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HULL v CARDIFF CITY
Championship
Wednesday, 13 January, 19:45
KC Stadium

Marshall; Peltier, Connolly, Manga, Malone; Noone, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Pilkington; Watt, Mason

Subs: Moore, Fabio, Whittingam, O'Keefe, Ameobi, Macheda, Revell


About 80- 100 City fans are expected to travel.

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Cardiff City Team News

12/01/16

David Marshall,Matthew Connolly, Lee Peltier, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Anthony Pilkington, Joe Ralls, Joe Mason and Tony Watt are also set for a return.

Lee Peltier will fight to return to the side after a bout of illness over the course of last week.

A number of key players will return after being rested for the FA Cup clash on Sunday night, Craig Noone and Anthony Pilkington are expected to return to the starting line-up alongside Joe Mason and Tony Watt who was not granted permission to play in the FA Cup.

David Marshall will return to replace Simon Moore and Matt Connolly will return to replace Gabriel Tamas. Idriss Saadi is expected to return to fitness sometime in the next fortnight however, Cardiff will expectedly take no risks this time around and he may have to play a few times for the development team to re-gain fitness.

Federco Macheda now has some match minutes under his belt but he will be expected to return to the bench.



Team News

Hull City

Michael Dawson and Alex Bruce remain unavailable until at least next weekend for the Tigers through injury while Shaun Maloney is another who misses out through a muscle strain.

Steve Bruce rested the majority of his midfield for their FA Cup clash with Brighton and the big names such as Ahmed Elmohamady, David Meyler, Jake Livermore and Sam Clucas will return.

The Tigers have managed to keep hold of a number of big names following their relegation from England’s top division and it’s paying off. Uruguayan international Abel Hernandez has been a massive help for the Tigers, the former Palermo striker signed for Hull for around £10 Million just over a year ago and remains a key player, scoring eleven goals.



Latest News

Russell Slade will be under pressure on Wednesday night following Cardiff's terrible result against Shrewsbury which saw them drop out of the 3rd round of the FA Cup.

Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

01 Marshall
02 Peltier
05 Ecuele Manga
16 Connolly
28 Malone
11 Noone
08 Ralls
17 Gunnarsson
13 Pilkington
10 Mason
33 Watt


Hull

16 Jakupovic
02 Odubajo
06 Davies
12 Maguire
26 Robertson
05 Taylor
08 Huddlestone
20 Hayden
10 Snodgrass
25 Diomande
24 Aluko


The Opposition



Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1904. The club participates in The Championship – the second tier of English football – and their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 2014, when the team reached the final of the FA Cup.[2] In 2007–08 they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was for the 2013–14 season, in which they finished 16th in the Premier League table.

Hull City play their home games at KC Stadium. They previously played at Boothferry Park and moved to their current home in 2002. Boothferry Park has been demolished and has been replaced by a housing development. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers. The club's mascots are Roary the Tiger and his sister Amber.


2015/16 Latest Results

Cardiff

SAT 2 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 0 Blackburn
TUE 29 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 1 N Forest
SAT 26 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP MK Dons 2 - 1 Cardiff
FRI 18 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Birmingham 1 - 0 Cardiff


Hull

SAT 9 JAN 2016 - FA CUP Hull 1 - 0 Brighton
FRI 1 JAN 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP QPR 1 - 2 Hull
MON 28 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Preston 1 - 0 Hull
SAT 26 DEC 2015 - CHAMPIONSHIP Hull 3 - 0Burnley


Recent meetings

2015/2016 Tue 15 Sep Cardiff City 0 - 2 Hull City Championship
2013/2014 Sat 22 Feb Cardiff City 0 - 4 Hull City Premier League
2013/2014 Sat 14 Sep Hull City 1 - 1 Cardiff City Premier League
2012/2013 Sat 04 May Hull City 2 - 2 Cardiff City Championship
2012/2013 Sat 10 Nov Cardiff City 2 - 1 Hull City Championship


Previous Highlights




KC Stadium



Key facts

Club: Hull City
Opening: 2002
Capacity: 25,586 seats


History and description

The KC Stadium replaced Hull’s old stadium Boothferry Park. First plans for the construction of a new stadium were made in the late 1990s, and building works started in 2001. The stadium officially opened on the 18th of December 2002 with a match between Hull City and Sunderland (1-0).

Construction of The KC Stadium cost £44 million and was financed by the city of Hull, who therefore also own the stadium. The stadium is easily expandable to a capacity of about 30,000.

Getting there

The KC Stadium is located about a mile west of Hull’s city centre and main rail station. The walk to the stadium should take no more than 20 minutes. Alternatively there are buses that run over Anlaby Road.

If arriving by car and approaching the city from the M64 motorway, follow the A63 into the city. Exit the A63 just before the fly-over following the signs for Local Traffic/Infirmary. From there follow the signs to the KC Stadium.


Match Odds

Hull 8/11
Draw 13/5
Cardiff 21/5


Tickets

Available to current Season Ticket Holders and Gold / Junior Bluebird Members only.

Ticket Prices
Adults: £24.00
Senior Citizens over 65: £12.00
19-22: £12.00
13-18: £9.00
U12: £6.00

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Tickets now on sale for this fixture.
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Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

2 nil Hull.

2-0 to Hull

Hull City 2 City 0

I would celebrate a draw in this fixture like a win that's how much I am not looking forward to this fixture.

3 nil Hull

Hull 3 Dull 0

Not a great deal of optimism for this one so far.

Hull 3 Slades clowns 0

Hull 8 Cardiff 0

Will be almost an entirely different team for Hull. 1-1

Very difficult game. If we can get a draw i would be happy

Hull 4-0 Cardiff City

Actually I bet we will win this and will buy Slade yet more time if he's still in charge.

Confidence will be low in the squad,might be different players but the mood in the camp won't be gd after tonight so I expect a stuffing 4-1 hull I think watt will get a consolation

Hull 3-0 'City.

followed by a 2-0 thumping at wolves and the end of Slade

I've stuck up for slade until tonight. He's a likeable bloke, but he's out of his depth. his level is the lower leagues and he needs to jump back down there

0-0

4-1

Hull to win, 1-0.

4-1 hull

Slade, they had extra days rest and we had to fly up therefore they have an advantage, plus we don't take our chances,Er cannot score

Hull 4 Cardiff City 0

3-0 Hull

2-1 Hull... 20,000 Attendance

Hopefully no worse than Hull City 3-0 Cardiff City
Not a big crowd by Hull,s standards either 18,750

Cardiff City Team News

Lee Peltier will fight to return to the side after a bout of illness over the course of last week.

A number of key players will return after being rested for the FA Cup clash on Sunday night, Craig Noone and Anthony Pilkington are expected to return to the starting line-up alongside Joe Mason and Tony Watt who was not granted permission to play in the FA Cup.

David Marshall will return to replace Simon Moore and Matt Connolly will return to replace Gabriel Tamas. Idriss Saadi is expected to return to fitness sometime in the next fortnight however, Cardiff will expectedly take no risks this time around and he may have to play a few times for the development team to re-gain fitness.

Federco Macheda now has some match minutes under his belt but he will be expected to return to the bench.

Team News

Hull City

Michael Dawson and Alex Bruce remain unavailable until at least next weekend for the Tigers through injury while Shaun Maloney is another who misses out through a muscle strain.

Steve Bruce rested the majority of his midfield for their FA Cup clash with Brighton and the big names such as Ahmed Elmohamady, David Meyler, Jake Livermore and Sam Clucas will return.

The Tigers have managed to keep hold of a number of big names following their relegation from England’s top division and it’s paying off. Uruguayan international Abel Hernandez has been a massive help for the Tigers, the former Palermo striker signed for Hull for around £10 Million just over a year ago and remains a key player, scoring eleven goals.

The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Hull City this midweek.

Cardiff City travel to Hull City on Wednesday January 13 for the game at the KC Stadium and the match carries a 7.45pm kick off.

Referee: Scott Duncan
Linesmen: Simon Mather and Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth Official: Trevor Kettle

Match Day referee Duncan (Northumberland) has officiated one Cardiff game this season - the one all draw with Blackburn in August. In that game he showed five yellow cards, three to Cardiff.

He has however already taken in nineteen other matches so far in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he has handed out a total of 51 yellow cards and zero red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Mansfield Town and Accrington Stanley with seven yellows being shown. Prior to that Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City in August saw five yellows being shown and that matched his first game of the season between Coventry and Wigan where the same number of yellows appeared.

Let`s hope it`s not another repeat and more of our players edge closer to automatic bans.

Cardiff City

Lee Peltier will fight to return to the side after a bout of illness over the course of last week. A number of key players will return after being rested for the FA Cup clash on Sunday night, Craig Noone and Anthony Pilkington are expected to return to the starting line-up alongside Joe Mason and Tony Watt who was not granted permission to play in the FA Cup. David Marshall will return to replace Simon Moore and Matt Connolly will return to replace Gabriel Tamas. Idriss Saadi is expected to return to fitness sometime in the next fortnight however, Cardiff will expectedly take no risks this time around and he may have to play a few times for the development team to re-gain fitness. Federco Macheda now has some match minutes under his belt but he will be expected to return to the bench.

David Marshall,Matthew Connolly, Lee Peltier, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Anthony Pilkington, Joe Ralls, Joe Mason and Tony Watt are also set for a return.

TEAM NEWS

Hull striker Adama Diomande has a groin injury and is the only one of seven players rested for the FA Cup win over Brighton not in line for a recall.
Allan McGregor, Jake Livermore, Sam Clucas, David Meyler, Mo Diame and Abel Hernandez are all available.