MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v COVENTRY CITY " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v COVENTRY CITY
Saturday 15th October, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 

Coventry are bottom of the league, although they have played three games less than anyone else due to issues with the stadium they play at

Cardiff City are unbeaten in three games since Mark Hudson took caretaker charge, including back to back wins going into this game.


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Updated:

CALLUM ROBINSON IS A BIG DOUBT / BUT NOT A LONG TERM INJURY

No other new injuries


Mark Hudson:

Callum Robinson's injury:

"I think he got caught from behind just on the knee, swelled up straight away."

"He tried to run it off and he did last a bit longer than we initially thought. We will have to review that, hopefully that settles."


"On Monday we will see if the swelling has gone down and hopefully not serious."



TEAM NEWS:

Striker Kion Etete is back and fully fit


Rubin Colwill is out for a couple of weeks with a hip-flexor injury, Mark Hudson confirmed this week, while Isaak Davies, Ebou Adams and Jamilu Collins are all still out of action.

Romeo has injury to his ankle


Adams is training well

Mark Hudson:




Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

Not live on TV in the UK

The Opposition's Manager - Mark Robins

Robins has been in charge of Coventry City since 2017. In that time he has got them promoted from League Two to League One and then later promoted to the Championship.

He has also won the EFL Trophy during his time at Coventry.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Viktor Gyokeres scored 17 league goals last season and already has three in ten games this season.

Previous Meeting 

We beat Coventry in the Championship 2-0 at Cardiff City Stadium in February.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Allsop, Ng, Simpson, Kipre, Nkounkou, Wintle, Rinomhota, Ralls, O'Dowda, Harris, Robinson

Coventry City: Wilson, Dabo, Panzo, McFadzean, Doyle, Bidwell, Palmer, Allen, Sheaf, Walker, Gyokeres

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Wigan Athletic 1-3 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Cardiff City 1-1 Burnley

Coventry City 0-1 Burnley
Bristol City 0-0 Coventry City
Coventry City 1-0 Middlesbrough

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 11/8
Coventry City - 11/5
Draw - 2/1

Predictions

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TEAM NEWS:

Striker Kion Etete is back and fully fit


Rubin Colwill is out for a couple of weeks with a hip-flexor injury, Mark Hudson confirmed this week, while Isaak Davies, Ebou Adams and Jamilu Collins are all still out of action.

Romeo has injury to his ankle


Adams is training well

Mark Hudson:

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Mark Hudson:

Callum Robinson's injury:

"I think he got caught from behind just on the knee, swelled up straight away."

"He tried to run it off and he did last a bit longer than we initially thought. We will have to review that, hopefully that settles."


"On Monday we will see if the swelling has gone down and hopefully not serious."

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Updated:

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Updated:

CALLUM ROBINSON IS A BIG DOUBT / BUT NOT A LONG TERM INJURY

No other new injuries

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A must not lose game after the last few results of late - Time to put a set of results together in 5-6 games in a row .

What are the latest betting odds?

Cardiff City win - 23/20

Draw - 23/10

Coventry City win - 12/5

Cardiff City have won five of their last six home league matches against Coventry City (D1) since a 1-0 defeat in August 2007.



Coventry have won two of their last 13 league matches against Cardiff (D3 L8), winning at home in both the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.




Cardiff are unbeaten in their last three league games, winning the previous two (D1); they last won three in succession in February.



Coventry are winless in their last nine league away games (D6 L3) with goalless draws in each of their last two, they’ve never previously had three successive goalless draws on the road in the Football League.



Cardiff’s Callum Robinson has been involved in five goals in his last five league games )2 goals, 3 assists), including in each of the last three fixtures (2 goals, 1 assist), while he’s never scored or assisted in four consecutive Football League games before.

Cardiff City have won five of their last six home league matches against Coventry City (D1) since a 1-0 defeat in August 2007.



Coventry have won two of their last 13 league matches against Cardiff (D3 L8), winning at home in both the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.




Cardiff are unbeaten in their last three league games, winning the previous two (D1); they last won three in succession in February.



Coventry are winless in their last nine league away games (D6 L3) with goalless draws in each of their last two, they’ve never previously had three successive goalless draws on the road in the Football League.



Cardiff’s Callum Robinson has been involved in five goals in his last five league games )2 goals, 3 assists), including in each of the last three fixtures (2 goals, 1 assist), while he’s never scored or assisted in four consecutive Football League games before.

We are off.

Huge let off for Cardiff.

Groky over the bar with Allsop beaten

Coventry started brightly.

How did he miss that.

Cardiff getting into it now.

live stream is crap today guys. I'm missing quite a bit of the game.

live stream is crap today guys. I'm missing quite a bit of the game.

City tv or stream from somewhere else, not having any problem with city tv here.

Last 10 minutes belongs to Cardiff.

Robinson should have laid of to Ralls but went for goal which went side.

live stream is crap today guys. I'm missing quite a bit of the game.

City tv or stream from somewhere else, not having any problem with city tv here.

City TV

Coventry sub.

Youngster Doyle off for an experience player.

Game gone very quiet.

just got in what has the game been like

All Cardiff but not much of a threat.

corner to city

just got in what has the game been like

Very quiet but Cardiff mainly on the front foot.

0-1

Goal Coventry.

The response now will determine how good we really are

Come on City turn this around

he had a look red card all the way this ref has never been any good