TEAM NEWS: “ STEVENAGE v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

STEVENAGE v CARDIFF CITY
Tuesday 9th December, 7.45pm
Sky Bet League One - Match 18
Lamex Stadium 



Cardiff have Sold their Away Allocation of Over 1,300




Injury update:

Osho out injured toe

Tanner back training

Rubin Colwill out till about April

Eli King out for the season







About Stevenage

Stevenage are now in their third successive season in League One, having been promoted from League Two in 2023.

Last season they finished 14th.

Going into this game, they are 3rd.

In 2010, they changed their name from Stevenage Borough to simply Stevenage.

Club Connections

Alex Revell made 26 appearances for us as a player.

He is now Stevenage manager.

The Opposition's Manager

Alex Revell was re-appointed Stevenage manager for his second spell in April 2024.

He previously was in charge from February 2020 to November 2021. He has not managed another team.

As a player, he made nearly 600 league appearances - including for us.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Charlie Goode is one of the best performing players in League One this season.

Jamie Reid has six league goals this season.

Referee

James Oldham will take charge of this game. This is his first League One game of the season, having refereed in League Two and the National League up to now.

This season, he has showed 51 yellow cards across 11 games - an average of 4.6 per game. He's sent two players off.

Last season, he gave 87 yellow cards in 20 games - an average of 4.3 per game. He showed eight red cards.

Head To Head - Last Five Meetings

As far as I can see, this is our first ever game against Stevenage. 

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Stevenage: Marschall, James-Wildin, Goode, Sweeney, Freestone, Earley, Phillips, White, Kemp, Ahadme, Reid

Cardiff City: Trott, Ng, Fish, Lawlor, Bagan, Wintle, Turnbull, Kellyman, Ashford, Willock, Salech

Last Game

We won 3-2 at home to Huddersfield on Saturday.

Stevenage didn't have a league game at the weekend and were out the FA Cup so had the weekend off. They drew their last league game, 0-0 away at Wigan.

Match Odds

Stevenage - 7/5
Cardiff City - 9/5
Draw - 2/1

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

Stevenage,s strength is there defence only 11 goals conceded this season, this game goes one of two ways in my opinion they beat us 1-0 or we score early and force them to have to Come out of there low block and attack and we beat them by 3 or 4

3 points there would be massive for us and really start to create the gap, I would be happy with a draw there and as long as we dont lose then happy days

Arguably our biggest game of the season so far

Stevenage,s strength is there defence only 11 goals conceded this season, this game goes one of two ways in my opinion they beat us 1-0 or we score early and force them to have to Come out of there low block and attack and we beat them by 3 or 4

I don't particularly fancy us for this reason. We dominated at Blackpool and the Burton game, over committed and got hit on the break.

Would take a draw and fancy a 1-1

My worry is the Ref. his first L1 game, and his cards so far!

Would be very happy with a draw. Stops them winning a home game and keeps the gap between us and them (although they have a game in hand).

A win would be brilliant.

My worry is the Ref. his first L1 game, and his cards so far!

Couldn't believe it when I saw he sent eight players off in 20 games last season.

This game has nil nil written all over it.

Time to kick on get at them from the start a 0-2 win for the BLUEBIRDS!!

Cardiff have Sold their Away Allocation of Over 1,300

Injury update:

Osho out injured toe

Tanner back training

Rubin Colwill out till about April

Eli King out for the season

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FIXTURES:



Tue Dec 9 Stevenage v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support

Sat Dec 13 Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers Crowd Away Support


Tuesday Dec 16 Live ITV 8pm League Cup 5th Rd Cardiff City v Chelsea Crowd Away Support 3,000


Sat Dec 20 Lincoln City v Cardiff City

Fri Dec 26 Cardiff City v Exeter City

Mon Dec 29 Cardiff City v Stevenage




Thur Jan 1 Wycombe Wanderers (A) - 3pm, live on Sky Sports

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