FA Cup 3rd round. Being played behind closed doors.
Sunday 9th January, ko 2:00pm
Live on S4C
Match Officials:
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Assistants: Lee Venamore, Mark Pottage
Fourth Official: Sam Allison
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FA Cup 3rd round. Being played behind closed doors.
Sunday 9th January, ko 2:00pm
Live on S4C
Match Officials:
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Assistants: Lee Venamore, Mark Pottage
Fourth Official: Sam Allison
A limited amount of matchday programmes will be made available and there is also a digital version. Details below:
With the game being played behind closed doors due to the recent Welsh Government restrictions placed upon professional clubs in Wales, supporters wishing to acquire a print version for their collections are asked to email retail@cardiffcityfc.co.uk. You will need to collect your programme in person via the Club Superstore (Saturday 8th January, 10am-4pm & Friday 14th January, 10am-4pm) but please note that the Superstore will not be open on matchday itself.
Print versions of the 28-page programme are priced at £2.50 and will be sold on a first come first served basis. The digital version is priced at £1.99 and is available on Desktop, mobile and tablet from zeeon.co.uk, 24 hours before KO.
Thank you for your continued support of the Bluebirds during this testing period. On behalf of The Bluebird editorial team, we wish you a Happy New Year.
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There are no replays. This game will be settled on the day. The 4th round draw takes places later on Sunday.
Ties in the third and fourth rounds of this season’s competition will be played to a finish on the day, with extra-time and penalty shootouts if required.
I am expecting a fairly strong team with 1 or 2 younger players in, mainly through necessity.
Phillip's
Ng
Morrison
Nelson
McGuinness
Bagan
Ralls
Pack
Davies
Collins
Colwill
At least they can't blame fan apathy for a low turnout.
Can Wintle play?
Phillips
Ng McGuiness Brown
Sang Wintle Ralls Bagan
Colwill
Davies Harris
Can Watters play?
No excuses about anyone needing a 'rest'.
Isn’t the game on bbc wales as well?
I wonder if we'll see some as yet unseen youngsters on the bench? We'll have a 20 man squad and be able to make 5 subs
Match Facts
- This will be the 98th meeting between Cardiff City and Preston North End in all competitions but the first time they’ve faced in any competition other than the Football League.
- Preston have lost their last four matches against Cardiff, all in the Championship between June 2020 and November 2021. They last had a longer losing run against them between 1968 and 1972, eight in a row.
- Cardiff have won just two of their last 12 games in the FA Cup (D4 L6), both in third round replays against Mansfield Town in 2017-18 and Carlisle United in 2019-20. They last won an FA Cup tie without the need of a replay in 2014-15, a 3-1 win over Colchester United in the third round.
- Preston North End have lost seven of their last eight FA Cup matches, winning the other 5-1 against Wycombe Wanderers in January 2018.
- Preston have been eliminated in the FA Cup third round in each of the last three seasons, last going out at this stage in more consecutive campaigns between 1927-28 and 1930-31.
Cunningham starts for Preston
Is that 4 central midfielders on the bench?