MATCH THREAD:" WYCOMBE WANDERERS v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THRE

WYCOMBE WANDERERS v CARDIFF CITY
Tuesday 29th December, 7.45pm
Sky Bet Championship
Adams Park 


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: Smithies; Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett; Wilson, Vaulks, Ralls. Ojo; Harris, Glatzel.

Subs: Phillips, Benkovic, Bagan, Cunningham, Pack, Patten, Whyte, Murphy, Hoilett.




Alex Pattison will miss out for the hosts as he serves the final match of a three-game ban he received as a result of his red card against Bournemouth earlier this month.

Anthony Stewart could return after being side-lined since December 5.








As for Cardiff, Kieffer Moore (hamstring), Jordi Osei-Tutu (hamstring) and Lee Tomlin (groin) will all miss the clash with Gareth Ainsworth's side.

Isaac Vassell is also a long-term absentee.

Josh Murphy is available after featuring late on in the loss to Brentford after recovering from illness.






Team News:

Benkovic fit and ready and still waiting to play his first game , after eleven weeks of waiting.

Joe Bennett is back after playing v Brentford

No new injuries

Long term absentees include Kieffer Moore (hamstring), Jordi Osei-Tutu (hamstring) and Lee Tomin (groin), all of whom will not be in contention.

Isaac Vassell is also a long-term absentee.



How can I watch this match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV.

About Wycombe Wanderers

Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. They play their home matches at Adams Park, located on the western outskirts of High Wycombe, having moved after 95 years at Loakes Park in 1990. The club traditionally plays in quartered shirts of navy (Oxford blue) and pale blue (Cambridge blue). The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues".

Founded in 1887, they entered the Southern League in 1896. They switched to the Great Western Suburban League in 1908 and then the Spartan League in 1919, before joining the Isthmian League after winning the Spartan League in 1919–20 and 1920–21. They spent 64 years in the Isthmian League, winning eight league titles and one FA Amateur Cup title. Having rejected numerous invitations to join the Alliance Premier (Gola) League (now National League), they finally accepted an offer in 1985 and eventually found success in the fifth tier of English football under the management of Martin O'Neill, winning promotion into the Football League as GM Vauxhall Conference champions in 1992–93. They also lifted the FA Trophy in 1991 and 1993, and won the Conference League Cup, Conference Shield (three times) and Conference Charity Shield.

Wycombe made an immediate impact in the Football League, winning promotion out of the Third Division via the play-offs in 1994. They spent a decade in the third tier and reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 2001, though were relegated three years later. They also reached the League Cup semi-finals in 2007 and then gained promotion out of League Two in 2008–09. This was the first of four successive seasons of promotions and relegations between League Two and League One, which was followed by a decline that saw the club only avoid relegation into non-league on goal difference in 2014. The club secured promotion out of League Two under Gareth Ainsworth's stewardship in 2017–18, who then took the club to the Championship for the first time in the club's history with victory in the 2020 League One play-off final.

Previous Meeting 

We last played Wycombe in April 2003 in, what was then, a Divison Two match. We won 4-0 at Adams Park.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Wycombe Wanderers: Allsop, Grimmer, Knight, Charles, Jacobson, Thompson, McCleary, Horgan, Onyedinma, Kashket, Akinfenwa

Cardiff City: Smithies, Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett, Vaulks, Ralls, Ojo, Hoilett, Wilson, Glatzel

Form - Last Three Games

Bristol City 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 QPR
AFC Bournemouth 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers

Cardiff City 2-3 Brentford
Norwich City 2-0 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City

Match Odds

Wycombe Wanderers - 16/5
Cardiff City - 5/6
Draw - 13/5

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

Bluebirds win

Team News:

Benkovic fit and ready and still waiting to play his first game , after eleven weeks of waiting.

Joe Bennett is back after playing v Brentford

No new injuries

Long term absentees include Kieffer Moore (hamstring), Jordi Osei-Tutu (hamstring) and Lee Tomin (groin), all of whom will not be in contention.

Isaac Vassell is also a long-term absentee.

Cardiff City play bottom of the Championship Wycombe and nothing less than 3pts will be accepted by the Cardiff board or Cardiff fans



Sat Dec 12 CARDIFF CITY 0 SWANSEA CITY 2


Wed Dec 16 CARDIFF CITY 3 BIRMINGHAM CITY 2


12:30pm Sat Dec 19 Norwich City 2 Cardiff City 0


Sat Dec 26 CARDIFF CITY 2 BRENTFORD 3



Tue Dec 29 Wycombe Wanderers A


Sat Jan 02 Rotherham United A


Sat Jan 09 FA Cup 3rd rd Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City 12pm live on BT


Sat Jan 16 NORWICH CITY H

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We have a history of not doing well against bottom of the table teams

We should win easily but our home record this season is not good and our form is poor.

Boring 0-0 draw for me

We have a history of not doing well against bottom of the table teams

We should win easily but our home record this season is not good and our form is poor.

Boring 0-0 draw for me

We are away Thomas and we have a good away record.

Your sounding like Harris, giving up before even a ball is kicked

City win 3-1

Bluebirds 2 clear goals... at last

Wycombe 2-0..theyve had some decent results at home, and will tire out our midfield donkeys after 60 minutes.

We have a history of not doing well against bottom of the table teams

We should win easily but our home record this season is not good and our form is poor.

Boring 0-0 draw for me

We are away Thomas and we have a good away record.

Your sounding like Harris, giving up before even a ball is kicked

I Gave up on Harris the moment he walked through the door, i have no confidence we will win this game with him in charge, we are way too inconsistent.

For some reason i thought we were home, not that it matters this season .

What are the betting odds?

Wycombe Wanderers win: 16/5

Draw: 13/5


Cardiff City win: 17/20

Alex Pattison will miss out for the hosts as he serves the final match of a three-game ban he received as a result of his red card against Bournemouth earlier this month.

Anthony Stewart could return after being side-lined since December 5.





As for Cardiff, Kieffer Moore (hamstring), Jordi Osei-Tutu (hamstring) and Lee Tomlin (groin) will all miss the clash with Gareth Ainsworth's side.

Isaac Vassell is also a long-term absentee.

Josh Murphy is available after featuring late on in the loss to Brentford after recovering from illness.

Who is the referee?

Leigh Doughty will take charge of proceedings in Wycombe.

He will be assisted by Ian Cooper and Sam Lewis while James Oldham is the fourth official.

Cardiff City manager Neil Harris:


"The way we are going at the moment, we are not going to make the top two. The aim at the start of the season was to make the top six. That's where we want to be.

"But it grew last year and we had to close the gap and go past teams and we will go past teams this year.


"But you can't let teams get away from you. We lost to Norwich, who were a far superior team to anybody in the league.

"[Against Brentford], we threw three goals in, that's the bottom line of it. But we have to respond against Wycombe on Tuesday and Rotherham on Saturday, because we want to build momentum and consistency.


"Other than winning four games in five, we haven't had any consistency all season. We have to address that quickly."

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Front foot attacking football from the first minute. Players to ignore Captain Careful and tear into the opposition.

Murphy to net a brace and realise he loves us.

Changing my earlier 2 clear goal prediction to 3 clear.

C'mon City

Hoof the ball up field and see what happens. There’s your Neil Harris team briefing.

Cardiff City latest injury bulletin

Cardiff City manager Neil Harris believes it will be like getting a new signing when Arsenal loanee Jordi Osei-Tutu returns from injury.

The 22-year-old full-back, on a season-long loan from the Gunners, has been sidelined with a hamstring issue but could well step up training this week, and may even play some part in the FA Cup clash with Nottingham Forest on January 9.

In a triple-pronged injury update, Cardiff boss Harris explained when he expects absent stars Osei-Tutu, Kieffer Moore and Lee Tomlin to return.

0-2 (Wilson, Morrison)

They should beat Wycombe - playing at 50% !!!

Cardiff City: Smithies; Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett; Wilson, Vaulks, Ralls. Ojo; Harris, Glatzel.

Subs: Phillips, Benkovic, Bagan, Cunningham, Pack, Patten, Whyte, Murphy, Hoilett.

3pts nothing less

Horgan sends a ball into the box from the right and Ralls swings a leg but misses it.

Bacuna does well to mop up at the back stick, though, before McCleary can get to it.

5mins gone, come on Bluebirds Wycombe very weak upfront

A Harry Wilson cross is cleared and Wycombe break. However an errant pass down the flank allows Cardiff to clear.

Grimmer, the right back, earns a corner for the hosts, though, as his cross deflects out off of Bennett.

A Harry Wilson cross is cleared and Wycombe break. However an errant pass down the flank allows Cardiff to clear.

Grimmer, the right back, earns a corner for the hosts, though, as his cross deflects out off of Bennett.

Brilliant defending from Morrison to nod the ball off Ikpeazu's head from a corner. The striker was bearing down on that one.

City defending

Come on City, Wycombe have had their chances, now for City to attack

A little stoppage in play here as Morrison takes a tumble after Ikpeazu's late, heavy challenge. The skipper is receiving treatment.