MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v MILLWALL " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v MILLWALL
Saturday 30th January, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 


Mick McCarthy first home game as Cardiff City manager


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



TEAM NEWS:


Joe Bennett fit for tomorrow

Junior Hoilett injured



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An update on Sean Morrison

He’s fine. He’s in the squad for tomorrow.

Mick McCarthy


Injury latest

Joe Bennett’s fine. He’s okay. He’s fit.

Junior Hoilett’s not available. He just tightened up during the game. He’ll be fine. Not tomorrow. Wednesday to Saturday is just too quick a turnaround.

Mick McCarthy


Lee Tomlin is getting closer all the time, but mid February expected back.


Jordi Osei-Tutu is injured again, expected to return end of February. Was rushed back to early?



Lee Tomlin Out till Mid February.

Jordi Osei-Tutu Out Injured till March.

Sadly Sol Bamba is seriously ill.

Isaac Vassell is the long-term absentee.




How can I watch this match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV.

About Millwall

Millwall Football Club is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in 1910. From then until 1993, the club played at what is now called The Old Den in New Cross, before moving to its current home stadium nearby, called The Den. The traditional club crest is a lion rampant, referred to in the team's nickname 'The Lions'. Millwall's traditional kit consists of dark blue shirts, white shorts, and blue socks.

In Millwall's 93 seasons in the Football League from 1920–21 to 2019–20, the club have been promoted eleven times (five times as champions in 1928, 1938, 1962, 1988, and 2001) and relegated nine times. They have spent the majority of their existence yo-yoing between the second and third tiers of English football. The club did have a brief spell in the top flight between 1988 and 1990, in which they achieved their highest ever league finish of tenth place in the First Division in 1988–89. Millwall reached the 2004 FA Cup final and qualified for Europe for the first time in their history, playing in the UEFA Cup. The club have also won two League One play-off finals in 2010 and 2017, the Football League Group Cup in 1983, and were Football League Trophy finalists in 1999.

In the media, Millwall's supporters have often been associated with hooliganism, with numerous films having been made fictionalising their notoriety. The fans are renowned for their terrace chant "No one likes us, we don't care". Millwall have a long-standing rivalry with West Ham United. The local derby between the two sides has been contested almost a hundred times since 1899. The club also share a rivalry with Leeds United, and contest the South London derby with local rivals Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic.

Previous Meeting 

We drew 1-1 at Millwall in November.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Smithies, Ng, Nelson, Flint, Bagan, Vaulks, Bacuna, Ralls, Hoilett, Ojo, Moore

Millwall: Bialkowski, Leonard, Hutchinson, Cooper, McNamara, Woods, Kieftenbeld, Malone, Thompson, J Wallace, Zohore

Form - Last Three Games

Barnsley 2-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-1 QPR
Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City

Millwall 0-0 Watford
Millwall 0-3 Bristol City
Huddersfield Town 0-1 Millwall

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 13/10
Millwall - 21/10
Draw - 11/5

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

C'mon City

Onwards and upwards

At least 2 nil.

TEAM NEWS:


Lee Tomlin is getting closer all the time, but mid February expected back.


Jordi Osei-Tutu is injured again, expected to return end of February. Was rushed back to early?



Lee Tomlin Out till Mid February.

Jordi Osei-Tutu Out Injured till end of February.

Sadly Sol Bamba is seriously ill.

Isaac Vassell is the long-term absentee

TEAM NEWS:


Lee Tomlin is getting closer all the time, but mid February expected back.


Jordi Osei-Tutu is injured again, expected to return end of February. Was rushed back to early?



Lee Tomlin Out till Mid February.

Jordi Osei-Tutu Out Injured till end of February.

Sadly Sol Bamba is seriously ill.

Isaac Vassell is the long-term absentee

After the comments he made about team selection and only those playing who impressed in training, he has my full backing.

Such a ballsy statement to make.

Let’s seem some youth coming through then Mick. Love to see Murphy, Hoillet, Wilson and Bagan start a game.

Get mixing that team up!

I’ve never been so uplifted after a draw in all my time being a footy fan. Micks comments about those not being as good as others made my night!

We owe these
for giving us arris
and its about time we scored a few goals no exuse's sat.

C'mon City

Onwards and upwards

At least 2 nil.

What! No two clear goals,a straight 2-0 win? Can I put my tenner on it? Cos I was going 3-1.

Hope the predicted line up is incorrect. Would rather see Morrison in for Flint Murphy for Hoilett and a place found for Wilson. I like McCarthy but picking his teams from who does well in training seems a bit bonkers to me. Thought we got a point at Barnsley despite the team he picked rather than because of it we got away with it at Barnsley and the spirit was good but it wasn't our best team.

C'mon City

Onwards and upwards

At least 2 nil.

What! No two clear goals,a straight 2-0 win? Can I put my tenner on it? Cos I was going 3-1.

At least 2 goal win

Match facts

The last six league matches between Cardiff and Millwall have all ended as a draw – indeed, 13 of the last 18 league matches between the teams have been draws.


Millwall are looking for their first away league win against Cardiff since February 2005, winning 1-0 with a Danny Dichio penalty.


In all competitions, Cardiff boss Mick McCarthy has won five of his last six home matches against his former side Millwall (D1), since losing 1-0 in August 2003 with Sunderland.


Millwall have won just five of their last 36 away league matches in Wales (D18 L13) although they haven’t lost two league matches there in the same season since 1982/83, when they lost to Cardiff and Wrexham; the Lions lost 2-1 to Swansea earlier this season.


Millwall striker Matt Smith has been directly involved in five goals in six league starts against Cardiff City (4 goals, 1 assist).

Osei-Tutu latest

Not from me. He’s back at Arsenal having treatment as far as I’m concerned. The last I heard, it was going to be a considerable time. Maybe five or six weeks someone said to me.

Mick McCarthy

Going to predict a 2-1 City win.

Tonight

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The last 6 @CardiffCityFC vs Millwall games were draws.

The last 3 head-to-head at CCS between the teams have been a tedious watch, 0-0, 0-0 and 1-1.

Millwall's last match was a draw, Cardiff's last match was a draw.

Wonder how today could go?

Updated:

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CCFC:

Joe Bennett and Sean Morrison are both in contention for the Lions' visit after recovering from Achilles and back injuries respectively, but Junior Hoilett is out with a knock from Wednesday's clash with Barnsley.

Max Watters is also a doubt, while long-term absentees Jordi Osei-Tutu and Lee Tomlin remain out of contention.





MILLWALL:

Millwall are set to be without Murray Wallace, and may also be without Connor Mahoney and Billy Mitchell, who are both working their way towards a return to full fitness.


Maikel Kieftenbeld made his Lions debut against Watford and could be set to keep his place.

Former Bluebird Kenneth Zohore could also be involved.

Cardiff City manager Mick McCarthy: "Millwall is a club still very close to my heart. I am still very much in the vicinity of Millwall support.

"I have loads of pals that still support them. If I’m not playing against them I want them to do well, but if I am playing against them, I obviously want to win. They’re not getting beat on a regular basis, so they’re a tough nut to crack."








Millwall manager Gary Rowett: "We’ve played three teams that have come down [from the Premier League] and we’ve drawn away from home against Norwich and Bournemouth and then drawn at home to Watford. I don’t know many sides who don’t get beaten against those three teams.

"We also beat a Huddersfield team that haven’t lost too many home games, so I think it’s two really encouraging performances."

Two changes - Morrison & Bennett come in.

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BLUEBIRDS

BIG MICK

Millwall in a rather odd red and white strip for this one. Cardiff in their familiar blue.

Kenneth Zohore Hmmmmm?

Bacuna tries to play in Kieffer Moore on the edge of the area, but his through ball is blocked.

Cardiff operating a back threee with Ng and Bennett playing the wing-back roles.

Decent start for Cardiff.

Freekick is played in deep by Ralls towards the far post from the left. Flint rises to tee up Vaulks on the edge of the box, but the midfielder blazes over.

Millwall 1 nil

1-0 Millwall

Sean Morrison gave it away and our defence slow

Aden Flint OG

Here we again, behind in the first 20 mins.

Conceding the first goal is beyond a joke now. Utterly terrible goal again.

Plain stupidity why the fck did Morrison keep ball in play in that area? Flint didn't need to stick leg out two unessasry things cost us a goal.
...roll on next season get rid both of them...

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