MATCH THREAD: “ CARDIFF CITY v SOUTHAMPTON “ MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v SOUTHAMPTON
Wednesday 28th August, 7.45pm
Carabao Cup Second Round
Cardiff City Stadium 




Cardiff City XI: Alnwick; Kpakio, Goutas, Fagan-Walcott, Bagan; Rinomhota, Gbadehan; Conte, Colwill, Ashford; Reindorf.

Subs: Turner, Giles, T. Davies, Robertson, Mafico, Twose, Jefferies, Wigley, Nyakuhwa.



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Cardiff are expected to be unable to call upon Joe Ralls, Isaak Davies, Jamilu Collins, Kion Etete, Ryotaro Tsunoda and Will Fish for this match due to ongoing injury issues.






Latest Injury update on CCFC players:

Joe Ralls still 50/50 so will be rested

Etete out till November.

Isaak Davies till at least b December

Jamilu Collins' out till end of September.

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TV and Streaming

This match, like all Carabao Cup fixtures this season, has been selected for live coverage on Sky Sports+

Club Connections

Jason Bowen, Kenwyne Jones, Rickie Lambert and Steven Caulker have all played for both clubs.

Calum Chambers is also an ex-Southampton player.

Rival Players

Russell Martin is of course a former Swansea manager.

Flynn Downes also spent a season with Swansea.

The Opposition's Manager

Russell Martin was named Southampton manager last June.

He successfully took them back to the Premier League at the first attempt last season.

He previously had spells in charge of MK Dons and Swansea City.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Hard to say who will be playing but these are some of their dangerous players.

Adam Armstrong scored 24 goals in the Championship last season.

Ben Brereton Diaz scored six goals in fourteen games for Sheffield United in the Premier League last season.

Head To Head 

We have won three of our last five meetings with Southampton, including the home game last season.

They have won the other two, including our away game there last season.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Both teams are expected to make a number of changes from their league line-ups at the weekend.

Last Game

We drew 1-1 with Swansea on Sunday.

Southampton lost 1-0 at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 4/1
Southampton - 4/6
Draw - 3/1

Predictions

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Latest Injury update on CCFC players:

Joe Ralls still 50/50 so will be rested

Etete out till November.

Isaak Davies till at least b December

Jamilu Collins' out till end of September.

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I’ve been told Michael Reindorf will be involved v Southampton in the League Cup on Wednesday.

Bulut’s keen to see how he plays against a higher standard

Reindorf is 19 years old and was released by Norwich City, not making one appearance, but Bulut rates him.

It just shows it’s not about age, it means that 95% of the players we keep sending out on loan are not really rated at Cardiff and have NO real chance of ever making it with us.

Southampton will travel to the Cardiff City Stadium to face Cardiff City on Wednesday in the second round of the EFL Cup, still seeking their first win of the season.

The hosts beat Bristol Rovers 2-0 to progress into the second round, while this match will be the first EFL Cup fixture for the visitors this term.

Cardiff City have had a disappointing time in the seasons following their relegation from the Premier League in 2018-19, rapidly slipping down the table in the subsequent years.

They placed fifth in 2019-20, eighth in 2020-21, 18th in 2021-22 and reached a low of 21st in 2022-23, finishing narrowly above the relegation zone with just a five-point lead.

Cardiff were improved in the most recent season, climbing up the table to finish 12th with 62 points, leaving them 11 points adrift of the playoff places and 12 above the drop zone.

Erol Bulut, who took charge of the team ahead of the 2023-24 campaign, would have been aiming to continue that progress this season, and a promising pre-season that saw Cardiff win three and draw two of five friendly matches would have provided optimism ahead of their opening fixture.

However, the Bluebirds have lost two and drawn one of their first three Championship games, with their only victory coming against Bristol Rovers in the first round of this competition.

A late draw against rivals Swansea in their most recent outing could boost spirits in the Cardiff squad, and Bulut will be aiming to build on that with a positive performance against Southampton.

The visitors have also had a challenging opening to their return to the Premier League, losing 1-0 to both Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest, leaving them as one of five teams yet to acquire a point in the top division.

Russel Martin, who led Southampton to promotion from the Championship in their first attempt last year, would have been encouraged following their performance against Newcastle, where the Saints had 78% possession and took 19 shots to the Magpies' three.

However, they produced an extremely underwhelming showing against Nottingham Forest as despite holding 65% possession, they took just five shots to their opponents' 23, leaving much to be desired.

Martin will be aiming not only for an improved performance against Cardiff on Wednesday but also for a first victory of the season, with a favourable run of fixtures ahead, including matches against Brentford, Ipswich Town, and Bournemouth in their next four games.

Team News -

Cardiff are expected to be unable to call upon Joe Ralls, Isaak Davies, Jamilu Collins, Kion Etete, Ryotaro Tsunoda and Will Fish for this match due to ongoing injury issues.

Callum Robinson scored Cardiff's first league goal of the campaign against Swansea last time out, and the striker is likely to come into the starting team in place of Wilfried Kanga here.

As for Southampton, Adam Lallana, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Ross Stewart are all doubts for the match, but the trio could return to the side in time for their game against Brentford.

Gavin Bazunu is ruled out of action until late October due to an achilles injury, while Juan Larios is also out until early September with physical discomfort.


Cardiff City possible starting lineup:
Alnwick; Ng, Chambers, Daland, O'Dowda; Siopis, Robertson; El Ghazi, Ramsey, Willock; Robinson

Southampton possible starting lineup:
McCarthy; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Sugawara, Dibling, Downes, Aribo, Walker-Peters; Brereton Diaz, Archer

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Club Connections:

For those older supporters Jimmy Andrews was the manager who brought Robin Friday to Cardiff.

After leaving Cardiff Andrews spent most of the remainder of his career as a Scout for Southampton

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What we thinking? Id like to see Robbo, Tanner, Rubin & Kanga start. Not bothered about the rest but definately Rambo out.

id like to see us have a strong team for this, winning no matter what comp is massive for any team

Southampton supporters travelling to the Carabao Cup match at Cardiff on Wednesday night , might well be watching a piece of history as Adam Lallana makes his second debut for the club.

Russell Martin has been speaking to the media ahead of the Saints game at Cardiff City and it seems that although the side will be changed from the one that lost to Nottingham Forest, it will contain a few big names and new signings.

As reported on southamptonfc.com Russell martin has had this to say about his team for the trip to Wales on Wednesday evening.

"Adam Lallana is back in the squad, Ross Stewart is back in full training, so hopefully we see him playing in the next couple of weeks.

"Kamaldeen is back. We'll have to wait and see what happens and how he reacts in training. But we're close to having a full clean bill of health."

Elsewhere the trip to Wales sees an opportunity for new signings Lesley Ugochukwu and Mateus Fernandes to gain valuable minutes.

"He needs to be the guy," said Martin on Ugochukwu. "He needs to be the king in the middle of the pitch. It will be great for him to be on the pitch rather than just at training being pushed around and told where to go.

"Matty Fernandes is a top talent, clubs all over Europe were looking at him. I think you saw a bit on Saturday of what he can bring."

So Saints supporters could well see another debut for the club in "Big Les" and that will be the one everyone will be looking at, can he be the man to step into the centre of the park and boss it.

We lacked that against Forest and although some complained about the inability of Joe Aribo & Will Smallbone to step into the gap when we were in attacking mode , that had a lot to do with the defensive duties they both had to perform, as the visitors pressed forward.

With Ugochukwu in the middle of the park that may well allow us to employ a more attacking central midfielder.

Martin also had a few words for Tyler Dibling, a player that looked impressive in his cameo role on Saturday.

"Tyler Dibling is very close and probably unlucky not to be playing in the team after his pre-season,"

"He's had two appearances off the bench and did really, really well on Saturday. Just that last little end product, which he's 18, that will come.

"He needs to play well tomorrow night and put himself even more in the frame for the team because he's been really, really impressive."

Latest Odds:


Match Odds

Cardiff City - 4/1
Southampton - 4/6
Draw - 3/1

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Cardiff City XI: Alnwick; Kpakio, Goutas, Fagan-Walcott, Bagan; Rinomhota, Gbadehan; Conte, Colwill, Ashford; Reindorf.

Subs: Turner, Giles, T. Davies, Robertson, Mafico, Twose, Jefferies, Wigley, Nyakuhwa.

We'll go through on penalties

Bluebirds

Lovely, industrious work from Kpakio, who tries to slide a ball in behind for Conte, but he is adjudged offside.

Lots of build-up play from Sints, but Ronnie Edwards' lofted through ball towards Edozie is wayward and out for a goal kick.

1nil Southampton

Wow way way to easy

1 nil down after 9 mins, as expected

1 nil down after 9 mins, as expected

We’ve virtually set up to lose tonight and not good for our younger players confidence, he’s put hardly any experience with them.

Don't understand putting this sort of team out against a premier league side, surely just sending lambs to the slaughter. Lower opposition I'd understand

Colwill plays Conte in on the right and the winger earns the Bluebirds a corner. Decent break that.

Don't understand putting this sort of team out against a premier league side, surely just sending lambs to the slaughter. Lower opposition I'd understand

Honestly I can’t work Bulut out??

He does not know how to treat these lads, like you say it’s like putting lambs to the slaughter and their confidence killed.

1 nil down after 9 mins, as expected

We’ve virtually set up to lose tonight and not good for our younger players confidence, he’s put hardly any experience with them.

Yep, agree. Bulut has no desire to win this game with the team selection. There should have been a mix of experience and youth giving at least a chance. Not good for the fans who went tonight.

I'm sitting right next to Barclay1

Someone send help

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RUBIN COLLWILL

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