MATCH THRE: " CARDIFF CITY v BLACKBURN ROVERS " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v BLACKBURN ROVERS
Saturday 9th November, 12.30pm
Sky Bet Championship - Match 15
Cardiff City Stadium 


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Blackburn have only won 1 in their last 7 games and lost their last 3 games in a row.


Cardiff City : Alnwick; Ng, Goutas, Daland, O'Dowda; Robertson, Turnbull; Tanner, Colwill, Willock; El Ghazi.

Subs: Horvath, Fish, Bagan, Collins, Siopis, Rinomhota, Ashford, Meite, Kanga.




Updated:

Omer Riza:

"We think Isaak Davies will be ready in or after January. He’s had a setback and he’s working hard in the gym now. He’s a focused lad, so he’ll come through that and he’ll be a good asset when he’s back."

“Ramsey early December.”







Team News:

Omer Riza:
“ Alex Robertson “ Will be fit for Saturdays home game v Blackburn





“Callum Robinson is carrying a slight injury and was against Luton.”



“Aaron Ramsey, he is working towards getting himself back in contention within the next three, four, five weeks.
“He won’t be playing for Wales.”


(Ryotaro) Tsunoda is training now. He has done a lot of work with the S&C. He might come back into the group, with the under-21s and looking strong.”

"Rallsy (Joe Ralls) is in a good place. He is on the pitch, running and looking hard - he could be in and around the Blackburn game - we won't push him.

Isaak Davies has had a set back and is now back on the Treatment table again and in rehab, hopefully now January / February we will see him back.
“We don’t know how long his recovery will be now.




“Kion Etete played 45 mins for the U21’s.”

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Club Connections

Peter Whittingham is the first name that comes to mind when thinking about players who have played for both teams.

Nathan Blake is another.

Rival Players

Andreas Weimann spent several years with Bristol City.

Ryan Hedges had a brief spell at Swansea.

The Opposition's Manager

John Eustace was appointed Blackburn manager in February.

He previously had a spell in charge of Birmingham. He was harshly sacked when he had them 6th in the league and they ended up being relegated.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Yuki Ohashi is a new signing and has four league goals so far this season.

Todd Cantwell was rumoured to be of interest to us in the summer.

Head To Head 

We have only won one of our last four with Blackburn.

Our home game last season was a draw, while they beat us at Ewood Park.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Alnwick, Ng, Chambers, Goutas, O'Dowda, Turnbull, Siopis, Colwill, El Ghazi, Tanner, Robinson

Blackburn Rovers: Pears, Brittain, Batth, Hyam, Pickering, Tronstad, Travis, Cantwell, Weimann, Hedges, Ohashi

Last Game

We lost 1-0 away at Luton on Wednesday night.

On the same night, Blackburn lost at home to Stoke.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 5/4
Blackburn Rovers - 21/10
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

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Interim Manager Omer Riza:

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Blackburn have only won 1 in their last 7 games and lost their last 3 games in a row.

Team News:


“Aaron Ramsey, he is working towards getting himself back in contention within the next three, four, five weeks.
“He won’t be playing for Wales.”


(Ryotaro) Tsunoda is training now. He has done a lot of work with the S&C. He might come back into the group, with the under-21s and looking strong.”

"Rallsy (Joe Ralls) is in a good place. He is on the pitch, running and looking hard - he could be in and around the Blackburn game - we won't push him.

Isaak Davies has had a set back and is now back on the Treatment table again and in rehab, hopefully now December we will
see him back.
“We don’t know how long his recovery will be now.


“Kion Etete played 45 mins for the U21’s.”

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Riza is optimistic that Cardiff can head into the international break in positive fashion, with a game against Blackburn Rovers looming on Saturday lunchtime. And the interim boss hopes to have Alex Robertson, who has missed the last two matches, available for the match.

The matchday thread on their forum is very negative, nailed on loss according to them.

The matchday thread on their forum is very negative, nailed on loss according to them.

They obviously don't know our record against teams that haven't won in a while then.

The matchday thread on their forum is very negative, nailed on loss according to them.

They obviously don't know our record against teams that haven't won in a while then.

Always interesting to see the oppos comments before a game, often some interesting insights but now I've written I've probably jinxed it.

Omer Riza:

“ Alex Robertson “

Will be fit for Saturdays home game v Blackburn

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“Callum Robinson is carrying a slight injury and was against Luton.”

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Blackburn hit with fresh blow as attacking absences pile up -

Tyrhys Dolan will miss Blackburn Rovers' trip to Cardiff City after picking up his fifth booking of the season against Stoke City.

The forward was a second-half substitute but was cautioned by the referee for dissent after a decision went against Rovers. That takes him over the threshold and he'll serve a one-game ban against the Bluebirds.

Dolan is the first player to hit that unwanted milestone. Lewis Travis, Todd Cantwell and Hayden Carter are also on the disciplinary tightrope, though the latter won't be back from injury until that 19-game cut-off has passed.

Omer Riza:

“ Blackburn Rovers “


"They play good football, quite similar to us in respect of how they try to create certain problems for the opposition, they create a box in midfield, but they do it differently," Omer began. "They’ve got a good attacking threat, but their form hasn’t been great as well, so it will be an interesting game.

"They come to us, and they'll want to try and get a result to get them out of the problem they’re in, and we want to win, so I suppose it will make for a good, attacking game, because they like to attack and we like to attack. Hopefully, we come out at the end of it on top.

"Our form has been good at home - I want it to be good away as well, which I think is important to push up the table and get to where we want to get to. It’s been good, and hopefully that can continue. The boys have got the bit between their teeth after yesterday’s game. We had a brief chat and they’ll be ready to go on Saturday."

: “I think the boys are a little bit disappointed. We didn’t play like we’ve played previously over the last three or four games, but we went there with the intention of winning the game, which is something in itself, that we’re going to a place like Luton, who were in the Premier League last year, to win the game.

"I’m a little bit deflated that we lost the game. We created opportunities, our playing out of the back and through the thirds against a man-for-man side, who are quite aggressive with that, I think the boys showed real bravery and intensity to do that. That for me is progression from where we started and where we’ve come from.

“I was really pleased with that because there were times when we opened them up and got on the backline really well. We just didn’t quite show the quality of the past games and it didn’t quite click for the final pass to be able to hurt them.

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Omer Riza:

Not good for Davies, Ralls end of November and Ramsey.

"Alex Robertson will be back in the squad on Saturday. Joe Ralls probably could have been back, but we said we’d leave him until after the international break to get him ready. Kion Etete still needs that period of time to come back into the squad. Aaron Ramsey is a bit longer, Ryotaro Tsunoda has been training with the First Team now, but needs time to get in and around the First Team squad yet.

"It was good to see Kion get some time with the U21s; he got 45 minutes and a goal, which is good for him after such a long time out. We’ll see how he progresses.

"We think Isaak Davies will be ready in or after January. He’s had a setback and he’s working hard in the gym now. He’s a focused lad, so he’ll come through that and he’ll be a good asset when he’s back."

“Ramsey early December.”

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Updated:

"We think Isaak Davies will be ready in or after January. He’s had a setback and he’s working hard in the gym now. He’s a focused lad, so he’ll come through that and he’ll be a good asset when he’s back."

“Ramsey early December.”

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I think we have quite a thin squad and nowhere near enough quality options up top.

It seems like CR47 is picking up niggles again which is worrying.

Surely we must have Reindorf at least named as a sub tomorrow?

Will be great to see Robertson back. I think we're due a goal from El Ghazi - a screamer would be good!

Need to he aggressive tomorrow from the get-go. Pin Blackburn back and make them uncomfortable.

Tough game coming up but great that they are without Dolan. He's always stood out for me when we've played them previously.

It's not a must win game but would love to see Riza get that bounce back win after Luton. If we get a maximum effort performance I reckon we'll do them.

It's a worry up top though, if Robinson doesn't make it we'll probably go with a false 9 again but what choice do we have.

Come on City!!!!!

Tough game coming up but great that they are without Dolan. He's always stood out for me when we've played them previously.

It's not a must win game but would love to see Riza get that bounce back win after Luton. If we get a maximum effort performance I reckon we'll do them.

It's a worry up top though, if Robinson doesn't make it we'll probably go with a false 9 again but what choice do we have.

Come on City!!!!!

We don't need a false 9 - it didn't work against Norwich. Rizla needs to get Reindorf out there if CR47 comes off.

Also, IMO this is absolutely a must win because we could drop back into the bottom 3. A defeat tomorrow would set us up for a worrying international break.

I’m going for a scruffy 2-0 win which will make very happy going into the break.

I think Ashford who must be well ahead in development terms is ahead of him full stop.

Its a huge step up from being released from Norwich U-18 to championship football. He has had one semi-development game against a (very good) Saints reserve team.

It's not football law to have a physical beast up top. They need to be able to play and then the physicality is a bonus.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Ashford start today if Robbo is a doubt

Reindorf is scoring goals.
We're never going to know whether the lad can cut it in the Championship unless we try him out, even for the last 20 minutes.

However, he won't be there as played for the U21s again.

Really need to ‘go for it’ at home today, probably a ‘good time’ to be playing Blackburn. Essential to get three points today as we are again too close to the bottom three. Good luck today, will be watching on Sky in Tenby, ironically down here for the ‘Blues Festival’

Cardiff City : Alnwick; Ng, Goutas, Daland, O'Dowda; Robertson, Turnbull; Tanner, Colwill, Willock; El Ghazi.

Subs: Horvath, Fish, Bagan, Collins, Siopis, Rinomhota, Ashford, Meite, Kanga.

Perfect chance for reindorf today why did he play him un the under 21 when Robinson is unjured.

Bluebirds

A bright start from the Bluebirds but a good save needed from Alnwick after his own poor pass let Blackburn in…

A free kick at the other end comes to nothing after a foul on a Blackburn player in the box…

LATEST SCRORE: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS (4 mins)

A decent effort from El Ghazi ricochets off a Bluebird player and out for a goal


LATEST SCRORE: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS (6 mins)

Rubin’s shot saved

An over weighted cross from O’Dowda sees the ball back in with a fierce shot; sadly, straight into the Blackburn keeper’s hands…

The Bluebirds on the attack constantly and this game looks to have goals in it…


LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS (11 mins)

Cardiff with sustained possession but Blackburn cut out a pass and break rapidly. Ng cynically hauls down Travis but escapes a yellow.