LATEST NEWS ' CARDIFF CITY v FULHAM ' MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY V FULHAM
Championship
Saturday 10th January, 15:00
Cardiff City Stadium

TEAM NEWS - CardiffCity: Moore, Brayford, Malone, Turner, Morrison, Adeyemi, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Noone, Le Fondre, Jones.

Subs : Wilson, John, Ralls, Connolly, Kim, Harris and Revell.

" CARDIFF CITY WILL PLAY IN BLUE "

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Updated Daily ' CARDIFF CITY '

Not only will we be back in blue, after Vincent Tan agreed to the return to our traditional colours, we'll possibly hand debuts to two new players that Russ Slade brought in this week.

Left back Scott Malone and striker Alex Revell signed from Millwall and Rotherham respectively in the past 24 hours and both could debut.

David Marshall, Kenwyne Jones, Sean Morrison and Bruno Manga should all return, or is Manga away at the African Cup or nations?





New signing Scott Malone from Millwall is expected to feature v Fulham

Russell Slade has a strong squad to pick from and virtually a fully fit team.

Manga is away now for 4 weeks in the African Cup.

Anthony Pilkington is hoping to claim a place on the bench after recovering from his recent injury.

' FULHAM '

Fulham have Ryan Tunnicliffe and Alexander Kacaniklic available again after they returned from loan in the first half of the season with Blackburn and FC Copenhagen respectively.

Lasse Vigen Christensen has a hamstring problem that could see him join Tim Hoogland and Fernando Amorebieta in missing out.

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Possible Lineups

Cardiff City
1 Marshall
2 Brayford
5 Manga
36 Morrison
12 John
18 Adeyemi
7 Whittingham
17 Gunnarsson
11 Noone
10 Le Fondre
9 Jones

Fulham
40 Bettinelli
37 Grimmer
6 Bodurov
4 Hutchinson
3 Stafylidis
8 Parker
12 S Fofana
21 Christensen
16 Woodrow
44 McCormack
20 Rodallega


Preview

Last May saw both Cardiff City and Fulham relegated from the Premier League after dismal campaigns in the top-flight.

This Saturday, the two meet in the Championship at Cardiff City Stadium with both sides having made a right pig’s ear of their return to the second tier of English football.

After a shocking Christmas period, the Bluebirds welcome the Cottagers to the Welsh capital in 12th place with their opponents this weekend down in 17th, albeit just three points behind.

It’s hard to say who has had a worse six months or so out of the two clubs. Here, we compare how the underperforming sides have fared since relegation both on and off the pitch.

What's the current situation?

The two clubs go into this weekend's fixture in mid-table obscurity. With the squads available to either manager, it's undoubtedly a massive disappointment.

Both sides have had shocking Christmas periods, Fulham's 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday the only bright spot. Cardiff haven't won in the league since November 29 and shipped 13 goals in December as Watford, Brentford and Bournemouth handed them defeats.

How did we get here?

Just two points separated Cardiff and Fulham at the end of the 2013/14 Premier League season. Sadly, they finished six and four points adrift of survival respectively as the Bluebirds saw their dream return to the top-flight end in tears.

After taking over from the sacked Malky Mackay, former Manchester United hitman Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had little impact as manager as his side finished bottom of the pile.

A 4-0 away defeat to Sunderland was one of the final straws, with relegation confirmed in another reversal in the north east to Newcastle United.

Fulham fared little better, with well respected German boss Felix Magath failing to turn it around after a disastrous short-term spell in charge from Rene Meulensteen. Magath’s appointment made it three managers in one season for the Cottagers after Martin Jol had begun the campaign in charge.

Form - Last 6 Games

Cardiff

Cardiff City 2 - 4 Watford 28/12/2014
Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Cardiff City 26/12/2014
Cardiff City 2 - 3 Brentford 20/12/2014
Bournemouth 5 - 3 Cardiff City 13/12/2014
Cardiff City 0 - 0 Rotherham United 06/12/2014
Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff City 29/11/2014

Fulham

Fulham 0 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 29/12/2014
Bournemouth 2 - 0 Fulham 26/12/2014
Fulham 4 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday 20/12/2014
Leeds United 0 - 1 Fulham 13/12/2014
Fulham 0 - 5 Watford 05/12/2014
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 2 Fulham 29/11/2014

The Stats

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Cardiff

Cardiff have won 45%, drawn 15% and lost 40% of their last 20 home games.

In their last 20 home games against teams positioned in the bottom half of the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 6 and lost 4 of these matches.

In their last 20 home games against teams positioned below them in the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 9 and lost 1 of these matches.

Fulham

Fulham have won 20%, drawn 20% and lost 60% of their last 20 away games.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 17 of these matches.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned above them in the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 4 and lost 14 of these matches.

Last 5 meetings

11 Aug 1998 Fulham v Cardiff City L 2-1 Worthington Cup
18 Aug 1998 Cardiff City v Fulham L 1-2 Worthington Cup
28 Sep 2013 Fulham v Cardiff City W 1-2 Premier League
08 Mar 2014 Cardiff City v Fulham W 3-1 Premier League
30 Aug 2014 Fulham v Cardiff City D 1-1 League Championship

Match Odds

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Cardiff 6/5
Draw 12/5
Fulham 11/5

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City 2 -Fulham 1

2-0.

1 - 1

1-1. 20,565. (Proper crowd 14,000)

3-1

2-1 3 points!

1-1

2-0 Fulham ,scott parker to run the show unfortunately. I get the feeling Fulham are a lot better than their league position suggests

1-0 morrison

Get on it

2-0 Fulham ,scott parker to run the show unfortunately. I get the feeling Fulham are a lot better than their league position suggests

Agreed.

If Parker plays, we haven't got a hope in hell with the way our midfield have been playing!

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/830368/Preview/?

City to draw this 2-2

A good outcome Thursday could change our season if we get the news we're hoping for 3-1 city if not 1-1 19,000

City 3 Fulham 4 , 20,238. Goals galore.

Fulham have added Ryan Tunnicliffe and Alex Kacaniklic to the squad to face Cardiff on Saturday - but have ruled out Lasse Christensen.

Boss Kit Symons returns to the country he represented 36 times and a city he knows well, happy to have the two loanees back, but ruing the decision to play Christensen against Wolves in the FA Cup last weekend.

Even so, Kacaniklic is a way of match fitness according to Symons.

I suddenly started to feel positive again: 2-0!

Preview: Cardiff City vs. Fulham

By Barney Corkhill, Reporter

Last Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 22:36 UK
Cardiff City and Fulham will meet in South Wales this Saturday having found life difficult back in the second tier of English football so far.

Both teams were relegated from the Premier League last season and expected to challenge for an immediate return but, just after the halfway stage of the campaign, they sit nine and 12 points respectively off the playoffs.

It is Cardiff who are the closer of the two sides, although their renewed push for the top six came to a juddering halt at the end of 2014 as they picked up just two points from a possible 15 in December.
There was no shortage of entertainment for the fans, with 21 goals in their last four league games, but their lack of victories saw them drop to 12th in the table.

They did return to winning ways in the FA Cup, however, becoming the first team to book their spot in the fourth round with a 3-1 victory over Colchester United last Friday night.

It is the league that Russell Slade will be most interested in, however, and they are currently closer to the bottom three than they are to the playoffs.

Following a 100% start at home, Slade has now seen his side fall to consecutive league defeats in South Wales, conceding seven goals in the process, and the fans have made their feelings known recently.

The Bluebirds have moved to tighten things up at the back with the signing of Scott Malone from Millwall, and he could well make his debut for the club this weekend.

It is understood that Rotherham United striker Alex Revell is also close to a move, although his transfer may not go through in time to face Fulham.

The Cottagers have not been as busy during the January transfer window having undergone a huge overhaul of players in the summer.

That may well have contributed to their poor first half to the campaign, leaving them down in 17th place going into this weekend's match.

Things have improved slightly since Kit Symons was awarded the manager's job on a permanent basis, but they ended the year in disappointing fashion with back-to-back defeats.

They face a trip to Molineux on Tuesday for their FA Cup third-round replay against Wolverhampton Wanderers having only managed a goalless draw in the original tie last Saturday.

No team has conceded more goals away from home in the division than Fulham this season, but they have won two of their last three on the road to show signs of improvement.

Indeed, Fulham have now kept clean sheets in three of their last five outings, although they have also failed to score at the other end in their last three games.
Symons may not change his strikeforce despite that, though, with Hugo Rodallega and Ross McCormack expected to partner each other up front once again.

Cardiff:

Form in Championship: WDLLDL
Form in all competitions: DLLDLW

Possible starting lineup: Marshall; Brayford, Turner, Morrison, Malone; Adeyemi, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Noone; Jones, Le Fondre

Fulham:

Form in Championship: WLWWLL
Form in all competitions: LWWLLD

Possible starting lineup: Bettinelli; Grimmer, Hutchinson, Bodurov, Stafylidis; Ruiz, Parker, Williams, Christensen; Rodallega, McCormack

Sports Mole says: 2-1

7.0 to City!! And what a day it will be!

What will the atmosphere be like if it does get announced?.

New signing Scott Malone from Millwall is expected to feature v Fulham

Coming down from Llandrindod to watch this one, hopefully in blue

Hopefully a load more people turn up on the day.

Cardiff's season begins again on Saturday? That will be the hope against Fulham anyway. The confirmation of our return to our blue kit will certainly have a buzz in the stands at the Cardiff City Stadium again that can hopefully see an impact on the pitch.

Not only will we be back in blue, after Vincent Tan agreed to the return to our traditional colours, we'll possibly hand debuts to two new players that Russ Slade brought in this week.

Left back Scott Malone and striker Alex Revell signed from Millwall and Rotherham respectively in the past 24 hours and both could debut.

David Marshall, Kenwyne Jones, Sean Morrison and Bruno Manga should all return, or is Manga away at the African Cup or nations?

Fulham have Ryan Tunnicliffe and Alexander Kacaniklic available again after they returned from loan in the first half of the season with Blackburn and FC Copenhagen respectively.

Lasse Vigen Christensen has a hamstring problem that could see him join Tim Hoogland and Fernando Amorebieta in missing out.

The meeting in August at Craven Cottage ended in a 1-1 draw but we've not been beaten in out last three meetings with Fulham, last losing in 1998 in the League Cup. Extending this run with another draw, at least, will be the aims.

If the buzz from the stands can filter through to the players, who can be inspired enough, we'll surely win!

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Ive changed my prediction 2-1 city whitts and kenwyn

blue army ,blue army

Cardiff 2-2 Fulham. 25,950.

Bloooooooarmy

Cardiff's season begins again on Saturday? That will be the hope against Fulham anyway. The confirmation of our return to our blue kit will certainly have a buzz in the stands at the Cardiff City Stadium again that can hopefully see an impact on the pitch.

Not only will we be back in blue, after Vincent Tan agreed to the return to our traditional colours, we'll possibly hand debuts to two new players that Russ Slade brought in this week.

Left back Scott Malone and striker Alex Revell signed from Millwall and Rotherham respectively in the past 24 hours and both could debut.

David Marshall, Kenwyne Jones, Sean Morrison and Bruno Manga should all return, or is Manga away at the African Cup or nations?

Fulham have Ryan Tunnicliffe and Alexander Kacaniklic available again after they returned from loan in the first half of the season with Blackburn and FC Copenhagen respectively.

Lasse Vigen Christensen has a hamstring problem that could see him join Tim Hoogland and Fernando Amorebieta in missing out.

The meeting in August at Craven Cottage ended in a 1-1 draw but we've not been beaten in out last three meetings with Fulham, last losing in 1998 in the League Cup. Extending this run with another draw, at least, will be the aims.

If the buzz from the stands can filter through to the players, who can be inspired enough, we'll surely win!

2-1 City

10-0 city im in dreamland.
BLUEBIRDS