MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v LUTON TOWN " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v LUTON TOWN
Saturday 28th November, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 


Match to be played in front of no supporters, for information on how to watch the match on TV or to stream it - see below




Cardiff City (4-4-2): Smithies; Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett; Wilson, Ralls, Vaulks, Ojo; Harris, Moore.

Subs: Phillips, Bamba, Bagan, Benkovic, Pack, Murphy, Hoilett, Whyte, Glatzel.



Saturday 28th November 2020


TEAM NEWS:

Today's clash could see the return of Greg Cunningham, who has worked his way back to full fitness following his hamstring injury earlier in the season.

It has been a tough year for the Republic of Ireland international, in terms of injuries, and as such Neil Harris is understandably cautious over including him in the squad too soon.

But, having missed out on the midweek trip to Coventry, Cunningham might well be in line for a return.

The long-term absentees remain Lee Tomlin, who will be out until the New Year following groin surgery, Jordi Osei-Tutu, whose hamstring issue is still keeping him sidelined, and Isaac Vassell.




LUTON TOWN:

For the visitors, they hope to have attacker Kazenga LuaLua back in the squad, with the forward having missed the midweek draw against Birmingham City due to a knock he sustained in training.

However, striker Danny Hylton is a doubt for Nathan Jones' side owing to a calf issue.








CCFC TEAM NEWS


Harris is considering starting on loan player Filip Benković from Leicester City away at home to Luton this Saturday, its been 6 weeks since we signed Benkoovic and he is yet to start.


Lee Tomlin will be out for months after undergoing surgery on his groin, January, maybe even February before Tomlin returns.

While Jordi Osei-Tutu will be missing for at least another four weeks with his hamstring issue.

Greg Cunningham is back and progressing well following his own hamstring issue, could return to the bench.

Isaac Vassell has had another setback and its looking like March 2021 at best.





How can I watch this match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV.

About Luton Town

Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknamed 'the Hatters' and affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Kenilworth Road, where it has been based since 1905. The club's history includes major trophy wins, several financial crises, numerous promotions and relegations, and some spells of sustained success. It was perhaps most prominent between 1982 and 1992, when it was a member of English football's top division, at that time the First Division; the team won its only major honour, the Football League Cup, in 1988. Luton Town have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Watford.

The club was the first in southern England to turn professional, making payments to players as early as 1890 and turning fully professional a year later. It joined the Football League before the 1897–98 season, left in 1900 because of financial problems, and rejoined in 1920. Luton reached the First Division in 1955–56 and contested a major final for the first time when playing Nottingham Forest in the 1959 FA Cup Final. The team was then relegated from the top division in 1959–60, and demoted twice more in the following five years, playing in the Fourth Division from the 1965–66 season. However, it was promoted back to the top level by 1974–75.

Luton Town's most recent successful period began in 1981–82, when the club won the Second Division, and thereby gained promotion to the First. Luton defeated Arsenal 3–2 in the 1988 Football League Cup Final and remained in the First Division until relegation at the end of the 1991–92 season. Between 2007 and 2009, financial difficulties caused the club to fall from the second tier of English football to the fifth in successive seasons. The last of these relegations came during the 2008–09 season, when 30 points were docked from Luton's record for various financial irregularities. Luton thereafter spent five seasons in non-League football before winning the Conference Premier in 2013–14, securing promotion back into the Football League. More success soon followed, with Luton being promoted from League Two and One in successive seasons in 2017–18 and 2018–19, meaning Luton now play in the Championship, for the first time since 2006–07.

Previous Meeting 

We won 1-0 at Luton in February.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Smithies, Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett, Pack, Ralls, Hoilett, Wilson, Murphy, Moore

Luton Town: Sluga, Pearson, Rea, Bradley, Norrington-Davies, Mpanzu, Berry, Dewsbury-Hall, Cornick, Lee, Collins

Form - Last Three Games

Coventry City 1-0 Cardiff City
Millwall 1-1 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-1 Bristol City

Luton Town 1-1 Birmingham City
Luton Town 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Huddersfield Town 1-1 Luton Town

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 4/6
Luton Town - 15/4
Draw - 11/4

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

He'll pick the same team.
He'll pick the same tactics.
Maybe one change.
Same defence.
We won't score.
We'll concede cheaply.

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(Then we'll probably win 3 - 1.)

CCFC TEAM NEWS



Harris is considering starting on loan player Filip Benković from Leicester City away at home to Luton this Saturday, its been 6 weeks since we signed Benkoovic and he is yet to start.


Lee Tomlin will be out for months after undergoing surgery on his groin, January, maybe even February before Tomlin returns.

While Jordi Osei-Tutu will be missing for at least another four weeks with his hamstring issue.

Greg Cunningham is back and progressing well following his own hamstring issue, could return to the bench.

Isaac Vassell is also still absent as a long-term injury continues to take its toll.

City victory

With performances as they are i just can't see a Cardiff win

With a temporary or new manger in place we would probably win comfortably

If there isn’t a new manager in charge by Saturday, either bamba temporarily or a permanent appointment which seems unlikely given the time frame I’ll be keeping my £10 . I can’t put myself through another game under Harris

At the moment they couldn't beat an egg!

I’m not sure what team he will put out?

He knows he’s under serious pressure and to give the same team another chance after so many chances will highlight his managerial decisions even more!

If he wants a chance to win the match he should move Nelson to RB and give the lad from Leicester a chance. Bacuna into midfield will help.

As far as the other midfielders and strikers I wouldn’t hazard a guess as none of them have been great over 90 minutes.

If he keeps the same team to start and we concede early again and play the same way I’d expect him gone by Saturday evening.

If there isn’t a new manager in charge by Saturday, either bamba temporarily or a permanent appointment which seems unlikely given the time frame I’ll be keeping my £10 . I can’t put myself through another game under Harris

cant say i blame you , ....personally im hoping by Saturday something has happened...

If there isn’t a new manager in charge by Saturday, either bamba temporarily or a permanent appointment which seems unlikely given the time frame I’ll be keeping my £10 . I can’t put myself through another game under Harris

cant say i blame you , ....personally im hoping by Saturday something has happened...

If we don’t hear anything this afternoon than no change for Saturday.

Do we need to actually be in the bottim 3 before harris goes cannot believe he has'nt gone
absolutly shocking game last night does he still think we are playing excellent football

The best case scenario is we come out flying the players don’t want Harris to go and we play brilliantly and win. The next best thing is we are awful, lose and Harris goes, We put bamba in charge for Tuesday and start approaching good managers. What I’m afraid of is we are awful again but Luton are worse, we scrape a 1-0 from a set piece and Harris goes into his press conference and thinks he’s turned it round and he stays for another couple of weeks and by the time he’s sacked the season is completely over

This weekend

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Can't see anything but a City win by 2 goals

4-1 city,the magic run begins!!

What are the odds?

Cardiff City win: 4/5

Draw: 5/2

Luton Town: 7/2

TEAM NEWS:


Today's clash could see the return of Greg Cunningham, who has worked his way back to full fitness following his hamstring injury earlier in the season.

It has been a tough year for the Republic of Ireland international, in terms of injuries, and as such Neil Harris is understandably cautious over including him in the squad too soon.

But, having missed out on the midweek trip to Coventry, Cunningham might well be in line for a return.

The long-term absentees remain Lee Tomlin, who will be out until the New Year following groin surgery, Jordi Osei-Tutu, whose hamstring issue is still keeping him sidelined, and Isaac Vassell.




LUTON TOWN:

For the visitors, they hope to have attacker Kazenga LuaLua back in the squad, with the forward having missed the midweek draw against Birmingham City due to a knock he sustained in training.

However, striker Danny Hylton is a doubt for Nathan Jones' side owing to a calf issue.

Match facts



Cardiff City are unbeaten in five league encounters Luton Town, winning three and drawing two since losing 2-1 in October 2005.


After going unbeaten in four consecutive away league games versus Cardiff between 1982 and 2005, Luton have lost their last two such trips and conceding six goals in the process.


Cardiff have lost three of their last six home Championship matches (W1 D2), as many as in their previous 23 home games in the competition.


Luton have lost just two of their last 16 away league matches under Nathan Jones (W10 D4), keeping nine clean sheets.
Since June, no side has won more away Championship league matches than Luton Town (P10 W6 D2 L2).

Seen the team pointless exercise ....

Probably a dull draw.

Cardiff City (4-4-2): Smithies; Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett; Wilson, Ralls, Vaulks, Ojo; Harris, Moore.

Subs: Phillips, Bamba, Bagan, Benkovic, Pack, Murphy, Hoilett, Whyte, Glatzel.

They made one telling change to their team. They took out one forward and replaced him with a defensive MF player who will sit in front of their back four.


They are coming to defend . Suits us well....we need to get at them from the first whistle.

1-0

1-0 City, Sean Morrison

1-0

The blues are going up....

2-0 City, Mark Harris

Bloody Hell