FT: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 STOKE CITY. Match thread

Match facts

• Cardiff City are winless in eight matches against Stoke City in all competitions (W0 D4 L4) since a 3-0 win in February 2006.
• This is the first league meeting between Cardiff and Stoke since April 2014, a 1-1 draw in the Premier League.
• Cardiff have not lost consecutive home Championship matches since December 2017, losing 1-0 in their last game at the Cardiff City Stadium against Bristol City.
• Stoke are looking to win three consecutive league games for the first time since October 2016.
• Cardiff City have benefitted from more goals from substitutes in the Championship this season than any other side (nine).
• Stoke's Mame Biram Diouf is looking to score in consecutive league appearances for the Potters for the first time since October 2017, when he scored in three consecutively.

Match Officials:

Referee: GAVIN WARD
Assistants: Timothy Wood and Mark Russell
Fourth Official : Kevin Johnson

That record surely has to end soon 😂

Tomlin starts ahead of Paterson, who is on the bench

Etheridge; Peltier, Flint, Nelson, Bennett; Pack, Bacuna; Mendez-Laing, Tomlin, Hoilett; Madine

Butland; Batth, Martins Indi, Carter-Vickers, Ward; Ince, Allen, Woods, Ndiaye, Clucas; Gregory,

Gavin Ward the ref????!!! Surely not the Gavin Ward we knew....

We never seem to beat this lot do we?

1-0

lovely layoff by Madine....Bacuna....GOAL

very scrappy....Tomlin looking lost....wingers not running....just as i say that, great run by Tomlin...Madine unlucky......good save.

Pretty even so far. Madine should’ve done better there. I think we’re going to need a couple more goals. Can’t see us keeping a clean sheet tonight.

Looks like a typical cold, damp, miserable Tuesday evening Championship match so far.

At least we're winning at he moment.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

Pretty even so far. Madine should’ve done better there. I think we’re going to need a couple more goals. Can’t see us keeping a clean sheet tonight.

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Defence looking a bit creaky but if ever we needed a clean sheet, it is tonight.

nice to see stoke Subs doing a proper warm up where we’re just hitting it back and forth aimlessly.

Also where’s the rivalry gone. The atmosphere is flipping shocking considering how much Cardiff and Stoke hate each other

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Originally Posted by WJ99mobile

Also where’s the rivalry gone. The atmosphere is flipping shocking considering how much Cardiff and Stoke hate each other

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another "look at me ref," who will give us nothing.

Ref is a ****

Warnock may be gone but his footballing style lives on .
This is shocking . Hoof ball in the main , no plan B , doesnt look much like there is a plan A either.

We're due about 33 shots on goal before the end of the game.. any... minute.. now..

Poor show this after looking promising last week.

Tackle!
Hoof!
Jump!
Repeat...

We have been better second half. Played a bit of football here and there.

1.0, 3 points, clean sheet, Job Done :ayatollah:

Winning ugly. It's a sign of champions, you know. :hehe:

I think he's asking them to play some football.

We're still coughing up possession but we used it better than they did when we had it.

3 points and a clean sheet. Got to be happy with that even if the performances wasn't vintage.

ref had a good game , (for stoke)