MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v BARNSLEY " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v BARNSLEY
Saturday 7th August, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 

Made a couple of slight changes to the match thread this season. Instead of having the section which was titled "about the opposition", there are now two sections titled "the opposition's manager" and "the opposition's dangerous players".


First game of the season


Cardiff City : Phillips; Ng, McGuinness, Flint, Nelson, Bagan; Ralls, Pack, Bacuna; Collins, Giles.

Subs: Smithies, Morrison, Wintle, Bowen, Colwill, Harris, Moore.



A full capacity crowd is allowed, with most restrictions lifted by this game

33,500 capacity

Tickets on general sale


Barnsley sold nearly 1,000 tickets so far, their best ever away support to Cardiff. A very small club so well done

Cardiff City hoping for a bumper 25,000 crowd




Will Vaulks will also miss the clash owing to suspension after his red card at the end of last season.



TEAM NEWS MICK McCARTHY:


Has ruled out Lee Tomlin, Isaac Vassell, Rubin Colwill, Isaak Davies and Kieron Evans for this Saturday's curtain-raiser.

“Lee Tomlin is injured again, Vassell not ready yet, Collwill getting himself fully fit after covid, but Kieffer might surprise a few people.”


Isaac Vassell not fulky fit again from his slight set back








Latest Team News: 02/08/21

Lee Tomlin & Isaac Vassell New injuries , major doubts.

Kieffer Moore totally recovered from Covid

The majority of the squad fit and ready




How can I watch this match on TV? (OUTSIDE THE UK ONLY)

Available to watch on Cardiff City TV, but only if you live abroad.

The Opposition's Manager - Markus Schopp

Markus Schopp is the newly appointed manager of Barnsley, after their previous manager went to West Brom.

This is his first job in the UK, having previously managed Sturm Graz's reserve team and TSV Hartberg in Austria.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Having lost Alex Mowatt to West Brom and Daryl Dike's loan ending, Barnsley have seen two of their top players depart this summer.

However, they still have Cauley Woodrow.

Woodrow scored thirteen goals last season and despite reported interest in him, he remains at Barnsley.

He will be the main danger man.

Previous Meeting 

We drew 2-2 with Barnsley in January at Oakwell.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

First game of the season and very difficult to predict the line-ups, normally base it on the last game

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Cardiff City 1-1 Rotherham United
Birmingham City 0-4 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers

Swansea City 1-1 Barnsley
Barnsley 0-1 Swansea City
Barnsley 2-2 Norwich City

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 13/10
Barnsley - 2/1
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

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In a rare foray into match predictions, I see an equally rare season opening win...

2-0 or 2-1 to the Bluebirds

In a rare foray into match predictions, I see an equally rare season opening win...

2-0 or 2-1 to the Bluebirds

Chris I am going for a 2-1 Hopefully
I think that City will be showing all home matches that are not on sky, but those games only available to people living abroad

Barnsley played their final pre-season friendly on Saturday and lost 4-0 to Manchester City

In a rare foray into match predictions, I see an equally rare season opening win...

2-0 or 2-1 to the Bluebirds

Chris I am going for a 2-1 Hopefully
I think that City will be showing all home matches that are not on sky, but those games only available to people living abroad

Thanks

City 3 Barnsley 1

MONDAY 2nd AUGUST 2021

TICKETS NOW ON GENERAL SALE FOR BARNSLEY HOME & SUTTON UNITED

FROM 10am MONDAY


33,500 Capacity

BARNSLEY HOME THIS SATURDAY COMING 3pm / No tv / No restrictions / No Xmas shopping / It’s not Winter and there’s been No football for well over a year / So let’s show we are a Big Club / 30,000 Please

1,500 Barnsley coming

NO EXCUSES





OVER 200,000 Cardiff fans registered have been notified



UPDATED:

You can now print your Barnsley ticket off

For me 30,000 crowd is not asking a lot as everyone has not seen football for a long time, so many say they have missed it badly, not live on Tv, can but your tickets , it’s a Saturday, not winter, not Xmas shopping and it’s 3pm, what everyone asks for

It’s about watching CARDIFF CITY , not who the opposition is

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Latest Team News:

Lee Tomlin & Isaac Vassell New injuries , major doubts.

Kieffer Moore totally recovered from Covid

The majority of the squad fit and ready

4-0 City

Difficult to predict the crowd. Normally first home game has lots of gaps with fans on the Spanish beaches. How many will be put off by Covid? I’m expecting a 20000 crowd.

Question though is how long will it take to get into the stadium and so when to pitch up there?

Difficult to predict the crowd. Normally first home game has lots of gaps with fans on the Spanish beaches. How many will be put off by Covid? I’m expecting a 20000 crowd.

Question though is how long will it take to get into the stadium and so when to pitch up there?

was just looking on the stadium map ...loads of seats available in most blocks.... difficult to see how it gets up to 20k tbh...

Difficult to predict the crowd. Normally first home game has lots of gaps with fans on the Spanish beaches. How many will be put off by Covid? I’m expecting a 20000 crowd.

Question though is how long will it take to get into the stadium and so when to pitch up there?

was just looking on the stadium map ...loads of seats available in most blocks.... difficult to see how it gets up to 20k tbh...

It's only Monday and tickets only went on general sale just over seven hours ago. Some people won't even be back from work yet.

Renewed my season ticket on Saturday and cannot wait to see live football again

2021/22 Season Ticket Holders will receive a unique link for their Cardiff City vs. Barnsley ticket via email and SMS. Supporters without an email address or phone number on the Ticket Office system will receive a paper ticket via post

Looks like the canton stand will be sold out by tomorrow v Barnsley …. From nothing to bedlam, imagine most will get season tickets after the early bird deadline ends in a few weeks. Lots didn’t have them last season

Barnsley sold just under 900 tickets so far, their best ever away support to Cardiff. A very small club so well done

Isaac Vassell fit again from his slight set back

Barnsley sold just under 900 tickets so far, their best ever away support to Cardiff. A very small club so well done

Great numbers from them.

Like you say, not a big club.

It's a long journey for them as well.

Referee is Stephen Martin. Officiated our win at Watford last season and our home loss to Forest pre Covid

The new season beckons and again hope springs eternal in this old fart and I see a repeat of the 4-0 defeat of Scunthorpe back in 2009.

MICK McCARTHY:


Has ruled out Lee Tomlin, Isaac Vassell, Rubin Colwill, Isaak Davies and Kieron Evans for this Saturday's curtain-raiser.

“Tomlin is injured, Vassell not ready yet, Collwill getting himself fully fit after covid, but Kieffer might surprise a few people.”

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Every time we have won opening game in last decade we have at least made the play-offs.

2011 - West Ham 0-1 Cardiff (play-offs)
2012 - Cardiff 1-0 Huddersfield (promoted)
2017 - Burton 0-1 Cardiff (promoted)

GOOD LUCK To The Lads -

Philips
Ng mcguinness.flint.nelson.bagan.
Pack ralls bacuna Giles
Collins

This side doesn’t fill me with much confidence but hopefully they will prove me wrong.

For the Tykes, Mads Andersen is unavailable for the trip to the Welsh capital, while Herbie Kane is passed fit for the clash.

The Bluebirds have a number of injury concerns heading into the game, with Lee Tomlin, Isaac Vassell, Isaak Davies, Kieron Evans and Rubin Colwill all ruled out of today's clash.

Josh Murphy is also out after playing in the under-23s game against West Brom in midweek, but he shouldn't be too far away.

Kieffer Moore, meanwhile, is expected to start the game on the bench, having not played any football after contracting coronavirus following his post-Euro 2020 holiday.

Will Vaulks will also miss the clash owing to suspension after his red card at the end of last season.

What are the latest betting odds?

Cardiff City win - 13/10

Draw - 21/10

Barnsley win - 23/10

Match facts

Cardiff City have lost one of their last 14 league games against Barnsley (W9 D4), a 4-3 home loss in the 2016-17 campaign.


Barnsley are set to face Cardiff in their first league match of the season for the first time since 2006-07, when they were beaten 2-1 at Oakwell.




Cardiff have lost their opening league match of the season in each of their last three seasons, as many as in their previous 23 combined (W10 D10).



Barnsley have lost their first league match of the season in nine of their last 13 seasons in the second tier of English football (W2 D2) and lost 1-0 to Luton Town last season.



From Mick McCarthy’s first league game in charge of Cardiff against Barnsley in January, no Championship side lost fewer games between then and the end of the season than the Bluebirds (3, level with Barnsley and Norwich).

3-1 to The Blooobirds (Ralls Collins Moore.
I’m hoping for at least 21k with some side attraction’s could affect (weather covid holidays rugby)