Wed have sold over 1,200 tickets

Team News

Cardiff City

Cardiff will have to wait on full-back Lee Peltier who picked up an injury to his eye at Bolton last weekend while Fabio Da Silva would be a ready replacement if the former Huddersfield captain does miss out.

Peter Whittingham was left out of the Cardiff starting line-up in the last outing and he is expected to miss out again given it did the trick last time out. Some supporters have called for Bruno Ecuele-Manga to be brought back in with Cardiff conceding four in their last two games but that change is unlikely. Idriss Saadi remains out until the new year but elsewhere Cardiff are in good shape in terms of players fitness.

Tony Watt is expected to start alongside Kenwyne Jones up front after the Charlton loanee scored his first goal last week and Jones helped himself to two assists.

Sheffield Wednesday

Tom Lees will miss out with a hamstring injury picked up against Stoke City two weeks ago and Wednesday will also be without Michael Turner and Vincent Sasso who’s absence continues. Jack Hunt remains a doubt after missing the visit of Derby County last weekend.

Owls captain Glenn Loovens will be a name all too familiar to Cardiff fans with the Dutchman serving tow spells at the Welsh capital. The solid centre-back first joined Cardiff on loan from Feyenoord from 2005/06 before signing permanently and staying at the club from 2006 to 2008 when he signed for Scottish giants Celtic for 2.1 Million.

Team News - Peter Whittingham was left out by Slade last time out, with the Bluebirds' impressive run without their talismanic midfielder in the side continuing at the Macron Stadium. That is likely to mean the Cardiff veteran missing out once more, opening the door for Joe Ralls to take up a place in the middle and Pilkington and Craig Noone to occupy the wide berths. Fabio Da Silva came on as a replacement for Lee Peltier in that win at Bolton, but the Brazilian is yet to reach full fitness himself following a recent layoff and will likely be used sparingly over the next few games. The visitors face the prospect of being without hamstring victim Tom Lees, meanwhile, and it is also likely that Michael Turner and Vincent Sasso will miss out on the trip to the Welsh capital. One-time Cardiff target Jack Hunt was among the absentees last time out but will be pushing for a recall, with Glenn Loovens and Sam Hutchinson hoping to prolong their centre-back partnership at the Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff City possible starting lineup: Marshall; Peltier, Morrison, Connolly, Malone; Pilkington, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Noone; Jones, Watt Sheffield Wednesday possible starting lineup: Westwood; Palmer, Loovens, Hutchinson, Pudil; Lee, Semedo; Wallace, Hooper, Forestieri; Nuhiu

Shelf Wednesday

By Daniel Lewis

11/12/15

The general consensus following the bland goalless draw against promotion favourites Derby County last weekend was that Wednesday had gained one point rather than dropping two.

Carlos Carvalhal went as far as saying that he was "proud" of the effort each and every one of his players put in to just about keep the momentum going. Defeat to Stoke City in the League Cup ended any aspirations the Owls had of reaching the final of a major cup competition, but hopes still very much remain high of a return to top-flight football for the first time in some 15 years. For that to happen, Wednesday must now look to get back to winning ways in the Championship after taking just six points from the last 15 on offer over the last month or so. There is certainly no knocking the character shown by the squad, though, as late goals against Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers in recent weeks helped to salvage points that looked to have slipped away. Wednesday's overall record now stands at one defeat in 13 outings, coming on the back of a disappointing showing when falling to a 3-1 reverse at Charlton Athletic, which ensures that they remain firmly in the chase for a top-six finish. Carvalhal's biggest task is getting his side to start a little stronger in games, having scored just one goal in the opening 15 minutes of a match thus far, but remaining tough to beat is certainly a key ingredient in any promotion-winning season. Earning another point at Cardiff to make it three draws on the bounce certainly would not be the worst outcome for Wednesday, who face two bottom-placed sides in their next two outings after this weekend.


Recent form in Championship: WDLWDD Recent form (all competitions): DLWDLD

' Russell Slade/Cardiff City '

By Daniel Lewis

11/12/15


Perhaps for the first time during Russell Slade's tenure at the club, Cardiff supporters are slowly beginning to show a little more faith in the former Leyton Orient chief.

The football on offer has been tedious and, some would argue, rather dull at times, but the Bluebirds are the side currently in the driving seat - just about - to claim the sixth and final playoff berth. It appears as though the division's current top five sides are well positioned to open up the gap over the chasing pack in the second tier, even if Hull City and Burnley are making difficult work of things at the moment. That could leave just the one spot to play for, and right now any one seven sides could rightfully claim their place in what is best described as a playoff lottery come the end of the campaign. To highlight the slim margins, victory for a Cardiff side with just two defeats in their last 11 would see them cement their current position, while defeat could see them fall down as far as 12th place come Saturday evening.

While the victory over a down-and-out Bolton Wanderers side may have looked like a formality last time out, it was a major triumph for Slade at a ground which only one other side has come away from with maximum points this term. City really did have to dig deep to get over the line, eventually claiming a 3-2 victory thanks to Anthony Pilkington's winner to ensure that Cardiff would end matchday 19 in sixth place rather than down in 11th - fine margins, indeed. Perhaps the most pleasing aspect of the win was the way in which the Bluebirds scored so freely from open play, something which they had previously failed to do in two months of football since Joe Mason struck against Brighton & Hove Albion in early October.

Now, back on home soil where they have lost just one of 11 games this season, Slade and his side have the chance to finally build some momentum by racking up successive wins for the first time since mid-September.


Recent form in Championship: DLWLDW

Russell Slade on injuries - Connolly a doubt

Russell Slade says Matt Connolly is a doubt to play against Sheffield Wednesday:

Peltier is okay. He took a bang which shut his eye. He will be fine, has trained and is fit for Sheffield Wednesday. Connolly came off with a back problem. He’s a worry. Other than that, we are okay.

I watched the derby game and was impressed with how they played especially Forestieri & Wallace. They are very quick on the counter attack so will be interesting to see how they setup.

I'm going for a 2-2 draw though with Ken and Watt getting our goals

Bruno Manga could make his first league start of the season against Sheffield Wednesday with Matt Connolly battling to overcome a back problem.

Got a good feeling about this (not had that for a while)

4 1 to City