MATCH THREAD: " STOKE CITY v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

STOKE CITY v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 30th October, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Bet365 Stadium 

Steve Morison's first game as Interim Manager of Cardiff City





610 tickets now sold for Stoke away ( allocation 2,500)

Tickets on sale from CCFC Ticket office


Come on Bluebirds Now is the time Our Club and Players need the fans fully behind them



Tom Sang is unavailable owing to aggravating that big toe on which he had surgery during pre-season, however the midfield looks particularly sparse heading into the weekend.

Marlon Pack is suspended for the game following his fifth booking of the season in the Middlesbrough defeat last weekend, while Joe Ralls is still struggling with a collarbone problem he sustained against Swansea City.



STEVE MORISON:

To compound the above, both Leandro Bacuna and Sam Bowen are major doubts for the clash at the bet365 Stadium, with Morison stating: "Leo has been struggling with a hamstring, hopefully will be back at some point next week.

"Sam Bowen has an issue with his plantar fascia, he will be back after the international break."

That means Will Vaulks is the only fully fit central midfielder Morison currently has at his disposal, which is remarkable given there are five natural centre-mids at the club.

"We are low on numbers, but that’s life!" Morison quipped.

It might well be a sliding-doors moment for some players Morison knows well, though. We saw 18-year-old Eli King make his debut for the Bluebirds last weekend and he could now be thrust into contention for the trip to Stoke.

Similarly, Keenan Patten, another player Morison knows well from the under-23s, might get the nod to step up to the senior side.

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Another injury Morison has to contend with is James Collins, who has suffered a nasty hand injury which leaves him unlikely to feature this weekend.

"James has busted his thumb," Morison said of the Republic of Ireland international. "He had to have a couple of screws inserted [on Tuesday].

"So it shouldn’t be too long, as amazing as that sounds. If he can get a cast on it he should be fine, but maybe not OK for Saturday."

Isaak Davies might well benefit from Collins' misfortune, with the Wales youth international also having made his senior debut against Boro last weekend.

It could also spell positive news for Chanka Zimba, too, after the 19-year-old continued his prolific start to the season with the winning goal in the under-23s' 2-1 triumph over their Ipswich Town counterparts on Tuesday.




Stoke play Brentford at home in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night.

Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV.

The Opposition's Manager - Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill took charge at Stoke in 2019.

Before that, he was manager of Northern Ireland where he successfully guided them to Euro 2016 - their first ever major tournament.

Opposition Dangerous Players  

Jacob Brown and Sam Surridge are likely to lead the line for Stoke.

Previous Meeting  

We drew 0-0 with Stoke in March.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Stoke City: Bursik, Wilmot, Ostigard, Souttar, Chester, Tymon, Allen, Sawyers, Vrancic, Brown, Surridge

Cardiff City: Smithies, Ng, Flint, McGuinness, Brown, Vaulks, Colwill, Giles, Harris, Moore

Form - Last Three Games

Stoke City - Brentford
Millwall 2-1 Stoke City
Stoke City 0-1 AFC Bournemouth

Cardiff City 0-2 Middlesbrough
Swansea City 3-0 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-1 Reading

Match Odds

Stoke City - 10/11
Cardiff City - 3/1
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

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Cardiff have sold 570 tickets so far

Cardiff have sold 570 tickets so far

What's the allocation?

Cardiff have sold 570 tickets so far

What's the allocation?

Ian,

We can have up to 2,500

Immediate Impact, unleash the hounds!

0-2 C'mon City
Onwards and upwards

Any idea yet whether or not it will be pay at the gate?

Any idea yet whether or not it will be pay at the gate?

The op says pay on the day available.

Get rid of old manager bounce....does that happen?
This hideous run has to end at some point so I believe we will get a point (1-1)
Come on City win another football match.

Any idea yet whether or not it will be pay at the gate?

The op says pay on the day available.

Oops, sorry! Can't believe I missed that and I did a quick check!!

Be interesting to see how Steve Morison sets the team up and who'll be playing where.

I hope it goes well for him.

Good luck Steve.

Cardiff to win

NO PAY ON THE DAY I'm reading.

LATEST CCFC INJURY UPDATE:




Tom Sang is unavailable owing to aggravating that big toe on which he had surgery during pre-season, however the midfield looks particularly sparse heading into the weekend.

Marlon Pack is suspended for the game following his fifth booking of the season in the Middlesbrough defeat last weekend, while Joe Ralls is still struggling with a collarbone problem he sustained against Swansea City.



STEVE MORISON:

To compound the above, both Leandro Bacuna and Sam Bowen are major doubts for the clash at the bet365 Stadium, with Morison stating: "Leo has been struggling with a hamstring, hopefully will be back at some point next week.

"Sam Bowen has an issue with his plantar fascia, he will be back after the international break."

That means Will Vaulks is the only fully fit central midfielder Morison currently has at his disposal, which is remarkable given there are five natural centre-mids at the club.

"We are low on numbers, but that’s life!" Morison quipped.

It might well be a sliding-doors moment for some players Morison knows well, though. We saw 18-year-old Eli King make his debut for the Bluebirds last weekend and he could now be thrust into contention for the trip to Stoke.

Similarly, Keenan Patten, another player Morison knows well from the under-23s, might get the nod to step up to the senior side.

.

Another injury Morison has to contend with is James Collins, who has suffered a nasty hand injury which leaves him unlikely to feature this weekend.

"James has busted his thumb," Morison said of the Republic of Ireland international. "He had to have a couple of screws inserted [on Tuesday].

"So it shouldn’t be too long, as amazing as that sounds. If he can get a cast on it he should be fine, but maybe not OK for Saturday."

Isaak Davies might well benefit from Collins' misfortune, with the Wales youth international also having made his senior debut against Boro last weekend.

It could also spell positive news for Chanka Zimba, too, after the 19-year-old continued his prolific start to the season with the winning goal in the under-23s' 2-1 triumph over their Ipswich Town counterparts on Tuesday.

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585 tickets now sold for Stole away ( allocation 2,500)

Tickets on sake from CCFC Ticket office


Come on Bluebirds Now is the time Our Club and Players need the fans fully behind them

Looking forward to this...first away trip of the season abd first time to Stoke.

Any advice on where is decent for away parking?? Not much advice on official club away guide!

Hopefully a nice 3 point smash and grab

610 tickets now sold for Stoke away ( allocation 2,500)

The ticket office stopped selling on Wednesday, absolutely ridiculous, no option to keep selling but you have to pick up from office just gave excuse of postal difficulties, which probably means we aren't spending the money on post anymore.

2-2

The ticket office stopped selling on Wednesday, absolutely ridiculous, no option to keep selling but you have to pick up from office just gave excuse of postal difficulties, which probably means we aren't spending the money on post anymore.

Mate, its pay on day for Stoke and a mate of mine reckons it will be pay on the day for us as well

The ticket office stopped selling on Wednesday, absolutely ridiculous, no option to keep selling but you have to pick up from office just gave excuse of postal difficulties, which probably means we aren't spending the money on post anymore.

Mate, its pay on day for Stoke and a mate of mine reckons it will be pay on the day for us as well

That's been confirmed

I am trying to travel myself (subject to confirmation of something later today) and would have to pay on the day, so checked

Corky put something out that its not pay on day, any update on this?

The ticket office stopped selling on Wednesday, absolutely ridiculous, no option to keep selling but you have to pick up from office just gave excuse of postal difficulties, which probably means we aren't spending the money on post anymore.

Mate, its pay on day for Stoke and a mate of mine reckons it will be pay on the day for us as well

That's been confirmed

I am trying to travel myself (subject to confirmation of something later today) and would have to pay on the day, so checked

Is this for definite pay on the day?

QPR 1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1

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For Stoke City, Wales international Joe Allen is available for the Bluebirds' visit.


Sam Clucas remains a doubt with a quad injury and will be assessed in the build-up to the match.

Alfie Doughty, Nick Powell and Morgan Fox are all on the injury list and will miss out.









Cardiff are facing a real headache in terms of injuries for the trip to Stoke.

Tom Sang is unavailable owing to aggravating that big toe on which he had surgery during pre-season, however the midfield looks particularly sparse.

Marlon Pack is suspended for the game following his fifth booking of the season in the Middlesbrough defeat last weekend, while Joe Ralls is still struggling with a collarbone problem he sustained against Swansea City.

To compound the above, both Leandro Bacuna and Sam Bowen are major doubts for the clash at the bet365 Stadium.

What are the latest betting odds?


Stoke City - 19/20

Draw - 12/5


Cardiff City - 3/1

Match facts:


Stoke have won one of their last six league matches against Cardiff City (D3 L2), winning 2-0 in February 2020.


Cardiff are looking to win consecutive away league games against Stoke City for the first time since a run of three between 2003 and 2005.


Stoke have lost their last three league matches, more than in their other 11 games beforehand this season (2). They last suffered four straight defeats in the league between August and September 2019.




Cardiff, who sacked Mick McCarthy after their loss at home to Middlesbrough last week, are looking to avoid becoming the first Championship side since Rotherham to lose nine straight league matches, who did so between February and April 2017 (10).



Cardiff have failed to score in the league this month (P4 L4). However, only Middlesbrough (76) and Fulham (63) have had more shots than Cardiff’s 61 during that time with Boro scoring six and the Cottagers netting 11 in comparison.

Any Streams? I cant find it on the City website, only the QPR game.

Today:

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Warm-ups well underway

2-1 to us today