MATCH THREAD: “ CARDIFF CITY v CRYSTAL PALACE “ MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v CRYSTAL PALACE
Saturday 4th May 2019, 5.30pm
Premier League
Cardiff City Stadium



Cardiff: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Ecuele Manga, Bennett, Camarasa, Gunnarsson, Decordova-Reid, Mendez-Laing, Ward, Murphy

Crystal Palace: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Dann, Ward, Milivojevic, McArthur, Ayew, Zaha, Townsend, Batshuayi


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TEAM NEWS: 03/05/19


Injury news - Harry After?

NEIL WARNOCK:

“I don’t think he’ll make it. He’s done some training this week. Unless there’s quite an improvement today. We’ve got a couple of knocks and we’ll see how they are in general.“


Kenneth Zohore’s knock?

Neil Warnock:

“Yeah he’s alright. He’s trained really well this week.”



Josh Murphy?

NEIL WARNOCK:

“He’s trained a lot better this week as well. You can’t just turn things on in football, you have to train like you play. You can’t just turn up on a Saturday.

“Hopefully the lesson’s learned and he’ll play a major part in the next two games.”



Joe Ralls is out.



PALACE TEAM NEWS: 02/05/19


ROY HODGSON:

"We've picked up one [injury]. Unfortunately Christian Benteke took a nasty blow to the head 10 or 15 minutes before the end of the game with [Everton's] Michael Keane so he’s suffering from that blow," Hodgson said at his pre-match press conference.


"We’ll see how it goes but he's very unlikely for Saturday. We haven’t ruled him out for next week [against Bournemouth]. He's damaged his cheekbone which has needed treatment that has kept him out of training this week."

Benteke has had a frustrating season, with the Belgian dogged by injury problems for much of the campaign.

He did, however, recently score his first goal of the season in Palace's 3-2 win at Arsenal which secured their safety in the Premier League.

But he is now set to join the list of players missing for the trip to south Wales on Saturday, along with long-term absentees Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, Jeffrey Schlupp and Pape Souare.


"Apart from Christian I've got a lot to choose from apart from those we talk about every week," said Hodgson.

Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, Jeffrey Schlupp and Pape Souare will therefore remain absent until the end of the season.

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I can’t get to Cardiff City Stadium, is the match on TV?

Yes, the match is live on BT Sport.

About Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace Football Club is an English professional football club based in Selhurst, South London, that competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football. They were founded in 1905 at the famous Crystal Palace Exhibition building and played their home games at the FA Cup Final stadium situated inside the historic Palace grounds. The club were forced to leave the Palace in 1915 due to the outbreak of the First World War, and played at Herne Hill Velodrome and the Nest until 1924, when they moved to their current home at Selhurst Park.

Palace have had several periods competing in the top level of English football. They enjoyed a successful period in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during which the club achieved its highest ever league finish of third place in the top division in 1990–91, and were only denied a place in Europe because of the partial UEFA ban on English clubs at that time following the Heysel Stadium disaster. The club were also one of the original founding members of the Premier League. Palace have reached two FA Cup finals, finishing runners-up to Manchester United on both occasions in 1990 and 2016.

The club's traditional kit colours were originally claret and blue, but in 1973 they decided to change to the red and blue vertical stripes now worn today. Palace have a fierce rivalry with Brighton & Hove Albion, with whom they contest the M23 derby and also share rivalries with fellow South London clubs Millwall and Charlton Athletic.

Previous Meeting

We drew 0-0 at Crystal Palace on Boxing Day.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Etheridge, Peltier, Manga, Morrison, Bennett, Gunnarsson, Bacuna, Camarasa, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Niasse

Crystal Palace: Guaita, Van Aanholt, Dann, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Milivojevic, Meyer, Kouyate, McArthur, Zaha, Benteke

Form - Last Three Games

Fulham 1-0 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-2 Liverpool
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Cardiff City

Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
Arsenal 2-3 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 1-3 Manchester City

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 19/10
Crystal Palace - 6/4
Draw - 11/5

Predictions

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I expect us to lose 2-0 palarse are one of the best away teams in the league. Our only real hope is that their players have entered holiday mode but I very much doubt that. Most likely Zaha will dive his way to a penalty that the ref will be alll to happy to give against us whilst more assaults on Mozza in their box will go unpunished.

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This game will be the final nail in the Coffin

I expect us to lose 2-0 palarse are one of the best away teams in the league. Our only real hope is that their players have entered holiday mode but I very much doubt that. Most likely Zaha will dive his way to a penalty that the ref will be alll to happy to give against us whilst more assaults on Mozza in their box will go unpunished.

thats how I see it

Hope susanna reid turns up fancy abit of posh tarty sorry i mean totty for the weekend

Think Palace will be difficult team to contain and will win 3-1.

Michael Oliver has the Cardiff-Palace match on Saturday. Fourth Official Graham Scott.

beaten them in some important games over the years..

relegated them 45 years ago Tuesday just gone in a them or us game which ended in a draw and them in div 3.

2 years later put a massive spoke in their promotion attempt winning 1-0 at selhurst park { huge Cardiff following } all while a very confident malcom allison was predicting the opposite ,promotion for them and us to not get 25k against Hereford..


and more recently the we are not f*cking scared semi, where their ultras turned up with that big one use disposable wembley park underground flag..

ROY HODGSON:

"We've picked up one [injury]. Unfortunately Christian Benteke took a nasty blow to the head 10 or 15 minutes before the end of the game with [Everton's] Michael Keane so he’s suffering from that blow," Hodgson said at his pre-match press conference.


"We’ll see how it goes but he's very unlikely for Saturday. We haven’t ruled him out for next week [against Bournemouth]. He's damaged his cheekbone which has needed treatment that has kept him out of training this week."

Benteke has had a frustrating season, with the Belgian dogged by injury problems for much of the campaign.

He did, however, recently score his first goal of the season in Palace's 3-2 win at Arsenal which secured their safety in the Premier League.

But he is now set to join the list of players missing for the trip to south Wales on Saturday, along with long-term absentees Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, Jeffrey Schlupp and Pape Souare.


"Apart from Christian I've got a lot to choose from apart from those we talk about every week," said Hodgson.

Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, Jeffrey Schlupp and Pape Souare will therefore remain absent until the end of the season.

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2-0 to Palace, i've lost all faith in us winning after the last game

I think we'll lose 2-1. As mentioned above I think Palace will probably get a penalty through someone fouling Zaha in the box. Palace also seem to be better on the road than they are at home.

Injury news - Harry After?

NEIL WARNOCK:

“I don’t think he’ll make it. He’s done some training this week. Unless there’s quite an improvement today. We’ve got a couple of knocks and we’ll see how they are in general.“

I think this will be a brilliant game, I can see 3-3 or 4-3 either way.

We have to attack which will leave us open at the back and Palace are a very good counter attacking team.

This game should have plenty of goals, I just hope more go to us than them.

What are the odds?

The latest odds, at the time of writing, from Sky Bet are:

Cardiff win (8/5)

Draw (23/10)

Crystal Palace win (17/10)

What results do Cardiff need?

Most Bluebirds fans will be fully aware of what's required by now, but just in case you're not, this the deal....

Cardiff City will be relegated on Saturday if they fail to beat Crystal Palace. A draw would mean it's not quite official but the Seagulls' far superior goal difference makes it inevitable.

A win for Brighton against Arsenal on Sunday would also relegate Neil Warnock’s side, while a draw for the Seagulls alongside a Cardiff win would take the relegation fight into the final day when Cardiff face Man Utd at Old Trafford and Brighton host Man City.

could you imagine if we pull off a miracle and stay up there will be absolute riots at old trafford

Cardiff: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Ecuele Manga, Bennett, Camarasa, Gunnarsson, Decordova-Reid, Mendez-Laing, Ward, Murphy

Crystal Palace: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Dann, Ward, Milivojevic, McArthur, Ayew, Zaha, Townsend, Batshuayi

Camerasa off, thats us fucked then

Why are people booing Zaha? He was a loan player from Man Utd, nobody in our squad did well when he was here and he was never going to stay?

at the moment City 31% possession Palace 69%

Palace starting to get on top with possession and are pinning Cardiff back in their own half.

0-1 Palace

That was just so easy for Palace

own goal

1-1

We are laughable. Get rid of them all for next season.

own goal

1-1

A bit of luck

We look terrible. We will not win this game.

Crystal Palace fans are chanting “Martin Kelly, he wants Brighton down.”