MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v PORTSMOUTH " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v PORTSMOUTH
Tuesday 22nd October, 7.45pm
Sky Bet Championship - Match 11
Cardiff City Stadium 


Once again a struggling club / Portsmouth on a Tuesday night have Sold their allocation out

2,300 Pompey fans on a Tuesday night.


Cardiff City XI: Alnwick; Ng, Chambers, Goutas, O'Dowda; Robertson, Turnbull; Tanner, Colwill, El Ghazi; Robinson.

Subs: Horvath, Daland, Fish, Bagan, Siopis, Rinomhota, Willock, Meite, Kanga






ITS PAY ON THE NIGHT


Skipper out for weeks
Cardiff captain Joe Ralls will be out for "a couple of weeks" owing to a leg injury , Ralls missed the thrashing of Plymouth




Aaron Ramsey is back in training, but still out for a few more weeks.

Etete is out still, but is back in training.

Isaak Davies will be back in November




Club Connections

Alex Robertson will play against Portsmouth for the first time since his loan spell there last season.

He scored his first goal for the Bluebirds on Saturday and made 23 league appearances for Pompey last season.

Marlon Pack and Josh Murphy are two ex-Bluebirds who could play for the visitors.

Rival Players

Marlon Pack, who played for us, also had a long spell at Bristol City.

The Opposition's Manager

John Mousinho has been manager of Pompey since January 2023.

This is his first management job and he won the League One title last season.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Callum Lang has four leagues goals this season.

Josh Murphy starred in League One for Oxford last season and joined Pompey in the summer.

Head To Head 

We have won three of our last five meetings with Pompey, with the last one coming in extra time in the EFL Cup back in 2017.

They have beaten us once in that time which was the last meeting, a 3-0 win in the EFL Cup at CCS in 2022.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

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

Portsmouth: Schmid, Williams, Poole, McIntyre, Ogilvie, Pack, Potts, Saydee, Lang, Murphy, O'Mahony

Last Game

We won 5-0 against Plymouth on Saturday.

On the same day, Portsmouth won 2-1 at QPR.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - Evens
Portsmouth - 11/4
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

Aaron Ramsey is back in training.

Etete is out still, but is back in training.

Isaak Davies will be back in November.

Once again a struggling club / Portsmouth on a Tuesday night have Sold their allocation out

ITS PAY ON THE NIGHT

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So Struggling Plymouth bring 3,500 fans for a 12:30pm kick off to us

Pompey have Sold out for Tuesday night at our place

Clubs like Bradford/ Derby County / Brum etc etc sell out during bad times.


What’s Our Problem, We had 16,500 fabs at the ground on Saturday and even less for the Millwall game


Pompey Home is Massive



Cant sell out at away games ???

For me WBA / Luton / Coventry Away should be sellouts for us without a doubt

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Will be In Turkey for this one , gutted I’m gonna miss it , another win now will be absolutely fantastic and the stadium could start rocking again like years ago , come on the bluebirds

Cardiff interim Omer Riza has overseen an upturn in fortunes since taking over the reins following Emre Bulut's departure last month.

Riza may have lost 4-1 to Hull City in his first game in charge, but he has gone on to oversee a three-game unbeaten run, which started with a narrow 1-0 victory over Millwall.

The Bluebirds went on to play out a 1-1 away draw with Bristol City, before they produced a free-scoring display to sweep past Plymouth via a 5-0 scoreline.

Alex Robertson and Rubin Colwill grabbed a goal apiece to get Cardiff off to the perfect start, before Plymouth's Ibrahim Cissoko was shown a straight red card in the closing stages.

Cardiff ultimately made the most of the numerical advantage, with Anwar El Ghazi, Callum Robinson and Chris Willock all finding the net in the second period to seal a second straight home win without conceding.

The Bluebirds, who remain in the relegation zone on goal difference, fell to a heavy 3-0 EFL Cup defeat in their most recent home meeting with Portsmouth in August, but they managed to win their last two home league games against the South-coast side.

Cardiff's dominant win over Plymouth in Saturday's lunchtime kickoff meant that Portsmouth entered their meeting with QPR as the Championship's basement side.

As it proved, Pompey were only at the bottom of the league for a matter of hours as John Mousinho's side fought back from a goal down to claim their first win of the season.

Freddie Potts scored his first Pompey goal to cancel out Karamoko Dembele's ninth-minute opener, before Callum Lang scored a second-half penalty to seal all three points and send QPR to the bottom of the Championship table.

Despite claiming a much-needed win, Portsmouth still have the division's worst defensive record with 21 goals conceded in 10 matches, with 14 of those goals coming away from Fratton Park.

While they are yet to keep an away clean sheet this term, Pompey continue to offer a goal threat on their travels, having scored nine times in five away league games, with only West Bromwich Albion netting more on the road this season.

After failing to win their last five league games against Cardiff, Portsmouth will travel to the Welsh capital with hopes of claiming their first head-to-head league win since recording a 2-1 victory in October 1984.

Cardiff midfielder Aaron Ramsey is unlikely to feature before the November international break due to a hamstring problem.

Kion Etete and Isaak Davies are making progress in their respective recoveries, but the pair will not be ready to feature in the matchday squad.

After seeing his side sweep past Plymouth, Riza could be tempted to select an unchanged lineup for Tuesday's contest.

Portsmouth are unable to call upon Will Norris, Conor Shaughnessy, Ibane Bowat, Jacob Farrell and Colby Bishop.

Paddy Lane could be considered for a starting spot after he came off the bench to play around half an hour at Loftus Road.

Lang will offer one of Pompey's main goal threats, having scored four goals in seven Championship appearances this season.

Skipper out for weeks

Cardiff captain Joe Ralls will be out for "a couple of weeks" owing to a leg injury , Ralls missed the thrashing of Plymouth

Will be a tight match, the midfield battle will be crucial.

I’d actually go with an unchanged 11 from the Plymouth game.

I’m going with a 2-1 win to City.

If we play even remotely like we did against Plymouth, we are more than good enough to beat them.

Won't be surprised to see 2 or 3 changes with Colwill on bench? I thought he looked knackered so may not risk him another 90mins....

Alex Robertson will be treated as ‘just another opponent’ when Pompey lock horns with their former favourite.

That’s the pledge from John Mousinho ahead of Tuesday night’s trip to Cardiff (7.45pm) which will pitch them against the player they missed out on signing in the summer.

The Australian impressed hugely while on loan with the Blues’ last term, despite missing the second half of their League One title-winning campaign through a serious hamstring injury which required an operation.

According to sporting director Rich Hughes last month, Pompey subsequently had a bid accepted for Robertson by parent club Manchester City during the close season.

However, following talks, the 21-year-old instead opted for a switch to the Bluebirds, where he has subsequently made 10 appearances and opened the scoring in Saturday’s 5-0 demolition of Plymouth.

2,300 Pompey fans coming

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Pompey have Cardiff born and ex city Accademy player Regan Poole in their team, as well as Marlon Pack and Josh Murphy.

Will be In Turkey for this one , gutted I’m gonna miss it , another win now will be absolutely fantastic and the stadium could start rocking again like years ago , come on the bluebirds

Enjoy your hols budd
I will shout and sing on your behalf.

Come on City 6 tonite please.

Cardiff City XI: Alnwick; Ng, Chambers, Goutas, O'Dowda; Robertson, Turnbull; Tanner, Colwill, El Ghazi; Robinson.

Subs: Horvath, Daland, Fish, Bagan, Siopis, Rinomhota, Willock, Meite, Kanga

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my heart says we will steam roll them and win by 3+ goals, my head says we will either scrape it or get a draw. im hoping for the former

This is a big game for both sides tonight and I don’t expect Pompey and their former Bluebird contingent to be pushovers, so expecting the same result as on Saturday is a positive but must be a managed one…

Our obvious improvement under Omer Riza to date is one that shows he (Riza) has the ability to be his own man; and the squad itself have the ability to turn things around under the right guidance…

C’MON YOU BLOOBIRDS…!!!

Oliver Langford referee

Bluebirds

Yes 1 nil OG

Regan Poole

Shows what can happen when you put the ball into the box! 1-0 Bluebirds.

GOAL! BLUEBIRDS!

Former Bluebird Reagan Poole puts the ball into the back of his own net to give the Bluebirds an early lead…!


LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 PORTSMOUTH (mins)
Bluebird scorer: Reagan Poole(og), 6 mins

Shows what can happen when you put the ball into the box! 1-0 Bluebirds.

Exactly that - beat me to the post.

Get it in the 6 yd box anything can happen

A nice ball around the corner from Colwill finds Tanner. He hits another low cross and it's deflected again - this time it's out for a corner.

2-0 Nil City

Callum Robinson

GOAL! BLUEBIRDS!

Callum Robinson continues his own and the Bluebirds remarkable turnaround post-Bulut…!

Great work from Dimitri Gotas, too…!

LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 2 - 0 PORTSMOUTH (13 mins)
Bluebird scorers: Reagan Poole(og), 6 mins; Callum Robinson, 13 mins