LATEST NEWS " CARDIFF CITY v ARSENAL U21S " MATCH THREAD
Sat Nov 08, 2025 9:15 pm
CARDIFF CITY v ARSENAL U21s
Tuesday 11th November, 7.45pm
Vertu Trophy - Group Stage Match 3
Cardiff City Stadium
A reminder of the format - straight to penalties if it's level after 90 minutes. Three points for a win in 90 minutes and zero points for the loser. Or if it's a draw after 90 minutes, two points for winning the penalty shootout and one point for losing the penalty shootout.
Cardiff have to win to progress
But BBM has made it clear it will be mostly academy players playing, there are a lot of players missing because of international duty
About Arsenal U21s
Arsenal U21s play in the PL2 league.
They are 14th out of 29 in that league.
Like us, they have won one of their two games in this competition and will progress with a win.
Club Connections
None.
The Opposition's Manager
Max Porter is the manager of the Arsenal U21 team.
His playing career included time at Newport.
He has been involved in youth coaching at Arsenal since his retirement in 2019.
Opposition Dangerous Players
Charles Sagoe Junior has scored two goals in this competition.
He also has three goals in Premier League 2 this season.
Referee
Referee TBC.
Head To Head - last five meetings
There are obviously no previous meetings between our first team and Arsenal U21s.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups
BBM has made it clear that our team will mostly be made up of academy players.
Last Game
Focusing on this competition, we have beat Exeter and lost to Newport in our other two games.
Arsenal U21s beat Newport and lost to Exeter.
Match Odds
Cardiff City - TBC
Arsenal U21s - TBC
Draw - TBC
Predictions
Post your predictions below
Tuesday 11th November, 7.45pm
Vertu Trophy - Group Stage Match 3
Cardiff City Stadium
A reminder of the format - straight to penalties if it's level after 90 minutes. Three points for a win in 90 minutes and zero points for the loser. Or if it's a draw after 90 minutes, two points for winning the penalty shootout and one point for losing the penalty shootout.
Cardiff have to win to progress
But BBM has made it clear it will be mostly academy players playing, there are a lot of players missing because of international duty
About Arsenal U21s
Arsenal U21s play in the PL2 league.
They are 14th out of 29 in that league.
Like us, they have won one of their two games in this competition and will progress with a win.
Club Connections
None.
The Opposition's Manager
Max Porter is the manager of the Arsenal U21 team.
His playing career included time at Newport.
He has been involved in youth coaching at Arsenal since his retirement in 2019.
Opposition Dangerous Players
Charles Sagoe Junior has scored two goals in this competition.
He also has three goals in Premier League 2 this season.
Referee
Referee TBC.
Head To Head - last five meetings
There are obviously no previous meetings between our first team and Arsenal U21s.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups
BBM has made it clear that our team will mostly be made up of academy players.
Last Game
Focusing on this competition, we have beat Exeter and lost to Newport in our other two games.
Arsenal U21s beat Newport and lost to Exeter.
Match Odds
Cardiff City - TBC
Arsenal U21s - TBC
Draw - TBC
Predictions
Post your predictions below
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Re: LATEST NEWS " CARDIFF CITY v ARSENAL U21S " MATCH THREAD
Sat Nov 08, 2025 9:18 pm
I think that we'll lose this quite comfortably.
Re: LATEST NEWS " CARDIFF CITY v ARSENAL U21S " MATCH THREAD
Sat Nov 08, 2025 9:19 pm
As everyone can see, this is a much scaled back match thread.
That's down to the limited information available about Arsenal U21s and the expected limited interest in this game.
If we win and play another EFL team in the next round then there will be more detail for that match thread.
However, it is likely in my view that we will go out of this competition on Tuesday - mainly due to the type of team we are likely to select, going by BBM's comments.
That's down to the limited information available about Arsenal U21s and the expected limited interest in this game.
If we win and play another EFL team in the next round then there will be more detail for that match thread.
However, it is likely in my view that we will go out of this competition on Tuesday - mainly due to the type of team we are likely to select, going by BBM's comments.