TEAM NEWS: " CARDIFF CITY v CHELSEA " MATCH THREAD
Sat Dec 13, 2025 8:00 pm
CARDIFF CITY v CHELSEA
Tuesday 16th December, 8pm
Carabao Cup Quarter Final
Cardiff City Stadium
Ronan Kpakio suspended
Omari Kellyman ineligible to play
BBM
“Generally we’ve got nothing to worry about, a few bumps and bruises.”
Injury update:
Osho out injured toe
Tanner back training and now progressing well
Rubin Colwill out till about April
Eli King out for the season
Tickets sold out
Live on Sky Sports Main Event
About Chelsea
Chelsea are having a decent but inconsistent season.
They are currently 4th in the Premier League at time of writing.
They also stand in 13th place in the Champions League, which is in the qualification spots for the play-off round.
They have beaten Lincoln and Wolves to get to this quarter final.
Club Connections
The biggest relevent link is between the two managers.
BBM and Maresca worked together at Manchester City and have maintained a close relationship.
The Opposition's Manager
Enzo Maresca has been Chelsea manager since June 2024.
Last season he led them to a fourth placed finish. He also won the Conference League and the Club World Cup.
Before that, he had spells as manager at Parma and Leicester. He also coached at Manchester City.
While at Leicester, he won the Championship title.
Opposition Dangerous Players
Chelsea will probably make plenty of changes for this game, but in terms of their squad - there are obviously quality players.
Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo, Estevao and Enzo Fernandez to name just four.
Referee
Tony Harrington will take charge of this game. He has refereed mostly in the Premier League this season, showing 31 yellow cards in ten games (3.1 per game) and two red cards.
Last season, he showed 115 yellows in 27 games (4.2 per game) and five red cards.
He has been a Select Group 1 referee since 2021, which is the highest category of referee in the PGMOL with 19 referees in that category.
Head To Head - Last Five Meetings
We have lost each of our last five games against Chelsea.
The last of these was a 2-1 defeat in the Premier League at CCS in 2019 - a game where Chelsea had a goal that was clearly offside given.
We haven't beaten Chelsea since 1961.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups
Cardiff City are likely to play their first team for a game of this magnitude. A strong team was played in the last round.
Chelsea are likely to play some fringe players.
Last Game
We won 4-3 at home to Doncaster in the league on Saturday. We beat Wrexham in the last round.
Chelsea won 2-0 at home to Everton in the league on Saturday. They beat Wolves in the last round.
Match Odds
Cardiff City - 9/1
Chelsea - 1/5
Draw - 6/1
Predictions
Post your predictions below
Tuesday 16th December, 8pm
Carabao Cup Quarter Final
Cardiff City Stadium
Ronan Kpakio suspended
Omari Kellyman ineligible to play
BBM
“Generally we’ve got nothing to worry about, a few bumps and bruises.”
Injury update:
Osho out injured toe
Tanner back training and now progressing well
Rubin Colwill out till about April
Eli King out for the season
Tickets sold out
Live on Sky Sports Main Event
About Chelsea
Chelsea are having a decent but inconsistent season.
They are currently 4th in the Premier League at time of writing.
They also stand in 13th place in the Champions League, which is in the qualification spots for the play-off round.
They have beaten Lincoln and Wolves to get to this quarter final.
Club Connections
The biggest relevent link is between the two managers.
BBM and Maresca worked together at Manchester City and have maintained a close relationship.
The Opposition's Manager
Enzo Maresca has been Chelsea manager since June 2024.
Last season he led them to a fourth placed finish. He also won the Conference League and the Club World Cup.
Before that, he had spells as manager at Parma and Leicester. He also coached at Manchester City.
While at Leicester, he won the Championship title.
Opposition Dangerous Players
Chelsea will probably make plenty of changes for this game, but in terms of their squad - there are obviously quality players.
Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo, Estevao and Enzo Fernandez to name just four.
Referee
Tony Harrington will take charge of this game. He has refereed mostly in the Premier League this season, showing 31 yellow cards in ten games (3.1 per game) and two red cards.
Last season, he showed 115 yellows in 27 games (4.2 per game) and five red cards.
He has been a Select Group 1 referee since 2021, which is the highest category of referee in the PGMOL with 19 referees in that category.
Head To Head - Last Five Meetings
We have lost each of our last five games against Chelsea.
The last of these was a 2-1 defeat in the Premier League at CCS in 2019 - a game where Chelsea had a goal that was clearly offside given.
We haven't beaten Chelsea since 1961.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups
Cardiff City are likely to play their first team for a game of this magnitude. A strong team was played in the last round.
Chelsea are likely to play some fringe players.
Last Game
We won 4-3 at home to Doncaster in the league on Saturday. We beat Wrexham in the last round.
Chelsea won 2-0 at home to Everton in the league on Saturday. They beat Wolves in the last round.
Match Odds
Cardiff City - 9/1
Chelsea - 1/5
Draw - 6/1
Predictions
Post your predictions below
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Re: LATEST NEWS " CARDIFF CITY v CHELSEA " MATCH THREAD
Sun Dec 14, 2025 1:05 am
I'm a Bluebird through and through this is a free hit for us let's give it 100% and who knows BELIEVE BLUBIRDS WE YDO THIS!!!
Re: TEAM NEWS: " CARDIFF CITY v CHELSEA " MATCH THREAD
Sun Dec 14, 2025 8:49 am
Ronan Kpakio suspended
Omari Kellyman ineligible to play
BBM
“Generally we’ve got nothing to worry about, a few bumps and bruises.”
Injury update:
Osho out injured toe
Tanner back training and now progressing well
Rubin Colwill out till about April
Eli King out for the season
Omari Kellyman ineligible to play
BBM
“Generally we’ve got nothing to worry about, a few bumps and bruises.”
Injury update:
Osho out injured toe
Tanner back training and now progressing well
Rubin Colwill out till about April
Eli King out for the season
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Re: TEAM NEWS: " CARDIFF CITY v CHELSEA " MATCH THREAD
Sun Dec 14, 2025 8:54 am
I fully expect us to be on a 3 or 4 nil loss in this game And that will not concern me if we continue play in the fashion we have . We are use to having the majority of the ball in every game we have played and this game we will not and that will be the issue. Our defence is not the strongest and I just can’t see us doing much against a top 6 premier team.
It is a free hit for us and I will just enjoy the game and support the lads
It is a free hit for us and I will just enjoy the game and support the lads
Re: TEAM NEWS: " CARDIFF CITY v CHELSEA " MATCH THREAD
Sun Dec 14, 2025 11:34 am
Abergavenny wrote:I fully expect us to be on a 3 or 4 nil loss in this game And that will not concern me if we continue play in the fashion we have . We are use to having the majority of the ball in every game we have played and this game we will not and that will be the issue. Our defence is not the strongest and I just can’t see us doing much against a top 6 premier team.
It is a free hit for us and I will just enjoy the game and support the lads
I totally agree with this. We are a team that have the ball a lot so going into a game where we almost certainly won't against much better opposition, means it will be tough.
Whatever team Chelsea put out, they will have far much too much quality for us obviously.
Treating it as a bonus game, but a chance for our players to test themselves against a top four Premier League team.