' TONIGHTS TEAM: CARDIFF CITY v NEWCASTLE ' UPDATED DAILY

CARDIFF CITY v NEWCASTLE UNITED
Championship
Friday 28 April, 19:45
Cardiff City Stadium

" UPDATED DAILY "


Cardiff: McGregor, Richards, Bennett, Morrison, Manga, Halford, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Hoilett, K Harris, Zohore.



Cardiff subs: Murphy, Peltier, Connolly, Ralls, Noone, Pilkington, Lambert.



29/04/17

' NEIL WARNOCK INJURY UPDATE FOR TONIGHTS GAME '

Neil Warnock's men will want to prove they are promotion candidates for next season with an impressive performance against Rafa Benitez's side.

Cardiff CityCentre-back Sol Bamba will miss the clash along with long-term absentee Rhys Healey, but Warnock is set to be boosted by the return of the likes of goalkeeper Allan McGregor and star striker Kenneth Zohore who both missed the 0-0 draw with Wigan at the DW Stadium through illness.




28/04/17

Newcastle had a late surge of sales and it's now near 5,000 Sold


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Newcastle have sold 4,500 tickets.

Newcastle have put their 6,000 tickets on general sale.

Rickie Lambert will be in the match day squad but is not fully fit.

Kenneth Zohore is well and fit

Peter Whittingham will be playing.

27/04/17

The latest injury news

Neil Warnock:

"McGregor actually trained yesterday, he’ll want to be on the telly, won’t he? I think everyone will want to play in this game, nobody will be injured.”





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6,000 NEWCASTLE FANS COMING


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Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

1 McGregor
16 Connolly
4 Morrison
5 Ecuele Manga
3 Bennett
17 Gunnarsson
11 Noone
31 M Harris
8 Ralls
24 K Harris


Newcastle

26 Darlow
22 Yedlin
6 Lascelles
5 Hanley
3 Dummett
30 Atsu
12 Shelvey
14 Hayden
11 Ritchie
15 Diamé
33 Murphy


The Opposition



Newcastle

Full name: Newcastle United Football Club
Nicknames: The Magpies, Geordies, Toon
Founded: 9 December 1892; 123 years ago
Ground: St James' Park
Capacity: 52,354
Owner: Mike Ashley
Managing Director: Lee Charnley
Manager: Rafael Benítez
League: Championship

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Following the club's most recent relegation from the top-flight during the 2015–16 season, Newcastle returned to the Football League's 2nd tier, the Championship, for the 2016–17 campaign. Newcastle United was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, ever since. The ground was developed into an all-seater stadium in the mid-1990s and now has a capacity of 52,354.The club has been a member of the Premier League for all but two years of the competition's history, and has never dropped below English football's second tier since joining the Football League in 1893. The club has been owned by Mike Ashley since 2007, succeeding long term chairman and owner Sir John Hall.

They have won four League Championship titles, six FA Cups and a Charity Shield, as well as the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Newcastle United has the ninth highest total of trophies won by an English club. The club's most successful period was between 1904 and 1910, when they won an FA Cup and three of their First Division titles. The club is the seventeenth richest club in the world in terms of annual revenue, generating €169.3m in 2015. Historically, Newcastle's highest placing was in 1999 when they were the fifth richest in the world, and second in England only behind Manchester United. The club were highly successful in the Premier League in the 1990s and early 2000s, but have been mostly struggling since the 2006–07 season, and were relegated in 2009 and 2016.

They have a fierce local rivalry with Sunderland, and the two clubs have engaged in the Tyne–Wear derby since 1898. Furthermore, are also rivals with Middlesbrough and engage in the Tyne-Tees derby. The club's traditional kit colours are black and white striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. Their traditional crest takes elements of the city coat of arms, which features two grey seahorses.


2016/17 Results

Cardiff

SAT 22 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Wigan 0 - 0 Cardiff City
MON 17 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
FRI 14 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Sheff Wed 1 - 0 Cardiff
SAT 8 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 2 - 1 Brentford


Newcastle

MON 17 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Newcastle United
FRI 14 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Newcastle United 1 - 1 Leeds United
SAT 8 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Newcastle United
WED 5 APR 2017 - CHAMPIONSHIP Newcastle United 1 - 0 Burton Albion


Recent meetings

2016/2017 Sat 05 Nov Newcastle United 2 - 1 Cardiff City League
2013/2014 Sat 03 May Newcastle United 3 - 0 Cardiff City League
2013/2014 Sat 04 Jan Newcastle United 1 - 2 Cardiff City F.A. Cup
2013/2014 Sat 05 Oct Cardiff City 1 - 2 Newcastle United League
2009/2010 Fri 05 Feb Newcastle United 5 - 1 Cardiff City League


Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 3/1
Draw 27/10
Newcastle 1/1


Tickets

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated inthe Grandstand, next to Corporate Entrance 2.

Alternatively, you can call the Stadium Ticket Office on 0845 345 1400. The Ticket Office is open from 9am to 5:30pm on Monday to Friday, and 9am to 3pm on non match-day Saturdays.

The easiest way is to book online - http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity


Guess the Score / Attendance

Post your predicted score/attendance below

2-1 City.

City 3 Newcastle 2

With 6/7,000 geordies coming down Friday night we need a big turn out for our last home game of the season, let's ruin their promotion party or put it on hold!! Get behind the boys and get the CCS bouncing

With 6/7,000 geordies coming down Friday night we need a big turn out for our last home game of the season, let's ruin their promotion party or put it on hold!! Get behind the boys and get the CCS bouncing

But if they win tonight then they're up. Friday will be like a party for them down here. I'll go 2-2.

Newcastle 4-1 Preston
Yes please go on the piss...

4-0 to ncastle now they are promoted

3-3
Just fancy an open game and the odds will be decent.
Few beers beforehand and a curry in the Star of Wales after,should be an enjoyable Friday nite.

City 2-1 Zohore and Whitts

2-2

Newcastle 3-1.

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Newcastle have put their 6,000 tickets on general sale.

Newcastle United vs. Cardiff City preview

Geordie Blogg

Thursday 27th April 2017

In their first match since clinching promotion, Newcastle United will travel to face Cardiff City.

Thankfully Toon Army, the match tomorrow against Cardiff City does not impact if Newcastle United get promoted. It feels very nice to say that. If Newcastle United can win, there will be one big thing still up for grabs: the league title.


Newcastle would need to win both of their remaining matches, with Brighton not winning either of their final two. The match with Cardiff is their first time out since the promotion, and we are likely to see some younger players mixed in to the usual lineup.

The previous Sky Bet Championship match up of these two clubs this season was won by Newcastle United, 2-1 at St. James’ Park, in November.



Nothing is at stake for Cardiff City. They sit right at the middle of the table, 13th place, with 59 points. Kenneth Zohore leads the Bluebirds with 11 league goals this season. Another notable player on their roster is Aron Gunnarsson, who captained Iceland to an exciting run in Euro 2016.

The match kicks off at 7:45pm GMT, from Cardiff City Stadium. This is the final road fixture of the year for Newcastle United

' UPDATE ON NEWCASTLE FANS COMING TO CARDIFF '

Newcastle originally asked if they could have up to 10,000 tickets.

Cardiff City bent over backwards for the Geordie Club and even moved Cardiff season ticket holders to accommodate them.

Cardiff City then were able to arrange for Newcastle to have 6,000 tickets and sent them to Newcastle.

Newcastle put them on sale to Season ticket holders and Members but could only sell about 3,500, so they then put them on general sale which they are still currently are.

Cardiff City officials have now confirmed that the visitors are expected to have between 4,000 and 4,500 supporters at the match against the Bluebirds tomorrow night.


' THE BIG MATCH THIS FRIDAY NIGHT '

Newcastle United already promoted to the Premier League and now challenging for the 2017 Championship.


' CARDIFF CITY V NEWCASTLE UNITED FRIDAY 28TH APRIL 7.45PM '

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PETER WHITTINGHAM, IS THIS HIS LAST MATCH AT THE CARDIFF CITY STADIUM,FOR THE BLUEBIRDS?

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The latest injury news

Neil Warnock:

"McGregor actually trained yesterday, he’ll want to be on the telly, won’t he? I think everyone will want to play in this game, nobody will be injured.”

Is the Newcastle match a barometer?


NEIL WARNOCK:

"I don’t think I need this game to be a barometer. Since I’ve been here I don’t think there’s been one game we couldn’t have won."

'I look at differences in other teams, we had a period of sloppy goals, we had a period of mistakes at the back, and a period of not being able to score. Those three things, if we can improve on those, which I think we can, there are a lot more points we could have had this season, let alone next. "

"It’s about tidying up our own house, putting our own house in order. I will imagine we’ll be mid-table bookies wise next year because there will be some big teams, big clubs, and it will be difficult to get into that top area but that’s what we’ve got to strive for – first of all to get into that top 10, then the top six. That’s why I’m here, to have an opportunity like that."

Newcastle were still trying to sell their tickets today,advertising them all over, No memberships needed,

Newcastle had a late surge of sales and it's now near 5,000 Sold

Newcastle promoted to Premier League on Monday

Magpies four points behind leaders Brighton

Cardiff win would make Brighton champions

' NEIL WARNOCK INJURY UPDATE FOR TONIGHTS GAME '

Neil Warnock's men will want to prove they are promotion candidates for next season with an impressive performance against Rafa Benitez's side.

Cardiff CityCentre-back Sol Bamba will miss the clash along with long-term absentee Rhys Healey, but Warnock is set to be boosted by the return of the likes of goalkeeper Allan McGregor and star striker Kenneth Zohore who both missed the 0-0 draw with Wigan at the DW Stadium through illness.

TABLE: This is how the top of the @SkyBetChamp table looks ahead of tonight's game in Cardiff.

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Dwight Gayle is already sidelined with injury and Jesus Gamez is struggling with an issue of his own, so speaking to the Official Site in his pre game conference - whilst avoiding all talk of off pitch developments at the club this week -


Benitez explained that Vurnon Anita, Grant Hanley, Jamaal Lascelles and Matt Ritchie will need a rest having 'little problems' of their own.

Over 22,000 already sold for tonight. Arrive early for collections/ticket purchases

' THE ACTUAL CROWD TONIGHT AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM
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Cardiff City host newly-promoted Newcastle United in their final home game of the Championship season tonight.

The Magpies will be looking to secure all three points to keep alive their hopes of securing the title while the Bluebirds will want to put in a good performance to sign off their home campaign in style.

Neil Warnock is set to be boosted by the return of goalkeeper Allan McGregor and striker Kenneth Zohore for the match while Benitez has revealed that six of his regulars will be unavailable for the game in the Welsh capital.

Cardiff subs

Cardiff subs: Murphy, Peltier, Connolly, Ralls, Noone, Pilkington, Lambert.


Cardiff team

Cardiff: McGregor, Richards, Bennett, Morrison, Manga, Halford, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Hoilett, K Harris, Zohore.

Not a bad side. Hopefully with the defensive Halford and semi-defensive Gunnarsson midfield it will allow Whitts to be at his creative best.

Maybe a last home run out/glorified testimonial for the great one?

0-0 half-time

0-2 nil down