MATCH THREAD: “ CARDIFF CITY v NEWPORT COUNTY " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v NEWPORT COUNTY
Tuesday 7th October, 7.45pm
Vertu Trophy Group Stage - Match 2
Cardiff City Stadium 


CARDIFF CITY v NEWPORT COUNTY.
Tuesday 7th October, ko 7:45pm.

EFL Trophy - Southern Group A,

Live on Sky Sports+



A reminder that if the scores are level at 90 minutes, a penalty shootout will take place with the winner getting two points instead of one.

It’s pay on the night

Isaak Davies and Rubin Colwill playing for Wales

Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio, Joel Colwill, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Dak Mafico, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Luey Giles are all away on international duty.

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About Newport County

Newport are in their 13th successive season in League Two, having been promoted from the National League in 2013.

Last season, they finished 22nd - one place outside the relegation zone.

They are currently bottom of League Two with five points from their 11 games.

Club Connections

There are obviously many players that have played for both teams.

David Hughes, their manager, used to be our U21 manager.

The Opposition's Manager

David Hughes was appointed Newport manager in May.

His only previous senior managerial experience was managing Barry Town between 2003 and 2004.

He went on to have youth coaching roles at Shrewsbury, Watford, Aston Villa and Southampton.

He spent two years as our Head of Academy before moving on to Manchester United.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Nathaniel Opoku is on loan from Leicester and highly rated.

Referee

Ollie Yates will take charge of this game.

He refereed 28 games last season, showing 123 yellow cards - am average of 4.39 cards per game. He also showed five red cards.

On Thursday, he refereed Rotherham v Bradford and showed eight yellow cards.

Head To Head - last five meetings 

In terms of competitive fixtures, each team have won two of the last five matches.

The last of these was in 1988.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Both teams are expected to make changes.

Last Game

We won 4-3 against Leyton Orient in the league on Saturday. In our first game in this competition, we won 1-0 at Exeter.

Newport lost 1-0 at home to Swindon in the league on Saturday. They lost their first game in this competition too, 2-1 at home to Arsenal U21s.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - TBC
Newport County - TBC
Draw - TBC

Predictions

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Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio, Joel Colwill, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Dak Mafico, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Luey Giles are all away on international duty.

Ashford would have been suspended anyway because of his red card in the win at Exeter.

Think we have to go strong for this one due to certain player criteria having to be met for this competion and players like mafico Giles nakhuywa who would all start being away with wales

Fixtures:


Tue Oct 7 Vertu Trophy Cardiff City v Newport County

Sat Oct 11 - Barnsley (A) PP


Sat Oct 18 Cardiff City v Reading

Sat Oct 25 Bolton Wanderers v Cardiff City 12.30pm, live on Sky Sports

Tue Oct 28 Live Sky 8pm League Cup 4th Rd Wrexham v Cardiff City







Sat Nov 8 - Blackpool (A)



Cardiff City v Arsenal U21 Tue November 11th, 7:45pm


Sat Nov 15 - Huddersfield Town (H)

Sat Nov 22 - Northampton Town (A)

Sat Nov 29 - Mansfield Town (H)



Tue Dec 9 - Stevenage (A)

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For me I would pick every Squad player who has hardly played including Alex Robertson

They should beat Newport without going in to 2nd gear and we don’t need injuries from this game:

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Cardiff win and a busy day for SWP

For me I would pick every Squad player who has hardly played including Alex Robertson

They should beat Newport without going in to 2nd gear and we don’t need injuries from this game:

Robertson is unavailable with all the others mentioned above, he's on international duty with Australia.

For me I would pick every Squad player who has hardly played including Alex Robertson

They should beat Newport without going in to 2nd gear and we don’t need injuries from this game:

Robertson is unavailable with all the others mentioned above, he's on international duty with Australia.

Oops I forgot thanks Ned

Enjoy Belfast

I would play salech and robbo after yesterday they look a good pair upfront and Kellyman as we haven't got a game next weekend

4 players who started Saturday have to start, goal keepers don't count lawler kapakio and Joel are away with Wales so 4 from the other 7 have to start Tuesday

Presume Michael Reindorf won't be allowed to play for them? Not that it would make much difference. He's having another poor loan. Not up to it.

4-0 Bluebirds

Plus now Rubin and Davies called up for Wales

Newport have sold their first allocation of 1,500 tickets for tomorrow nights game at CCS and received another 400 tickets last Friday.

Thats a good following from County considering how badly they are doing this season

Fair play to them

Thats a good following from County considering how badly they are doing this season

Fair play to them

Yes for a Mickey Mouse Cup

I’m going I thought we’d have sold a few more seen as been a while since we’ve played them. We should have enough to beat them despite the amount of players away on international duty

CARDIFF CITY v NEWPORT COUNTY.
Tuesday 7th October, ko 7:45pm.
EFL Trophy - Southern Group A,

Live on Sky Sports+

I’m going I thought we’d have sold a few more seen as been a while since we’ve played them. We should have enough to beat them despite the amount of players away on international duty

That’s what Newport have sold

Former Wales striker Iwan Roberts says "you have to start worrying" for David Hughes' future at Newport County as the Exiles' League Two struggles go on.

Newport slipped to the bottom of the table after defeat by Swindon Town on Saturday continued their dreadful run of form.

County fans aimed critical chants in the direction of chairman and owner Huw Jenkins during the Swindon loss, Newport's 10th in their past 11 games in all competitions.

Newport are back in action on Tuesday when they make the short trip to Cardiff City in the EFL Trophy (19:45 BST), before potentially key league games at 20th-placed Accrington Stanley next Saturday and at home to Cheltenham, who are 22nd, seven days later.

Roberts says he has concerns over the job security of Hughes, who left his role in Manchester United's academy in May to take the reins at Newport.

"Bottom of League two, five points from 11 games, one point in their last nine games, one win from their last 20 in League Two with no wins in 11 at Rodney Parade," Roberts told BBC Radio Cymru.

"They've got the worst defensive record in League Two and they've got two huge games coming up against Accrington Stanley away and then Cheltenham at Rodney Parade in two weeks' time.

"But you have to start worrying for Dave Hughes' job as Newport County manager."

Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy has criticised the scheduling of Tuesday's Welsh derby encounter with Newport County in the EFL Trophy (19:45 BST).



The Bluebirds will be without a host of players for the group stage game because it falls during an international window.
Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio, Isaak Davies and Joel and Rubin Colwill are with Wales for Thursday's friendly against England and next Monday's World Cup qualifier against Belgium in Cardiff.



Dakarai Mafico, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Luey Giles are away with the Wales Under-21 squad – as is Cian Ashford, though he is suspended for the Newport game anyway - while Alex Robertson has been called up by Australia for friendlies against Canada and the USA.


"It is a unique situation. I have a lot of experience of this competition and I have been a big advocate of the benefits of it," Cardiff head coach Barry-Murphy said.

"But I would say for me it doesn't make any sense that we are playing this game when the players who really would benefit from it – Dak Mafico, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa – are on international duty.

"Even the players below that in the [Cardiff] under-21s… we have loads of players with Wales Under-19s and Under-18s who cannot play. We have to assess who we have available and pick a team."




Cardiff began their EFL Trophy campaign with a 1-0 win at Exeter City last month, when Lawlor, Giles, Mafico, Nyakuhwa and Davies all started and Kpakio and Ashford featured as substitutes.

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Big day out for Newport this hence bringing their usual home attendance. On sky too, will they have more fans than us?

Newport missed a Sitter then

Cardiff City: Turner; Parfitt, Chambers(c), Fish, Spiers; Wintle, Turnbull; Kellyman, Perrett, Tankiewicz; Salech

Subs: Trott, Bagan, Donczew, Robinson, Keita, Kingdon, Apter

Newport County: Wright; Ogunneye, Jenkins, Baker(c), Davies; Antwi, Braybrooke, Whitmore; Spellman, Kamwa, Opoku

Subs: Macdonald, Evans, Brennan, Baker-Richardson, Thomas, Warner, Pugh

Perrett chases a really nice pass through the middle of the Newport defecnce.

Can't stop it running out to Wright.

Good work from Parfitt

Comes across to snuff out a through-ball for Opoku.

Not quite happening for Cardiff yet

Chambers curls a ball in looking for Salech.

Gets caught under his feet and Newport clear.

Newport sub

Ogunneye is making way for Thomas.

Looked to have been hurt going in for a challenge and it's an early blow for Newport.

Unlucky for Parfitt

Hits the gas and produces a really good run down the left.

Looks to get a cross away, but it's blocked.

Think it's come off him, however, as the decision is a goal kick.

All Newport so far.