LATEST NEWS " CARDIFF CITY v AFC WIMBLEDON " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v AFC WIMBLEDON
Tuesday 17th February, 7.45pm
Sky Bet League One - Match 32
Cardiff City Stadium 



Pay on the Night for Both Sets of Fans



BBM:

Ryan Wintle returns after his one match ban.

BBM:

"Yousef' has seen a specialist on his injury and he's making really good progress but no timescale on his return.”


“Isaak Davies had concussion and is being monitored.”

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About AFC Wimbledon

AFC Wimbledon were formed in 2002 as a phoenix club, following the scandalous approval to move the original club to Milton Keynes.

They were first promoted to League One in 2016 and stayed there for six years before relegation in 2022. They returned last season to the third tier.

They are currently 15th with 39 points from 30 games.

Club Connections

Neal Ardley, who played for us and coached our academy, spent six years at Wimbledon between 2012 and 2018.

In that time, he took them to the third tier for the first time in their history. He was also in charge for both their first game and first win against MK Dons.

The Opposition's Manager

Johnnie Jackson was appointed Wimbledon manager in May 2022.

Last season, he guided them back to League One via the play-offs.

He also had a spell in charge of Charlton.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Marcus Browne has eleven league goals this season.

Steve Seddon has been a consistent high performer in defence for them.

Referee

Simon Mather will take charge of this game.

He has refereed 24 games this season, showing 79 yellow cards - an average of 3.3 per game. He hasn't sent any player off.

This is the second Cardiff City game he's taken charge of this season, with the other being our 1-1 draw at Stockport in September.

Head To Head - Last Five Meetings

We have only had three previous meetings with AFC Wimbledon. The first was back in 2015 when we beat them in the EFL Cup.

The other two were this season - we won away there in the league and lost at home to them in the Vertu Trophy.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Trott, Ng, Osho, Chambers, Bagan, Robertson, Colwill, Turnbull, Tanner, Willock, Kellyman

AFC Wimbledon: Bishop, Tilley, Ogundere, Johnson, Seddon, Nkeng, Maycock, Smith, Hippolyte, Browne, Bugiel

Last Game

We won 3-1 at home to Luton on Saturday.

On the same day, AFC Wimbledon drew 3-3 at Barnsley.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 1/2
AFC Wimbledon - 5/1
Draw - 3/1

Predictions

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I am more worried about this game than the Luton match, Wimbledon will come and be very direct and physical, I'm interested to see how the false 9 goes in this one as its the type of game Ive been thinking we could struggle without Salech, if we pass this test with flying colours then I'll be a lot more relaxed if Salech is out for longer than expected

Night under the lights and we put them to the sword. 4-0 City

We were very lucky in the away game against them. Expecting them to sit in frustrate us and play a very physical game

Nearly had a heart attack when I saw the ref is the one from the stockport game until I seen it was the away game haha

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Tue Feb 17 Cardiff City v AFC Wimbledon Crowd Away Support

Sat Feb 21 12:30pm Plymouth Argyle v Cardiff City Live Sky Tv Crowd Away Support

Sat Feb 28 Doncaster Rovers (A) Crowd Away Support






Sat Mar 7 Sky 12:30pm Cardiff City v Lincoln City

Tue Mar 10 Barnsley (A)

Sat Mar 14 Exeter City (A)

Tue Mar 17 Wycombe Wanderers (H)

Sat Mar 21 Blackpool (H)

Sat Mar 28 Huddersfield Town (A)



Fri Apr 3 Port Vale (H)

Mon Apr 6 Peterborough United (A)

Sat Apr 11 Bolton Wanderers (H)

Sat Apr 18 Reading (A)

Sat Apr 25 Northampton Town (H)



Sat May 2 Mansfield Town v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support

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Pay on the Night for Both Sets of Fans

BBM:

Ryan Wintle returns after his one match ban.

BBM:

"Yousef' has seen a specialist on his injury and he's making really good progress but no timescale on his return.”


“Isaak Davies had concussion and is being monitored.”

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Always had a bit of a soft spot for Wimbledon because of the scandalous decision to move the original club to Milton Keynes.

Good to see them away from the relegation picture at the moment.

But hopefully we can get another home win after yesterday's great result.

I've gone for a city win but this will be a tough game

I think on the face of it you’d want Salech to be there to help with the strength they’ll have at the back, but on second thought, they would expect that challenge and have prepared for it.

How we currently play without him, is more about movement and pockets of space, I’m a big fan of his but we have another way of playing when he’s missing, and Kellyman does seem to have the knack to nip in behind.

I think against these big lumpers of centre backs the type of player they’ll least look forward to is Kellyman/Robinson/Davies. They’re well equipped to play the muscle game, less for the mobile forwards