MATCHWATCH : Cardiff City (a)

[Sutekh]

Who : Cardiff City
Where : Cardiff City Stadium (just across the road from where Ninian Park was)
When : Saturday 7th November, 3pm
Why : If it wasn’t Cardiff it’d be somewhere else

Cardiff City’s last 3 HOME games in the league

26 Sep 2015 > Charlton Athletic, won 2-1
20 Oct 2015 > Middlesbrough, won 1-0
26 Oct 2015 > Bristol City, drew 0-0

Cardiff City last line up

03 November 2015 > Leeds United (a), L 1-0

Marshall
Peltier
Morrison
Connolly
Malone
Noone (Ameobi)
Gunnarsson
Whittingham (Pilkington)
Ralls
Mason
Revell (Jones)

Subs

Jones
John
Pilkington
Tamas
Moore
Ameobi
O’Keefe

League History for Cardiff City v Reading

Pld - 26 W - 7 D - 7 L - 12 F -33 A – 51

First League Meeting

Fri 18th April 1930 at Ninian Park, L 2-1

Last League Meeting

Sat 4 April 2015 at the Madejski Stadium, D 1-1

Last Time Away in the League

Fri 21 November 2014, L 2-1

Other Games at Cardiff City

Pld - 7 W - 3 D - 1 L - 3 F – 10 A – 15

Comments

Cardiff's Brazilian full back Fabio will miss the game through injury as will Idriss Saadi. Kagisho Dikgacoi is doubtful and Peter Whittingham is suspended. However Kenwynne Jones has just returned from injury.

Cardiff are currently finding it difficult to score with just an own goal to show for their efforts in the last 535 minutes of football. However they are equally very difficult to score against.

Reading have never won a league game at the Cardiff City Stadium and have failed to win any of their last 5 league visits to Cardiff (D3, L2).

Between 1947 and 1982 Reading did not play any league games against Cardiff City

Reading have not lost at Cardiff in any FA Cup game but have lost both League Cup games played there in the 60s by 10-2 on aggregate.

Previous Match Highlights

21 Nov 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tN6zGzUxzg

02 Jan 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9STqiTo6yY

01 Feb 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6bHZpDyx-Q

Player/Management Links

Adam LeFondre
Sean Morrison
Matthew Connolly
Andy Legg
Jason Bowen
Jobi McAnuff

And er… Robin Friday (sing along below)

None too Shabby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIEG1OGy1Bs

Punk rock uproar!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVf3iIDgkk

The 253 Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiDvRnccOuU

[CountryRoyal]

Wittingham being suspended is a bonus, he is always immense against us.

[tidus_mi2]

Oh for the 106 season where we put 5 past them home and away!

[MoorgateRoyal]

I am quite confident about this game.

We were poor at Fulham after being comfortable. We were OK against a solid Brighton and got a fair point, and although I admit I didn't go, it sounded like we were awful on Tuesday night, although at least we got a point.

But, I think that we will be there or thereabouts this season. Of course, we won't win every game and we will see some poor results, but I can see this game being the reaction to some poor performances and results. There should be a large away following and I think we will nick it by the odd goal.

Our run of wins earlier in the season has given a few fans possibly unrealistically high expectations, but I think we will find enough to get a result here, and could kick on from it quite nicely.

[floyd__streete]

Cardiff 4-1 Reading.

The disastrous slump continues.

[MoorgateRoyal]

Cardiff 4-1 Reading.

The disastrous slump continues.

And you tug yourself into oblivion.

[sandman]

^

Try not to quote him.

[Warfield North Stand]

If you read CCMB, then they seem to think they are pretty awful. Away win. I'm going. Good day out.