' MATCH THREAD: DERBY COUNTY v CARDIFF CITY ' MATCH THREAD

DERBY COUNTY V CARDIFF CITY
Championship
Tuesday 14 February, 19:45
Pride Park Stadium

Team news

Cardiff: McGregor, Connolly, Morrison, Bamba, Richards, Halford, Ralls, Gunnarsson, K Harris, Noone, Zohore.
Subs: Murphy, Bennett, John, Whittingham, M Harris, Healey, Hoilett.

Approx 250 tickets sold so far, incl 50 comps plus its pay on the gate

14/02/17

Cardiff will again be without defenders Lee Peltier and Bruno Manga as they look for a repeat performance at Pride Park after securing a shock 2-0 win at Leeds at the weekend.

The visitors, who scored through Sean Morrison and Kenneth Zohore to move up to 14th in the table, will be without Peltier and Manga for two months through injury.

Peltier has undergone ankle surgery and Manga has not featured for his club after suffering knee ligament damage at the African Nations Cup playing for Gabon.

Rickie Lambert will hope to get a start after appearing as a substitute at Elland Road and midfielder Anthony Pilkington could return to the squad following a thigh strain.






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Cardiff will be without defenders Lee Peltier, who has had ankle surgery and Bruno Manga who has a knee injury.

Meanwhile, Rickie Lambert will hope to start after coming on as a substitute in Cardiff's 2-0 win against Leeds.


Derby County midfield trio Bradley Johnson, Craig Bryson and Will Hughes are all injury concerns for their game against Cardiff on Tuesday.

David Nugent is awaiting his full Rams debut while Johnny Russell, Ikechi Anya and Jacob Butterfield all could start.




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Approx 120 away tickets sold so far.


Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

1 McGregor
16 Connolly
4 Morrison
14 Bamba
6 Richards
8 Ralls
15 Halford
11 Noone
17 Gunnarsson
24 K Harris
26 Zohore


Derby County

1 Carson
12 Baird
6 Keogh
16 Pearce
29 Olsson
19 Hughes
15 Johnson
4 Bryson
10 Ince
11 Bent
20 Camara


The Opposition



Derby County

Full name Derby County Football Club
Nickname The Rams
Founded 5 February 1884; 133 years ago
Ground Pride Park Stadium
Capacity 33,597
Owner Mel Morris
Chairman Mel Morris
Manager Steve McClaren
League Championship


Derby County Football Club is an English football club based in Derby. Home games are played at Pride Park Stadium, where the club moved in 1997.

Notable for being one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888, it is one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English football league system and, in 2009, was ranked 137th in the top 200 European football teams of the 20th century by International Federation of Football History and Statistics.

Derby County F.C. was founded in 1884, by William Morley, as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club; it has spent all but four seasons in the top two divisions of English football. The club's competitive peak came in the 1970s when they were twice English League Champions and competed in major European competitions on four separate occasions, reaching the European Cup semi-finals, as well as winning several minor trophies. Additionally, the club was a strong force in the interwar years and won the 1945–46 FA Cup.

The club adopted its now traditional black and white club colours in the 1890s and appropriated its club nickname The Rams, a tribute to its links with the First Regiment of Derby Militia, which took a ram as its mascot and the song "The Derby Ram" as its regimental song, at the same time.


2016/17 Results

Cardiff

SAT 11 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Leeds United 0 - 2 Cardiff City
SAT 4 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 0 - 1 Norwich City
TUE 31 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 2 - 0 Preston North End
SAT 28 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Reading 2 - 1 Cardiff City


Derby County

SAT 11 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Derby County 3 - 3 Bristol City
WED 8 FEB 2017 - FA CUP Leicester City 3 - 1 Derby County
SAT 4 FEB 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Newcastle United 1 - 0 Derby County
TUE 31 JAN 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich Town 0 - 3 Derby County


Recent meetings

2016/2017 Tue 27 Sep Cardiff City 0 - 2 Derby County League
2015/2016 Sat 02 Apr Cardiff City 2 - 1 Derby County League
2015/2016 Sat 21 Nov Derby County 2 - 0 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Sat 31 Jan Cardiff City 0 - 2 Derby County League
2014/2015 Sat 20 Sep Derby County 2 - 2 Cardiff City League


Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 3/1
Draw 12/5
Derby 8/11


Pride Park



Key facts

Club: Derby County FC
Opening: 1997
Capacity: 33,010 seats


History and description

The iPro Stadium, previously known as Pride Park Stadium, replaced Derby’s old Baseball Ground, which was left after further renovations to turn it into an all-seater turned out to be impractical.

First plans for a move away from the Baseball Ground were made in the early 1990s, but it took several unsuccessful attempts before the club found a suitable site for a new stadium. Construction of Pride Park Stadium finally started in 1996, and it took just one year for the stadium to be completed.

Pride Park Stadium was officially opened on the 18th of July 1997 by Queen Elizabeth II. The first match was played about two weeks later when Italian side Sampdoria visited the stadium for a friendly. Vincenzo Montella scored the first goal at the stadium, and the only one during the match.

In later years, a few thousand additional seats were added to the stadium, resulting in its current capacity.

In 2006, Derby announced plans to expand the stadium with another 10,000 seats, though contingent on Derby staying in the Premier League. The relegation of the club following their first season in the Premier League shelved these plans.

Pride Park Stadium got renamed iPro Stadium in December 2013 following the agreement of a £7 million sponsorship deal with iPro.


Tickets

Tues. 14th February 2017. KO. 7:45pm

Tickets available to current Season Ticket Holders and Gold / Junior Bluebird Members.

Seating Ticket Prices
Adults: £25.50
Seniors 65 & Over: £18.00
Under 18: £14.50

Multi-Purchase Discounts are only available through the Cardiff City FC Ticket Office directly.
10% off when 2-3 tickets are purchased in a single transaction.
20% off when 4 tickets are purchased in a single transaction.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated in the Grandstand, next to Corporate Entrance 2.

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

The easiest way is to book online - http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity


Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

2-1 Cardiff!

Derby 1 City 1

Sorry to be negative guys but 2-0 derby. Would love to be wrong and would take a point.

2-1 City.

We can get a point!! 1-1

This game is going to be won in midfield.

We are going to need to stop the supply from their midfield which is pretty strong. I can see us playing a 5 midfield set up.

Going for a 1-0 win.

I think if we can get a draw from this match...it'll be a great result for us following the Leeds victory. However I think it'll be more like Derby 2-1 Cardiff. Hope I'm wrong!

Boring 0-0 and that will do nicely

If the Wurzels can go there and get 3, then we can go there and match it but our defence is better, 2-1 to City.

Think Derby might sneak a win here. Not too bothered, I thought we would get 1 point at most from Leeds & Derby, and possibly zero points being more likely. I think everyone would have been happy with two draws from these matches, and we already have more points than that, anything more is just an extra bonus.

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DERBY COUNTY V CARDIFF CITY

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Cardiff will be without defenders Lee Peltier, who has had ankle surgery and Bruno Manga who has a knee injury.

Meanwhile, Rickie Lambert will hope to start after coming on as a substitute in Cardiff's 2-0 win against Leeds.

Derby County midfield trio Bradley Johnson, Craig Bryson and Will Hughes are all injury concerns for their game against Cardiff on Tuesday.

David Nugent is awaiting his full Rams debut while Johnny Russell, Ikechi Anya and Jacob Butterfield all could start.

Match facts

Derby have won three of their last four league meetings with Cardiff (L1).

Cardiff haven't won away at Derby since November 2011 under Malky Mackay (D2 L1 since).

Of the league goals Derby have conceded since Steve McClaren returned as manager, 20% came in the first half of their last game against Bristol City (3 of 15).


Cardiff kept a clean sheet in their last away league game at Leeds but haven't kept consecutive away clean sheets since October 2015.

Derby v Cardiff Sky preview


13/02/17

Three key midfielders are injury concerns for Derby ahead of their Sky Bet Championship clash against Cardiff.

Bradley Johnson, Craig Bryson and Will Hughes are all carrying knocks after Saturday's game, which saw the Rams battle back from 3-0 down to rescue a 3-3 draw at home to Bristol City, and will be assessed.

Defenders Cyrus Christie and Max Lowe both missed out against the Robins after playing 120 minutes at Leicester in the FA Cup last Wednesday but they are available again.

Striker David Nugent still awaits his full debut for Derby while Johnny Russell, Ikechi Anya, Julien de Sart and Jacob Butterfield are also pushing for starting places.

Cardiff will again be without defenders Lee Peltier and Bruno Manga as they look for a repeat performance at Pride Park after securing a shock 2-0 win at Leeds at the weekend.

The visitors, who scored through Sean Morrison and Kenneth Zohore to move up to 14th in the table, will be without Peltier and Manga for two months through injury.

Peltier has undergone ankle surgery and Manga has not featured for his club after suffering knee ligament damage at the African Nations Cup playing for Gabon.

Rickie Lambert will hope to get a start after appearing as a substitute at Elland Road and midfielder Anthony Pilkington could return to the squad following a thigh strain.

It's certainly an unusual place to train - Cardiff City on Neil Warnock's training tactics

By Daily Telegraph


Tuesday February 14, 2017




Neil Warnock is perhaps one of the last few old school managers left.

And so it was barely a surprise to see the former Burton Albion and Sheffield United manager hold a training session for his Cardiff City players on a very muddy St Peter's Park in Little Eaton.

According to residents, the Bluebirds' team coach pulled up next to the park in the quiet village and the first team players piled out. Warnock, clutching a clipboard, then bellowed out instructions to his players as they prepare for tonight's Championship clash with Derby County at Pride Park Stadium.

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Cardiff will again be without defenders Lee Peltier and Bruno Manga as they look for a repeat performance at Pride Park after securing a shock 2-0 win at Leeds at the weekend.

The visitors, who scored through Sean Morrison and Kenneth Zohore to move up to 14th in the table, will be without Peltier and Manga for two months through injury.

Peltier has undergone ankle surgery and Manga has not featured for his club after suffering knee ligament damage at the African Nations Cup playing for Gabon.

Rickie Lambert will hope to get a start after appearing as a substitute at Elland Road and midfielder Anthony Pilkington could return to the squad following a thigh strain.

Three key midfielders are injury concerns for Derby ahead of their Sky Bet Championship clash against Cardiff.

Bradley Johnson, Craig Bryson and Will Hughes are all carrying knocks after Saturday's game, which saw the Rams battle back from 3-0 down to rescue a 3-3 draw at home to Bristol City, and will be assessed.

Defenders Cyrus Christie and Max Lowe both missed out against the Robins after playing 120 minutes at Leicester in the FA Cup last Wednesday but they are available again.

Striker David Nugent still awaits his full debut for Derby while Johnny Russell, Ikechi Anya, Julien de Sart and Jacob Butterfield are also pushing for starting places.

Approx 250 tickets sold so far, incl 50 comps plus its pay on the gate

Team news will be with us in around 12 minutes

Team news

Cardiff: McGregor, Connolly, Morrison, Bamba, Richards, Halford, Ralls, Gunnarsson, K Harris, Noone, Zohore.

Cardiff: McGregor, Connolly, Morrison, Bamba, Richards, Halford, Ralls, Gunnarsson, K Harris, Noone, Zohore.
Subs: Murphy, Bennett, John, Whittingham, M Harris, Healey, Hoilett.

Changes

Derby: Carson, Baird, Keogh (C), Pearce, Olsson; de Sart, Hughes, Butterfield; Ince, Anya, Bent.

Three changes for Derby, including Bradley Johnson dropped after an incident where he threw his shirt down after being subbed against Bristol City, for which McClaren says he has apologised.

It is Tom Ince’s 100th Derby appearance.

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Just under 300 fans and they have drug sniffer dogs and pyrotechnics sniffing dogs

It’s the first time Neil Warnock has named an unchanged Cardiff team since November when he picked the same side to start against both Huddersfield and Aston Villa.

Cardiff have not achieved back-to-back away wins since January 2016 when they beat Wolves and Huddersfield on the road, with a home draw with Rotherham in the middle.

“The size of the task is shown in the Derby bench - Johnson, Cyrus Christie, Johnny Russell, and David Nugent are all players who could make an attacking impact of one sort or another.”

Ready

The players are on the pitch ahead of kick-off which is just minutes away.

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