TEAM NEWS: " CARDIFF CITY v DERBY COUNTY " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v DERBY COUNTY
Saturday 18th December, 12.30pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 





TEAM NEWS:

Sean Morrison suspended for red card.


Isaac Vassell and Sam Bowen remain long-term absentees, with Sam Bowen now out injured until at least January.





Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

Available to watch on Cardiff City TV.

The Opposition's Manager - Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney was appointed Derby manager permanently in January 2021.

Despite continuing serious financial problems at the club, he has done a decent job in keeping them stable until their latest points deduction.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Tom Lawrence, who had a brief spell at Cardiff City, has five goals and three assists in the league this season.

Previous Meeting 

We won 4-0 against Derby in March

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Smithies, Ng, McGuinness, Flint, Nelson, Giles, Ralls, Pack, Colwill, Collins, Moore

Derby County: Allsop, Williams, Jagielka, Davies, Forsyth, Knight, Bird, Shinnie, Plange, Jozwiak, Lawrence

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Birmingham City 2-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 2-3 Sheffield United
Luton Town 1-2 Cardiff City

Derby County 1-0 Blackpool
Bristol City 1-0 Derby County
Derby County 1-2 QPR

Match Odds

Cardiff City - Evens
Derby County - 11/4
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

If City can win this , it will wipe Derby out on believing they can catch Cardiff

TEAM NEWS:

Sean Morrison suspended for red card.


Isaac Vassell and Sam Bowen remain long-term absentees, with Sam Bowen now out injured until at least January.

Got to be at least 22,000 home crowd

Let’s sink Derby once and for all

Derby will bring big away support even though they are virtually down and out, Cardiff are the opposite we can stay up with ease

But we don’t want the CCSC to be soulless this Saturday



You all say you believe in Steve Morison and his trojans, so turn up and support the Mighty Bluebirds



Cardiff are in this relegation battle and behind the quips and the smiles, there will surely be some recognition that Cardiff are still very much in a relegation scrap right now.





“ Derby now huge “

Despite the nature of the comeback at St Andrew's, Steve Morison suggested that there was an air of frustration in the Cardiff dressing room at how his team, not for the first time this season, had given their opponents such an easy head start.

It provided a sharp contrast to the noises of jubilation in the away end after the final whistle, although one can only assume that those supporters perhaps hadn't yet seen the table.

Peterborough United's win over Morison's former club Millwall means the gap between City and the relegation zone now stands at just three points heading into what could be a crucial Christmas period.

"I'll have to send a couple of texts to the Millwall lads and find out what they're playing at," Morison joked at the end of his post-match press conference when informed of the result at London Road.


After a positive start under the new boss, Cardiff have now won just once in their last four league outings, and it's a run that will do little to ease the jitters, particularly with Coventry, Bournemouth and West Brom all awaiting them over a daunting Christmas period.

That Derby County game just got a hell of a lot bigger.

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Derby will go into liquidation and their results totally expunged. I take no pleasure in their present misery. Today it is them , but another day it could be another.

Derby will go into liquidation and their results totally expunged. I take no pleasure in their present misery. Today it is them , but another day it could be another.

This is what comes with throwing money at the dream of premier league football,they have also been caught "cheating" so as it goes, the only people I feel for are the supporters tbh.I have a feeling a few more are sailing a little too close to the wind, and time will tell for teams too.

I'm only concerned with 3pts for this game,not too concerned with the fact its them tbh.
I picked us for a draw against brum, but lost my £10 bet in bookies though, as I chose 1-1!!

City 3 Derby 1

Derby are no push overs and yes Rooney has done a good job there.

All in Derby have excepted relegation but they feel they will come straight back up if they manage to keep their squad. The pressure is off them in a roundabout way so expect them to play the rest of the season very well. Their only problem to maintaining good football is they will not be able to strengthen their squad. This will tire them out come the later part of the season.