Leicester v CARDIFF - OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD/TEAMS/PREDICTION

FULL TIME SCORE: LEICESTER CITY 0 - 1 CARDIFF CITY (BELLAMY 25')

Decent link here: http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/159967/ ... -city.html

Predictions for today? I'd take a point and I'll go for a 2-2 draw.

Teams announced:

Schmeichel, Konchesky, Morgan, Whitbread, De Laet, Drinkwater, King, Dyer, Vardy, Knockaert, Nugent

Subs: Logan, Moore, Lingard, James, Marshall, Waghorn, Futacs



Marshall, Connolly, Turner, Hudson, Taylor, Conway, Mutch, Whittingham, Kim, Helguson, Bellamy

Subs: McNaughton, Cowie, Gestede, Noone, Gunnarsson, Mason, Lewis


TEAM NEWS

Leicester striker Martyn Waghorn could return to the starting line-up after missing the last game having had his appendix removed.

Midfielder Ben Marshall could come back into the midfield.

Cardiff captain Mark Hudson is set to return for the visitors after serving a one-match suspension.

Midfielders Jordon Mutch and Aron Gunnarsson are pushing for recalls and Kadeem Harris nears full fitness after an ankle problem.


MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Leicester have won 20 of the 50 previous league matches against Cardiff, and the Bluebirds have prevailed in 18.

• The Foxes are vying for a fourth successive win in regular home league matches against Cardiff.

• Cardiff's last victory on Leicester turf was 1-0 in the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-final in May 2010, when Peter Whittingham scored the only goal.


Leicester City

• Fifth-placed Leicester have won one of their last four, and are still hunting a 1,000th victory in second level league football.

• The Foxes have the best defence in the Championship with 21 goals conceded in 22 games, and have kept eight clean sheets.

• Dave Nugent is looking to score his 100th goal in a regular league game.


Cardiff City

• High-flying Cardiff are vying for a 15th league win and a fifth away from home, having seen their 100% home record smashed by bottom-of-the-table Peterborough last weekend.

• That defeat brought an end to a six-match unbeaten run home and away, when 16 points were accrued, but victory here would give the Bluebirds their best half-way points total since three points were awarded for a win, and their best equivalent return for 53 years.

• For the past three years, the Bluebirds have gone into Christmas on the back of a league clash with Middlesbrough; the most recent two of which were lost.

Marshall
Connolly Turner Hudson Taylor
Conway Whitts Mutch Kim
Helguson Bellamy

Lewis
McNaughton
Cowie
Noone
Gunnarsson
Gestede
Mason

Why drop Noone?

3 games in a week, its what a squad is for

whats the leicester team?

whats the leicester team?

Just put it up there.

ffs noone has to play mun!

I thought Noone may be in for a rest, strong team.

noone was pretty bad last week, not the end of the world imo

we are hanging on a minute, leicester hit wood work three times in a minute

Target practice for Leicester at the moment.

How are we not losing?

watching the game on live stream were hanging on at the moment its one way traffic

YES

0-1

yeeeesssss Bellamy

Quality goal

Bellamy!

gooooooooooooooalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

what a strike

Would be a well timed result this going into boxing day.

Did say 3-0 so hope I'm right

On route to a biggie

anyone watching on vip? Commentator biased as f**k towards Leicester. Feel like swinging for him

Whitts has been poor so far

anyone watching on vip? Commentator biased as f**k towards Leicester. Feel like swinging for him

Do it.

We have definitely had the rub of the green today! It just doe-sent look like Leicester's day.

We must play our socks off second half and make this count!

HT 0-1.

Woodwork tested 3 times.

Riding out luck a bit, but still in front. Lets bust a gut second half and get these three points

anyone watching on vip? Commentator biased as f**k towards Leicester. Feel like swinging for him

Do it.

Oh I will, there will be no commentary in the 2nd half

Hope our marking improves Leicester are being left to run the game!

Milwall losing Middlesbrough drawing and Pererborough beating Bolton 2.0.