MATCH THREAD ' CARDIFF CITY v WIGAN ATHLETIC ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v WIGAN ATHLETIC

TUESDAY AUGUST 19th 2014 7.45pm Kick Off

Cardiff Team :

Marshall, Brayford, Morrison, Connolly, Fabio, Daehli, Adeyemi, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Jones, Maynard.


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' CARDIFF CITY '

' UPDATED '

Tuesday 19th Aug 2014


' Sean Morrison and Anthony Pilkington '

Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed both will be in his squad and he will decide today if they will start.

Pilkington, a winger who will play out near the touchline, looks likely to start, while Solskjaer must decide whether to call up Morrison, his £3m signing from Reading at the back even though Matt Connolly and Mark Hudson have been in outstanding form.

“The way we have been defending it’s difficult to leave out either Matt or Mark, but we’ll see who is freshest, who is ready,” said Solskjaer.

“Both Sean and Anthony will be in the squad and I’ll make final decisions on the team at the right time.”

City also have Federico Macheda, Kagisho Dikgacoi and Javi Guerra fit again after injuries for this clash with Wigan, who dumped Cardiff out of the FA Cup last season.




Updated

MONDAY 18th August 2014

Solskjaer “Ben Turner has had his ankle surgery and it’s likely we won’t see him until November. He’s a big lad and when he goes over on an ankle and stays down you worry. The next day he looked fine and walked on it, but he looked too good. Now he’s had his operation. He has been fantastic and is a great personality to have around the dressing room. This is a big blow for him and a devastating blow for us. Ben knows this league more than most and I was looking to have him out there as a leader, but he’ll come back.

“Kagisho Dikgacoi won’t be ready for the Wigan match, but we are hoping he could be available against Wolves. Javi Guerra is training, but just wasn’t match fit to be involved against Coventry, while Federico Macheda is training, but has been out for a longer period.

“We have Juan Cala back from suspension.”



Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and new signing Sean Morrison have both looked ahead to tomorrow's game against Wigan Athletic and the aim is successive victories.

Ole said that we go into the game in good confidence and a strong belief we can win, but we certainly won't underestimate the threat they can pose.

'It's important to pick up points in every game we play, but we are aware that Tuesday's game with Wigan will be a different test to what we've faced in our opening two Championship games. Tactically, Wigan will be different to Blackburn and Huddersfield, so there will be re-adjustments in that respect.'

Ole goes on to say that having faced them in the FA Cup last season and with the result not going our way, clearly we know they are a good side and Uwe Rosler is a good friend of his so he knows he'll have the team up for the game, but equally he knows we'll be ready as well.

Ole went on to confirm that Craig Noone and Ben Turner remain ruled out for the game, but we do now have Anthony Pilkington and Sean Morrison available, and they have been joined by Federico Macheda, Kagisho Dikgacoi and Javi Guerra who all seem to have overcome the injuries they picked up.

Defender Morrison actually played against Wigan on the opening day of this season for his former club Reading, and he's said that maybe he can bring a bit of insight for us having had that experience.



Injured

Craig Noone starts training in a weeks time.
Ben Turner out till November.

Kagisho Dikgacoi is still not fully fit.

Both Noone and Dikgacoi hope to be fit ready for Fulham.



' WIGAN ATHLETIC '

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POSSIBLE CARDIFF CITY LINE UP

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POSSIBLE WIGAN ATHLETIC LINE UP

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CARDIFF CITY NEWS
Anthony Pilkington will be eligible to play, if fit, for this game, his paperwork was not completed in time for him to be available for selection against Huddersfield Town.


WIGAN ATHLETIC NEWS
Don Cowie and Andrew Taylor are both expected to appear against their former employers.

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I will go for City 4 Wigan 1 (Wigan on poor run)

Guess the crowd 19,500

City 2 Wigan 1

20,780

2:2 City players still trying to find feet with knew team players

Interesting to see how Pilkington does up against Taylor on the wing, likewise Adeyemi up against Cowie in midfield.

2-0 to City!!!

ATT: 20,935

2-2 21,821

Going to be a hard game as wigan are a decent team but i think

2-1 Cardiff
Attendance 19,500

1-0 city

19,800

2-1 cardiff

att:21,323

4-2 home win.

Cardiff 1-0 Wigan

Cardiff 3-1 Wigan
18,973

I predict a shit atmosphere

Interesting to see how Pilkington does up against Taylor on the wing, likewise Adeyemi up against Cowie in midfield.

Two pluses for a start

City 3 City rejects 1

19367

Pilkington, Morrison and guerra all start .......

I'll go 4-2 City

2-2 at half

Preview: Cardiff City vs. Wigan Athletic


By Sian Cowper, Reporter
Filed: Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 16:07 UK

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Two of the favourites for promotion from the Championship this season go head-to-head on Tuesday evening when Wigan Athletic travel to Cardiff City.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side are unbeaten following their first two games and sit third in the table, while Wigan are yet to record a win.

The home side will be without Ben Turner after he underwent ankle surgery last week, ruling him out for up to three months.

However, Javi Guerra could be in line for his first start for the club after playing 20 minutes in the 3-1 win over Huddersfield Town on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Uwe Rosler will be hoping that his side can recover from a 2-1 defeat to Charlton Athletic at the weekend.

The 2013 FA Cup winners have reported no fresh injuries following their trip to The Valley, so could name an unchanged side.

When the two sides met in the FA Cup earlier this year, Wigan secured a 2-1 win over the then-Premier League side at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Recent form

Cardiff: DW

Wigan: DL

Possible starting lineups

Cardiff: Marshall, Brayford, Fabio, Adeyemi, Hudson, Connolly, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Guerra, Le Fondre, Eikrem

Wigan: Carson, Perch, Taylor, McArthur, Ramis, Kiernan, Huws, Cowie, Maloney, Fortune, McManaman

Another 3-1 Win. K. Jones, Kim & Pilkington with the goals!

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Another 3-1 Win. K. Jones, Kim & Pilkington with the goals!

Great picture

My gut says 1 - 1, but I'll go for my heart:

CCFC 2 - 0 Wigan (Guerra 17,30)!!

2-0 to the Booobirds
(King Ken and Whits pen
att - 20,012)

I will go for City 4 Wigan 1 (Wigan on poor run)

Guess the crowd 19,500

That's a bold prediction Annis lol, hope your right though

Cardiff city 3 - 2 Wigan
Alf, Guerra and Daelhi

Att: 18.877

I will go for City 4 Wigan 1 (Wigan on poor run)

Guess the crowd 19,500

That's a bold prediction Annis lol, hope your right though

Julres I'm feeling very positive

0-2

18,739

Have a feeling Wigan is overrated. 3 - 0.

If we play like we did in the second half yesterday...

Cardiff 4-0 Wigan
19,894

How much is it on the night?

i think 3-1 also because we will concede most probally