TEAM NEWS " BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

BRISTOL CITY v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 4th July, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Ashton Gate 


Match to be played in front of no supporters, for information on how to watch the match on TV or to stream it - see below

CARDIFF CITY


First up is the matter of Robert Glatzel's fitness?

"He’s unlikely for Saturday. Protocol hasn’t ruled him out yet. We’re on the 24-hour time monitoring process at the moment.

"We’re in a little bit of a grey area. I’ll know more tomorrow. But he’s not been on the training pitch today."



Albert Adomah has returned to Nottingham Forest.


Winger Josh Murphy is 'very touch and go' for this match with Bristol City.


Greg Cunningham is still a little way off at the moment.

He was back in training with the first team last week, but didn't complete the full week as part of his phased return.


Greg Cunningham and Isaac Vassell are injured, Cunningham is now back in training, but won’t be fit for at least a couple of weeks.


Josh Murphy?

"Josh has done really well. We had a training group late on Tuesday after the game and he was part of that.

"That was really good training for the lads. It’s important that the players get what they need out of their weekly training schedule. He’s available for the weekend."




BRISTOL CITY:

Ashley Williams is suspended for this game.


How can I watch this match on TV?

This match is live on Sky Sports. For those who are season ticket holders and do not have a Sky Sports subscription, you can watch the match for free on Cardiff City TV.

For non-season ticket holders who want to watch the match, you can watch on NOW TV with a day pass for £9.99 - this will also give you access to all other events on Sky Sports for the 24 hour period starting from when you activate your pass.

About Bristol City

Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. They currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded in 1894, they have played their home games at Ashton Gate since 1904.

The club's highest-ever league finish was second in the top flight in 1906–07. They were FA Cup runners-up in 1909, and won the Welsh Cup in 1934 despite being an English team. The club have also won the second tier title once, the third tier title four times, the Anglo-Scottish Cup once, and the Football League Trophy a record three times.

The club's home colours are red and white, and their nickname is The Robins—a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994 and from 2019 onwards. Their main rivals are Bristol Rovers, with whom they contest the Bristol derby, and Cardiff City, with whom they contest the Severnside derby.

Previous Meeting 

We lost 1-0 at home to Bristol City in November.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Bristol City: Bentley, Vyner, Kalas, Baker, Dasilva, Weimann, Nagy, Smith, O'Dowda, Afobe, Wells

Cardiff City: Smithies, Sanderson, Nelson, Morrison, Bennett, Pack, Bacuna, Ralls, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Glatzel

Form - Last Three Games 

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bristol City
Bristol City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Bristol City

Cardiff City 0-0 Charlton Athletic
Preston North End 1-3 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 2-0 Leeds United

Match Odds

Bristol City - 2/1
Cardiff City - 11/8
Draw - 9/4

Predictions

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Both teams dropped points in midweek, with Bristol City losing at Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night and Cardiff City drawing at home to Charlton Athletic on Tuesday night.

It’s so close

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CARDIFF CITY

Albert Adomah has returned to Nottingham Forest.


Winger Josh Murphy is 'very touch and go' for this match with Bristol City.


Greg Cunningham is still a little way off at the moment.

He was back in training with the first team last week, but didn't complete the full week as part of his phased return.


Greg Cunningham and Isaac Vassell are injured, Cunningham is now back in training, but won’t be fit for at least a couple of weeks.

Ashley Williams was sent off tonight .

I think we were at our lowest ebb against these earlier this season,we can finish their season this time.

Back to the team that started Vs Preston please. With NML for Adomah. Hopefully Murphy for for the bench.

0-1

Tomlin scorchio late

Ashley Williams out of crunch Bristol City vs Cardiff City Championship play-off showdown

The Wales international is suspended for the Severnside derby match

By Ian Mitchelmore


Thursday 2nd July 2020



Ashley Williams will miss this weekend's crunch Championship fixture between Bristol City and Cardiff City due to suspension.

The centre-back was shown a straight red card after appearing to kick Tiago Silva before shoving Yuri Ribeiro during the Robins' 1-0 defeat to promotion hopefuls Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Wednesday night.

It means the Welshman will now serve a ban, with the first game of that suspension seeing him miss Bristol City's mouth-watering Severnside derby clash with the Bluebirds at Ashton Gate on Saturday.

Williams is also set to miss his side's Championship matches with Hull City and Middlesbrough, although he will be available to face former club Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on July 18.

"That’s a big slur on the match from our point of view. I didn’t see it even though I was 20 yards from it - that’s not just manager talk - I genuinely didn’t see it," Lee Johnson told BristolLive.

"It sounds like a rush of blood and is disappointing from a senior player - but at the same time I thought we were the better side after that and had a couple of good chances with 10 men."

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Betting odds

Bristol City win - 11/5

Draw - 23/10

Cardiff City win - 13/10

First up is the matter of Robert Glatzel's fitness?

"He’s unlikely for Saturday. Protocol hasn’t ruled him out yet. We’re on the 24-hour time monitoring process at the moment.

"We’re in a little bit of a grey area. I’ll know more tomorrow. But he’s not been on the training pitch today."

Josh Murphy?

"Josh has done really well. We had a training group late on Tuesday after the game and he was part of that.

"That was really good training for the lads. It’s important that the players get what they need out of their weekly training schedule. He’s available for the weekend."

Ashley Williams could have played his last game for Bristol City after a mindless sending off in the Robins 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest which will earn him a four-match ban for violent conduct.

That will deny the veteran centre-back a chance to take on old foes Cardiff City at Ashton Gate on Saturday and by the time he will be available for selection again - with just two games of the season remaining - may find it hard to unseat Tomas Kalas or Filip Benkovic alongside Nathan Baker.

After a tussle on the ground over a 50/50 challenge, in his haste to get the ball back to take a free-kick, Williams launched his forearm at Yuri Ribeiro right in front of referee Darren Bond, earning a straight red.

I’m going for a 0-2 City win

0-2 bloobirds

Changed my mind and put £5 at 110/1 on
1-0 Morrison to score that’s with betfred
Anyone else got a bet on

0-2 bloobirds

Changed my mind and put £5 at 110/1 on
1-0 Morrison to score that’s with betfred
Anyone else got a bet on

No I don’t gamble personally.

I’m hoping Tomlin starts or at least get half a game. I’d like to see Murphy start also but can’t see it.

It’s got a draw written all over this one but hopefully we’ll nick it.

They don't sound very confident on their forum. Some saying they've come to accept a mid-table finish and commenting on how well Neil Harris has done to contrast against another season managed by little Lee Johnson and mediocrity. Its usual for Bristol to capitulate after a decent start where they all love LJ and then tail off and all ask for LJ's head. It's written in the stars that Tomlin scores the winner against them. Bluebirds 2 - Wurzels 1.

They don't sound very confident on their forum. Some saying they've come to accept a mid-table finish and commenting on how well Neil Harris has done to contrast against another season managed by little Lee Johnson and mediocrity. Its usual for Bristol to capitulate after a decent start where they all love LJ and then tail off and all ask for LJ's head. It's written in the stars that Tomlin scores the winner against them. Bluebirds 2 - Wurzels 1.

Poetic justice that would be, Paul

Tomlin is a Blooooobird....!

2-3 With NML Getting all three

They don't sound very confident on their forum. Some saying they've come to accept a mid-table finish and commenting on how well Neil Harris has done to contrast against another season managed by little Lee Johnson and mediocrity. Its usual for Bristol to capitulate after a decent start where they all love LJ and then tail off and all ask for LJ's head. It's written in the stars that Tomlin scores the winner against them. Bluebirds 2 - Wurzels 1.

Poetic justice that would be, Paul

Tomlin is a Blooooobird....!

Fingers crossed Chris!

Wish he would play tomlin from the start on the front foot attack attack needs tomlin to feed patterson ffs why keep keeping him back we are running out of games to play him

Wish he would play tomlin from the start on the front foot attack attack needs tomlin to feed patterson ffs why keep keeping him back we are running out of games to play him

My thoughts also Monty boy.
Perhaps he thinks he’s not match fit ffs

OrigionalGrangeEndBlue

Surely he's fit to be on the bench ?

30 minutes gone & it's still 0-0. Lots of huffing & puffing by both teams but low on action.

Need ward and Tomlin on at halftime change things now not after 75mins!

30 minutes gone & it's still 0-0. Lots of huffing & puffing by both teams but low on action.

A bit more urgency than the Charlton game but not much quality at all.

Vaulks off tomlin on vaulks all over the place awful

Halftime 0-0. No excitement whatsoever.

Halftime 0-0. No excitement whatsoever.

Cardiff City well on top though; and that bodes well for the second half when we tend to be better and have players on the bench to push the advantage