MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v COVENTRY CITY " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v COVENTRY CITY
Wednesday 1st January, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship - Match 24
Cardiff City Stadium 



Cardiff City : Alnwick; Rinomhota, Goutas, Daland, Chambers, O'Dowda; Siopis, Robertson; Ashford, Robinson, Willock.

Subs: Horvath, Bagan, Kpakio, Ng, Ralls, Colwill, Meite, Tanner, Kanga.



ITS PAY ON THE DAY / 3pm:


Cardiff City have 1 Win from their last 10 games / 6pts from 30pts:


It’s at this moment exactly 2,050 Coventry fans coming with pay on day available too
It’s still good away support for any club.

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Club Connections

Ex Cardiff City manager Terry Yorath played for Coventry.

Craig Bellamy and Ben Turner are amongst the players to have played for both teams.

Rival Players

Jake Bidwell and Joel Latibeaudiere are both ex Swansea players.

Jay Dasilva used to play for Bristol City.

The Opposition's Manager

Frank Lampard was appointed Coventry manager in November, with his first game being the 2-2 draw against us.

They have won three of his seven games in charge.

He previously had spells in charge of Chelsea, Everton and Derby.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Jack Rudoni is highly rated at this level, he has three goals and six assists this season.

Bobby Thomas is a good centre back who I think has a lot of potential.

Head To Head 

We drew 2-2 at Coventry in November.

We have lost one of our last five against them, with two wins in that time.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Alnwick, Rinomhota, Daland, Goutas, O'Dowda, Chambers, Siopis, Robertson, Willock, Ashford, Robinson

Coventry City: Dovin, Van Ewijk, Thomas, Latibeaudiere, Bidwell, Eccles, Sheaf, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Torp, Bassette

Last Game

We won 2-1 at Watford on Sunday.

On the same day, Coventry drew 0-0 at home to Millwall.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 17/10
Coventry City - 13/10
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

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Don't know if this game will go ahead because of the weather but obviously posted this thread anyway.

If it does go ahead, I expect it'll be back to normality and a 2-0 defeat.

ITS PAY ON THE DAY / 3pm :

Omer Riza:

"I was taken aback by the reaction after the first goal," the former Hornets coach said. "It was a really nice touch from Callum, and it was nice to see the boys come over.“

"It shows the togetherness the boys have got, and the respect they have for me, which is a lovely moment for me. Callum is the best finisher we've got at the club, he's a great finisher period, he hasn't played the last few games because I've given him a rest.“

“In training you can see the spirit is there and we are all in this together.”

“We have the win we wanted and can now move on.”

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Injury update:

Riza now only has a few players out injured:


Turnbull is 50-50

“Kion is in full training, and he’s been training with us for a while now.”

“ He’s putting in a little bit more having had a bit of a setback in the friendly game we had during the international break, but now he’s back out on the grass and training.”

“ He’s still not quite there yet, but he’s working towards getting back with us.”



RAMSEY HAS A RECURRENCE OF HIS INJURY / MAYBE BACK IN FEBRUARY? WHO KNOWS
Ramsey not able to train.

Isaak Davies is back in Training.

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Cardiff City have 1 Win from their last 10 games / 6pts from 30pts:




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30/11/2024 Coventry City 2 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 27,137 Away 1,790




5th December 2024 Omira Riza Appointed Manager:



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Omer Riza: on Cian Ashford:

‘We’ve got a lot of belief in Ash. He’s a young lad and needs to believe in himself a bit more because he can cause problems. He’s done that today.”

“I had no hesitations in putting him in there. He was strong, aggressive, worked hard and that’s what we need.’

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Omer Riza on Callum Robinson:

“In training he’s looked really sharp. I’ve taken him out for a couple of games and I think it’s done him well. He’s shown eagerness in training, gone out there today and scored a great first goal. To score the second goal and go on to win it, we deserved it.’

That’s 8 goals in 17 appearances this season for Callum Robinson

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Aiming to record back-to-back wins in the second tier, relegation-threatened Cardiff City will welcome Coventry City to South Wales on New Year's Day for a Championship battle.

The Bluebirds enjoyed a much-needed victory at promotion-chasing Watford on the weekend, whilst the Sky Blues played out a goalless draw with Millwall.

The Bluebirds enjoyed a serious dose of festive cheer during their final match of 2024 on Sunday afternoon, though, when a brilliant brace from Callum Robinson secured all three points at the home of Watford, ending Cardiff's highly-concerning nine-game winless run after almost two months.

Recording a much-needed triumph at the Hornets' Hertfordshire home last time out, Cardiff have moved up to 22nd place in the Championship standings as the division welcomes in the New Year, just the single point behind Hull City in the relative safety of 21st position.

Winning four and losing seven of their 11 Championship matches at the Cardiff City Stadium during 2024-25, the Bluebirds are the only side in the division who are yet to experience a share of the spoils from a home contest, with only Hull (11) collecting fewer than Cardiff's 12 points across respective home fixtures.
Following a sobering 4-1 defeat at the base of relegation-threatened Portsmouth on December 21, Coventry City have returned to Championship action after Christmas Day in impressive style, collecting four points across a pair of battles with Plymouth Argyle and Millwall in the Midlands.

The Sky Blues were the latest second-tier outfit to batter Wayne Rooney's Green Army on Boxing Day as Josh Eccles netted an unexpected brace during the 4-0 thumping, and three days later Frank Lampard's troops picked up a share of the points at home to managerless Millwall.

Losing just two of their seven second-tier matches since the arrival of former Chelsea and England star Lampard in late November, Coventry have moved themselves up to 15th spot in the Championship table, seven points above the relegation zone and nine points behind the playoff picture.

As is the case with the majority of the teams in the second tier, the Sky Blues have struggled to regularly post victories on the road during 2024-25 to date, with the Midlands outfit winning just two of their 12 Championship away contests so far.

Cardiff are severely missing the creative presence of midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who played four league matches at the start of the season before sustaining a muscular issue.

The Bluebirds' options at the top end of the pitch are reduced further by the absence of Chris Willock, with the 26-year-old picking up a knock at Vicarage Road on the weekend.

Wednesday's hosts are also unable to call upon the talents of engine room enforcer David Turnbull, who is expected to be sidelined for the majority of January with a hamstring strain.

After firing a blank at home against a stubborn Millwall side on Sunday, Lampard could opt to freshen up his Coventry attack on New Year's Day, with Ellis Simms and Brandon Thomas-Asante pushing for starts.

In truth, the Sky Blues are craving the goalscoring abilities of Haji Wright, but the American marksman is currently in the medical room because of a leg issue.

It’s at this moment exactly 2,050 Coventry fans coming with pay on day available too

It’s still good away support for any club.

A scoring draw today

A scoring draw today

That will fall short of the mark.

This is perhaps the most important game of the season for us where we need to break our home performing "crap". We have lost our last 4 home games only scoring 1 goal from them, a penalty. For me it feels like we have lost a home game before we start. We need a win and the bigger the better to break clear of this spell we seem to be playing with.

A scoring draw today

That will fall short of the mark.

This is perhaps the most important game of the season for us where we need to break our home performing "crap". We have lost our last 4 home games only scoring 1 goal from them, a penalty. For me it feels like we have lost a home game before we start. We need a win and the bigger the better to break clear of this spell we seem to be playing with.

Totally agree.

I’m going for a 2-2 draw which seems bad but 4points from 6

its a must win today! anything short isnt good enough, we have to win our home games no matter what

A day for the battlers over the artists.

Unchanged team, Ralls and Ng back on the bench

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Cardiff City : Alnwick; Rinomhota, Goutas, Daland, Chambers, O'Dowda; Siopis, Robertson; Ashford, Robinson, Willock.

Subs: Horvath, Bagan, Kpakio, Ng, Ralls, Colwill, Meite, Tanner, Kanga.

Game is underway

we are sitting back and letting them have the ball

YES 1-0 CITY

Alex Robertson

odowda just ran the whole pitch crossed the ball in robertson with the goal!!!

GOAL! BLUEBIRDS!

Alex Robertson gets the final touch after a great move from Callum O’Dowda and head back from Cian Ashford…!:clap:

LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 COVENTRY CITY (6 mins)
Bluebird scorer: Alex Robertson, 6 mins

Quality and patience from O'Dowda!!! Great goal

bidwell with the cross straight into alnwick hands

Brilliant header by Ashford for the goal

callum robinson is sitting on the last man to try get them on the break, he just needs to try keep onside

Brilliant header by Ashford for the goal

i agree i think it would of went in anyway ?

Coventry dominating possession but not doing much with it so far