MATCH THREAD " WIGAN ATHLETIC v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

WIGAN ATHLETIC v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 3rd August 2019, 3pm




Cardiff City Team: Neil Etheridge Lee Peltier Sean Morrison Aden Flint Joe Bennett
Joe Ralls Leandro Bacuna Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Josh Murphy Bobby Decordova-Reid Gary Madine

Subs: Joe Day Curtis Nelson Will Vaulks Junior Hoilett Gavin Whyte Omar Bogle Danny Ward




02/08/19

CCFC TEAM NEWS:

Cardiff City will be without one of their new boys for the trip to the DW Stadium



Cardiff City will be without new signing Robert Glatzel for the trip to Wigan Athletic on Saturday.

The German forward is one game into a two-match ban picked up in his native Germany, after being sent off while playing for former club Heidenheim on May 19.

It means Glatzel is now out of contention for his Bluebirds debut until the home game with Luton Town on August 10.

His absence presents something of a dilemma for boss Neil Warnock, who withdrew Gary Madine as a precaution during the first half of City's pre-season win over Nice last weekend.


It's understood Madine is likely to be a part of Warnock's matchday squad, and could yet lead the line at the DW Stadium.

Should he not be fit, it could well open up the door for Omar Bogle, who's been one of Cardiff's brightest performers this summer, or Danny Ward.

One man definitely out is Jazz Richards, with Warnock confirming the full-back is struggling with a knee injury and will be out for around three to four weeks.



Otherwise, there are no new injury concerns for the Yorkshireman, who will have been pleased to see Callum Paterson return to action this week.

The Scottish international missed most of the summer with ankle injury, but enjoyed a run out for the under-23s on Friday.

Lee Tomlin, Alex Smithies, Cameron Coxe, Greg Cunningham and Aaron Bolger also played, meaning they won't be travelling to Lancashire this weekend.

New signings Gavin Whyte, Will Vaulks, Aden Flint and Curtis Nelson will all be vying for starts, while new goalkeeper Joe Day is likely to take his place on the bench behind Neil Etheridge.


Looking ahead to the new campaign, Warnock said: "This is my 40th year, so I think you’ve got to call it a day some time.

"I don’t think it would have been right to leave, as one or two people said in the press.

"I think it was right that we get the squad blended so it’s easier for a manager to come in with a settled squad.

"I think we’ve got a really good squad now and we’re going to give it a good go.

"If things didn’t work out, I’d probably leave before the end of the season. I’m sure we’d talk like that.

"I think at the minute, we’ve just got to concentrate on doin




CONFIRMED:

PAY/CASH ON THE GATE FOR CARDIFF CITY FANS




Updated:
CARDIFF HAVE SOLD WELL OVER 3,000 TICKETS SO FAR / ALLOCATION 5,000

Tickets on sale still and will probably be pay on the day


UPDATE:

NEIL WARNOCK:

"Jazz Richards who’s unfortunately got this knee ligament injury, he’s going to be another three or four weeks."


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About Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.

Founded in 1932, the club have played at the 25,000-seater DW Stadium since 1999, before which they played at Springfield Park. Their colours are blue and white stripes, although all-blue shirts have been common throughout the club's history.

Wigan were elected to the Football League in 1978, and competed in the Premier League from 2005 to 2013.

They won the 2012–13 FA Cup with a 1–0 victory against Manchester City at Wembley Stadium, when Ben Watson scored the winning goal in extra time. The club also reached the League Cup Final in 2006.

Wigan are also three-time winners of the League One championship (2003, 2016 & 2018) and twice winners of the EFL Trophy, in 1985 and 1999.

They made their European debut in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

Previous Meeting

We last played Wigan in April 2017. We drew 0-0 at the DW Stadium.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Wigan Athletic: Marshall, Robinson, MacLeod, Pilkington, Evans, Windass, Garner, Jacobs, Lopes, Kipre, Dunkley

Cardiff City: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Flint, Bennett, Bacuna, Ralls, Mendez-Laing, Murphy, Decordova-Reid, Madine

Form - Last Three Games  

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Millwall
Birmingham City 1-1 Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Preston North End

Manchester United 1-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 2-3 Crystal Palace
Fulham 1-0 Cardiff City

Match Odds

Wigan Athletic - 13/8
Cardiff City - 6/4
Draw - 21/10

Predictions

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0-0

Solid if not unspectacular start to the season.

0-2 bloobirds NML, reid

1-0 city ! Ralls last minute goal !

Wigan 0-4 Cardiff

2:1 Cardiff

Reid brace

I'm not massively optimistic about this game now

I think we will take a few weeks to get into our stride,we will struggle to score but our defence is strong

It's got 0-0 all over it

A draw probable and would be ok with that. We haven't opened the season with too many away victories and there's a lot of optimism here which is fine.
I would certainly take a cheeky 0-1 away win like we had against Burton two seasons ago - however, someone other than Zohore needs to score the winner!

0-2 off to a flying start NML both goals

Most pundits have Wigan struggling this season so this may turn out to be one of the easier away games.On that basis I'm going for a 2-0 counter punching win.

CARDIFF HAVE SOLD 2,800 TICKETS SO FAR / ALLOCATION 5,000

Tickets on sale still and will probably be pay on the day

Without fresh signings, a dour 0 v 0 . Last game on match of the day. Well it would have been! At least I can avoid waiting for City's inevitable graveyard slot and Lineker's total disinterest.

Without fresh signings, a dour 0 v 0 . Last game on match of the day. Well it would have been! At least I can avoid waiting for City's inevitable graveyard slot and Lineker's total disinterest.

Dont forget we are on quest this year , whatever channel and time that is

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Cardiff City

Nil nil the last time I was there. Can see it being same again but with a much bigger traveling support.

3 2 to city with our new striker.

Gary Madine looks likely to be fit for Saturday

Said we would have our new striker in yesterday.

Said we would have our new striker in yesterday.

Wigan 0 - Cardiff 3 - Glatzel header, Flint header, Whyte on as a sub corker top corner!

BLUEBINA

Can't wait to go saturday leaving mid wales early parking, breki, pub, footie, bring it on, a win 100% sure

3-1 City.

Always hard to call the opening fixture of a season. Usually get some mad results on the first day, could easily result in a 4-0 win to either side. I would take a draw, and I have a feeling we will come away with at least a point. Not going to get carried away with a win, nor be worried if we lose. As ususal, it will be at least 10 games into the season before the table will start to take shape.

Going up saturday in the car, wondered if there were any pub stops on the way anyone can recommend. Thanks in advance.

BLUEBINA

Can't wait to go saturday leaving mid wales early parking, breki, pub, footie, bring it on, a win 100% sure

enjoy it mate, I have a good feeling for this one

I'm going for a draw. They seem to be fairly solid in defence despite there position last season and so they may sit back against us. We have struggled to create chances against this with a lack of creativity up front. Tomlin may therefore add something later on in the game.


The important thing for me will be to not underestimate them. I think it will be one of our standard 'be solid, don't concede and hope for a set-piece/moment of magic'. I hope, then, that this will be one of our classic ground out 0-1 away days.

By the way, Wigan is not far from us, and I have asked in an earlier thread, does anyone know if this will be pay on the day? Now that the kids are old enough to be left at home, it's possible for us to make a couple of away days this season as long as they're reasonably priced.

Gutted to have missed last season in the Prem in blue due to lack of money (only made one pre-season match last season). Want to get to a few if we can this season.

FROSTY BLUE

just ring the club "cardiff" we are not going to take up all away tickets it may be ok to pay on the day its a bit late to get tickets through the post but you could become a club member to qualify for away tickets for future .

FROSTY BLUE

just ring the club "cardiff" we are not going to take up all away tickets it may be ok to pay on the day its a bit late to get tickets through the post but you could become a club member to qualify for away tickets for future .

Thanks for the reply Monty,

I was going to renew my membership this season, but after forking out £50 for them last season which we didn't really have the money for, only to not go to a single away match whether financial or circumstantial, it was money down the drain. I can't pay that again for the sake of the potential two or three matches that we may be able to watch this season.

So, unfortunately, it'll have to be on the off chance that someone has spares on one of the coaches or pay on the day.

I'll get hold of Cardiff tomorrow to see if I'll be able to pay on the day - and maybe even Wigan themselves? Other than that, it'll be a last minute job if anyone like Lawnmower, against Bolton last time in the Championship, has any spares on a coach.

Thanks again!

FROSTY BLUE

croeso.

Updated:
CARDIFF HAVE SOLD WELL OVER 3,000 TICKETS SO FAR / ALLOCATION 5,000

Tickets on sale still and will probably be pay on the day

It could turn out to be almost a home game, talking wigan by storm.