MATCH THR: " BLACKBURN ROVERS v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

BLACKBURN ROVERS v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 25th September, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Ewood Park 


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Ryan Giles back, a big boost?


"Absolutely, yeah. He has only had two or three days back, so I can’t say he’s functioning fully and up to full speed.

But he’ll be in the squad tomorrow and hopefully then he’ll be back playing Tuesday and maybe Saturday as well."

Mick McCarthy



Team news:



Ryan Giles is available again after having Covid


Joe Ralls is the one that’s missing, that’s it. Everyone else is alright.

The usual other names are still out Lee Tomlin & Isaac Vassell.

Mick McCarthy



Joe Ralls?

He might be around on Tuesday or next Saturday.

Joe Ralls, Isaac Vassell and Lee Tomlin are all still out injured.




Ralls and Tomlin aren't back until next month at the earliest, while Vassell could be involved in U23 games over the next couple of weeks.


Ryan Giles is available again after having Covid, providing there are no issues with his training over the next week.



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The Opposition's Manager - Tony Mowbray

Experienced manager Tony Mowbray has been in charge of Blackburn since February 2017.

He failed to keep them in the Championship in his first season, although they were in a perilous position when he was appointed.

However, the following season, he guided them back to the Championship at the first attempt.

Since then, they have achieved mid table finishes in the Championship in every season - finishing in 15th, 11th and 15th.

He had previously been in charge of Hibernian, West Brom, Celtic, Middlesbrough and Coventry.

He guided West Brom to the Championship title in 2008, before being relegated in 2009.

When he was at Coventry, he got them promoted to League One in 2015.

Opposition Dangerous Players  

Since the departure of Adam Armstrong to Southampton this summer, Blackburn needed someone to step up.

Thankfully for them, Ben Brereton Diaz has done that.

He has scored four league goals already this season, also getting an assist.

He has had a remarkable few months, having also recently earning caps for Chile - scoring in their victory over Bolivia.

Previous Meeting  

We drew 2-2 at home to Blackburn in April.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Blackburn Rovers: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan, Ayala, Pickering, Buckley, Travis, Rothwell, Dolan, Poveda, Brereton

Cardiff City: Phillips, Sang, Flint, Morrison, Nelson, Brown, Vaulks, Pack, Bacuna, Harris, Moore

Form - Last Three Games

Barnsley 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Hull City
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Luton Town

Cardiff City 0-1 AFC Bournemouth
Coventry City 1-0 Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City

Match Odds

Blackburn Rovers - 5/4
Cardiff City - 21/10
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

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TEAM NEWS:



"Lee Tomlin had a repair operation on a groin problem at the beginning of the week, so will be out for a while."


Its hoped Tomlin will be fit now by the end of October.



"Isaac is back in training because he was a close contact to somebody, who had Covid, so had to isolate again."




Mick McCARTHY:


" Joe Ralls will be out up to a month with a groin problem ."


"Ryan’s got Covid, so he's isolated," McCarthy replied when asked about his latest injury concerns."

"So it'll be the 10 days from when he got it and we've got to see how he feels when he comes back of course.” (10 days will have passed by Blackburn game).

Blackburn Rovers:

Blackburn Rovers have been handed good news ahead of their clash with the Bluebirds this weekend.

Rovers boss Tony Mowbray has revealed that Sam Gallagher will return for the clash at Ewood Park after missing games against Hull City and Barnsley with a thigh strain.

And Mowbray believes Gallagher's inclusion will be a big factor in dealing with Cardiff's potent physical threat on Saturday afternoon.

“If Sam gets through the next day’s training then I’d expect him to be back in contention to play," Mowbray said.

“He’ll be important against Cardiff to bring a physicality that we might need.

“I think I read that Cardiff have scored 10 of their 11 goals through headers, so it’s important because he’s a physical presence in both boxes.

“It will be a welcome addition to the group if he makes it.

“I think it’ll probably be just Sam who we can add to the squad from the one that we took for the last game at Barnsley.”

Seven of the last 10 league meetings between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City have ended as draws, including both matches last season.


The last five league meetings between Blackburn and Cardiff at Ewood Park have ended as a draw, with the last two ending goalless.


Blackburn have won five of their last seven home league matches (D1 L1), as many victories as in their previous 19 games at Ewood Park beforehand.


Cardiff are yet to score a single Championship goal in the opening 45 minutes this season, with the earliest of their 11 goals coming in the 52nd minute. Indeed, their first eight league goals this season were all headers, which is still currently double that of any other side so far.


Mick McCarthy has lost eight of his last 10 away league games against Blackburn Rovers (W1 D1), with his only win coming in August 2011 in the Premier League with Wolves.

Team news:



Ryan Giles is available again after having Covid


Joe Ralls is the one that’s missing, that’s it. Everyone else is alright.

The usual other names are still out Lee Tomlin & Isaac Vassell.

Mick McCarthy



Joe Ralls?

He might be around on Tuesday or next Saturday.

Joe Ralls, Isaac Vassell and Lee Tomlin are all still out injured.

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Ryan Giles back, a big boost?


"Absolutely, yeah. He has only had two or three days back, so I can’t say he’s functioning fully and up to full speed.

But he’ll be in the squad tomorrow and hopefully then he’ll be back playing Tuesday and maybe Saturday as well."

Mick McCarthy

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Another tough game today with an even harder one to follow on Tuesday evening, so we need to take something from the game today

Good to see Ryan Giles nearing a comeback and his presence (when/if it happens) will surely be a boost

I'm not one to predict results but I believe we can come away with our points total increased and I'll be rooting for the City XI for 90 mins rather than looking for the negatives for the same amount of time...

C'mon, you Bluebirds...!

[quote="Sven"]Another tough game today with an even harder one to follow on Tuesday evening, so we need to take something from the game today
CITY!

Another tough game today with an even harder one to follow on Tuesday evening, so we need to take something from the game today
CITY!

I hope stroud was at the refs meeting regarding tackles

philips comes out of his ares good headed safe

philips comes out of his ares good headed safe

moore get a shot blocked

two saves from blackburn from throw in from vaulks

Blackburn make the livelier start; but in true style, the best opening chance goes to the Bluebirds from a long throw...

LATEST SCORE: BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

unlucky for us that we did not score

free kick for city right wing

free kick for city right wing

results in corner for us

A swift delivery from a free kick is headed out for a Bluebird corner but it's collected by the Blackburn keeper

Blackburn look nervous at Bluebird set pieces

LATEST SCORE: BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

free kick for city right wing

results in corner for us

free kick for blackburn

free kick for city right wing

results in corner for us

free kick for blackburn

city playing quite well at the moment midfield seems better

Keiffer Moore working hard to create the opportunities he should be on the end of...

The Bluebirds coming into the game a lot more, as the game settles into a routine that somewhat favours the Bluebird set-up and then a counter attack from Blackburn sees Sam Gallagher score the opener for the home team...

Now wait for it...


LATEST SCORE: BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

typical poor goal by us 1nil down

Come on Bloooooobirds

That is absolutely pathetic defending are they blind??

As seems to be usual we're the better team for the first 10-20 minutes & bang we're 1-0 down after a breakaway.

Senior players letting us down defending again

That is absolutely pathetic defending are they blind??

Nelsons fault

2-0 absolute shambles

Shocking, shocking defending

Poor defending by the Bluebirds...

We need a goal before half-time to set the second half up for any possible comeback...

LATEST SCORE: BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 0 CARDIFF CITY