Saturday 8th August, 3pm
Carabao Cup First Round
Cardiff City Stadium
Strong City Team:
Apparently Lawlor and Rubin still carrying knocks
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BBM will be putting out a strong City Side
Pay on the day for both sets of Fans
If the score is level after 90 minutes, the match will go straight to penalties.
TV and streaming
Once again this season, every match in the Carabao Cup will be shown live on Sky Sports.
About Swindon Town
Swindon Town are currently in their fifth consecutive season in League Two, having been relegated from League One in 2021.
Last season they finished 9th.
They have played in the top tier, the last time being in the 1993/94 season.
Nicknamed the Robins, they have played their home games at The County Ground since 1896.
Club Connections
Paul Bodin made 75 league appearances for City and later went on to play for Swindon.
The Opposition's Manager
Ian Holloway was appointed Swindon manager in October 2024.
Holloway, who famously the managed the Blackpool team that beat us in the Championship play-off final, is managing his ninth club.
He has three promotions on his CV, including that promotion to the Premier League for Blackpool in 2010.
Opposition Dangerous Players
Aaron Drinan scored 22 goals last season for them.
Experienced striker Ollie Palmer joined them last summer and contributed eight league goals.
Referee
Gavin Ward will officiate this match.
He refereed 27 games last season, most of them in the Championship. He showed 83 yellow cards, an average of 3.07 per game.
He also showed three red cards and gave two penalties.
Head To Head - Last Five Meetings
We are unbeaten in the last five meetings, winning four of them.
This includes beating Swindon 2-1 in the First Round of this competition last season.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups
Difficult to predict teams for this game, as it's a cup game and obviously no recent competitive games to go off.
Last Game
We won our last pre-season friendly 4-1 against Roma.
In Swindon's last pre-season friendly, they also won 4-1 - against Forest Green.
Match Odds
Cardiff City - 1/3
Swindon Town - 7/1
Draw - 4/1
Predictions
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