MATCH THREAD " CARDIFF CITY v BURTON ALBION " MATCH THREAD
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:50 pm
CARDIFF CITY v BURTON ALBION
Tuesday 22nd August 2017, 7.45pm
Carabao Cup Second Round
Cardiff City Stadium
Brian Murphy Cameron Coxe Bruno Manga Matthew ConnollyJazz Richards Stuart O'Keefe Greg Halford Matthew Kennedy
Lee Tomlin Danny Ward Omar Bogle
Adults £8/£10 tickets Under 16's £3
PAY ON THE NIGHT
There will be at least 7 changes to the Cardiff City team that won away at Wolves.
Brian Murphy will start in goal
Omar Bogle and Danny Ward will also start
Cardiff City players
Currently injured or not fully fit
Rhys Healey
Kadeem Harris
Matthew Connolly
Callum Paterson
Lee Camp
Joe Bennett
Pay on the night
About Burton Albion
Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Burton Albion competed in the non-League of English football from their formation in 1950 until 2009, when they were promoted to the Football League. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005, and their nickname is The Brewers, stemming from the town's brewing heritage dating back hundreds of years.
The Brewers opened their first season in the Championship in spectacular fashion losing away to local rivals Nottingham Forest 4-3. Burton went on a 6 match streak without losing between 18 February and 18 March beginning with a 2-1 win at home to ex-Premiership opponents; Norwich City and culminating in a 3-5 defeat to Brentford and including a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the reverse fixture. Burton secured their Championship status on 29 April 2017 after a 1-1 draw with Barnsley.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups
Cardiff City: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Richards, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Damour, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Zohore
Burton Albion: Bywater, Naylor, McFadzean, Buxton, Akins, Lund, Murphy, Palmer, Dyer, Sordell, Irvine
Form - Last Three Games
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 2-0 Sheffield United
Cardiff City 3-0 Aston Villa
Burton Albion 2-1 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 2-0 Burton Albion
Hull City 4-1 Burton Albion
Match Odds
Cardiff City - 7/10
Burton Albion - 15/4
Draw - 14/5
Predictions
Post your predictions below
Don't forget to vote for your Man of the Match after the game. That poll will be posted on this forum at full time
Tuesday 22nd August 2017, 7.45pm
Carabao Cup Second Round
Cardiff City Stadium
Brian Murphy Cameron Coxe Bruno Manga Matthew ConnollyJazz Richards Stuart O'Keefe Greg Halford Matthew Kennedy
Lee Tomlin Danny Ward Omar Bogle
Adults £8/£10 tickets Under 16's £3
PAY ON THE NIGHT
There will be at least 7 changes to the Cardiff City team that won away at Wolves.
Brian Murphy will start in goal
Omar Bogle and Danny Ward will also start
Cardiff City players
Currently injured or not fully fit
Rhys Healey
Kadeem Harris
Matthew Connolly
Callum Paterson
Lee Camp
Joe Bennett
Pay on the night
About Burton Albion
Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Burton Albion competed in the non-League of English football from their formation in 1950 until 2009, when they were promoted to the Football League. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005, and their nickname is The Brewers, stemming from the town's brewing heritage dating back hundreds of years.
The Brewers opened their first season in the Championship in spectacular fashion losing away to local rivals Nottingham Forest 4-3. Burton went on a 6 match streak without losing between 18 February and 18 March beginning with a 2-1 win at home to ex-Premiership opponents; Norwich City and culminating in a 3-5 defeat to Brentford and including a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the reverse fixture. Burton secured their Championship status on 29 April 2017 after a 1-1 draw with Barnsley.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups
Cardiff City: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Richards, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Damour, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Zohore
Burton Albion: Bywater, Naylor, McFadzean, Buxton, Akins, Lund, Murphy, Palmer, Dyer, Sordell, Irvine
Form - Last Three Games
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 2-0 Sheffield United
Cardiff City 3-0 Aston Villa
Burton Albion 2-1 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 2-0 Burton Albion
Hull City 4-1 Burton Albion
Match Odds
Cardiff City - 7/10
Burton Albion - 15/4
Draw - 14/5
Predictions
Post your predictions below
Don't forget to vote for your Man of the Match after the game. That poll will be posted on this forum at full time