MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v BRIGHTON " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
Tuesday 24th August, 7.45pm
Carabao Cup Second Round
Cardiff City Stadium 


All fans can pay on the night

Mick McCarthy will be fielding a strong team v Premier Brighton.


CARDIFF CITY TEAM NEWS:


"Isaak Davies is just doing rehab and hopefully will be back soon."

Mick McCarthy




CCFC TEAM NEWS

NO new injuries

Lee Tomlin’s getting back to fitness delayed for another week

Isaac Vassell back to full training and has now played two lots of 90 mins for U23’s

Isaak Davies is injured.


Ciaron Brown is fit






Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

Not been selected for Sky Sports and not on Cardiff City TV.

The Opposition's Manager - Graham Potter

Graham Potter took charge of Brighton in 2019, during that time he has continued to keep them in the Premier League for two successive seasons.

Before taking over at Brighton, he was manager of Swansea for one season - guiding them to 10th place in the Championship.

He had previously been manager at Ostersund in Sweden.

He was linked with the Spurs job in the summer, but publicly stated he had no intention of leaving Brighton.

Opposition Dangerous Players

We will have to be wary of Leandro Trossard, who is one of Brighton's most creative players - should he play.

Neal Maupay is also a danger, but he picked up an injury in their game against Watford and probably won't be involved.

Previous Meeting 

The last time we played Brighton was in 2019, when we won 2-0 at the AMEX Stadium in the Premier League.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Phillips, Sang, Flint, Morrison, Nelson, Bagan, Pack, Ralls, Colwill, Harris, Moore

Brighton & Hove Albion: Sanchez, Gross, Webster, Duffy, Dunk, March, Bissouma, Lallana, MacAllister, Trossard, Connolly

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Cardiff City 3-1 Millwall
Peterborough United 2-2 Cardiff City
Blackpool 0-2 Cardiff City

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Watford
Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Getafe

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 19/10
Brighton & Hove Albion - 13/10
Draw - 23/10

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

Decent side and manager at Brighton, all depends on wat side they put out,always upsets in this competition during early rounds.
Come on City win another football match.

Maupay - Did not come out for the 2nd half tonight after he scored - As posted above Brighton might rest players .

Maupay - Did not come out for the 2nd half tonight after he scored - As posted above Brighton might rest players .

All fans can pay on the night

Mick McCarthy will be fielding a strong team v Premier Brighton.

CARDIFF CITY TEAM NEWS:


"Isaak Davies is just doing rehab and hopefully will be back soon."

Mick McCarthy




CCFC TEAM NEWS

NO new injuries

Lee Tomlin’s getting back to fitness delayed for another week

Isaac Vassell back to full training and has now played two lots of 90 mins for U23’s

Isaak Davies is injured.


Ciaron Brown is fit

What times kick off ?
On the Cardiff City App it says 18:45 ???

Bot to rest/protect Giles,Moore,Flint.

Brighton 2-0

This is a game for trying things out, giving game time to some players, but protecting key members of the squad.

Graham Potter:

"Mick McCarthy has done a fantastic job – he’s an experienced manager.

"They play to their strengths really well, they’ve got some dangerous players and are good from set plays.

"It’s a really organised team that plays to their strengths and we know it will be a really tough game.

"I don’t know their situation in terms of what they’ve been through in pre-season – they’ve got a big squad I presume because they play in the Championship.

"But whoever plays they will be organised, they will play to their strengths, they will be competitive and resilient.

"They will be everything you would expect from a Mick McCarthy team and they will want to win. It’s going to be a really good test.

"I don’t think I will get a particularly nice welcome, that’s for sure!

"But it will be nice to go back to south Wales again, but I am not expecting a pleasant welcome."

What's the latest team news?





Mick McCarthy has not suffered any fresh injury concerns to his squad.

The manager will, however, likely rotate the side which won against Millwall at the weekend, given the fixtures are already coming thick and fast in August.

It means we could see some players receive some minutes who have not yet had the opportunities they would have liked, namely the likes of Will Vaulks and Josh Murphy.

Isaac Vassell is one who could also benefit, too, having played two 90-minute matches for the under-23s in recent weeks. It would be a real boost to see him back in the first-team fray.

Youngsters such as Tom Davies, Sam Bowen and Kieron Evans will all be looking to force their way into the manager's thinking, too.

Whether Mark McGuinness, Ciaron Brown and Lee Tomlin have recovered in time for this one remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, the big news coming from the south coast is that Neal Maupay is unfit for the midweek clash.

Seagulls boss and former Swansea City manager Graham Potter has said their top scorer this season is out of the cup clash after being taken off at the weekend with a shoulder injury.

Danny Welbeck is also still injured and will not feature for Brighton on Tuesday evening, while defender Joel Veltman is unlikely to return until after the international break.

Full strength side get them playing together doesnt matter win or lose but I think we will nick it 2-1

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Match result (inside 90 minutes):



Cardiff win - 11/5

Draw - 23/10

Brighton win - 5/4






To progress:

Cardiff - 11/10

Brighton - 4/6

Full competitive debuts for Sam Bowen & Tavio D'Almeida!

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Interesting team

Good luck lads

These games should be included in the club tv package, at least for overseas people.

These games should be included in the club tv package, at least for overseas people.

I think the EFL/League cup have dictated that the games can’t be shown. I assume it’s because they want to try and get people into the grounds - but the reality is that fans aren’t that interested in the early rounds of this competition as shown by the crowds last round and for many seasons before that.

The EFL need to accept that and sell game passes for this competition as they did during last season. I bet they and the clubs would make far more income and not burden them with the cost of stadiums operating at 10% capacity.

Instead they have a competition that now has hardy any visibility and is arguably even more devalued.

Spot on I would pay for a game pass. Strange in this day and age not to sell rights to show games

City come out to vocal support, as do Brighton, whose contingent look approx. 200 or 300

No boos for 'taking the knee' and the game kicks off...

LATEST: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 BRIGHTON & HA

An early chance for City is thwarted but a positive sign...

Josh Murphy making some early inroads and City looking quire smooth on the ball

LATEST: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 BRIGHTON & HA

A great through ball splits the City defence and Brighton slip the ball past Smithies for the opener...

LATEST: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 1 BRIGHTON & HA

Wow how easy was that 0-1

Wow how easy was that 0-1

Took their firdt chance and shows why they're Premier League; but we are not out of this...

LATEST: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 1 BRIGHTON & HA

City still playing brightly and a corner won results in a Flint header bouncing over the bar for a goal kick

LATEST: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 1 BRIGHTON & HA

Brighton go close again with a similar move to the one that got their goal but thankfully a mix of player error and late defending see the ball cleared

Then they put a ball in thay surprises that it was put wide

LATEST: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 1 BRIGHTON & HA

Brighton tearing us apart

Should be 3 nil

Brighton tearing us apart

Should be 3 nil

They're in their groove now and another goes flying over the bar...

Bluebirds still giving it a go and been decent to watch going firward with Murphy going close a couple of times

LATEST: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 1 BRIGHTON & HA (28 mins)

Morrison looks injured