Wednesday January 1st, 2020. ko 3:00pm
Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button
Match officials:
Referee: DARREN ENGLAND
Assistants: Ian Cooper and Daniel Leach
Fourth Official : Andy Davies
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Wednesday January 1st, 2020. ko 3:00pm
Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button
Match officials:
Referee: DARREN ENGLAND
Assistants: Ian Cooper and Daniel Leach
Fourth Official : Andy Davies
You'd think an opportunity for some fringe players to get a look in given the quick turnaround and injuries. Would really like to see Coxe start, as well as Whyte who I thought was improving a lot under old-Neil until new-Neil came in. Interested to see if he stays with Glatzel, again the quick turnaround, wouldn't be surprised to see him rested.
QPR, like the rest of the division outside of the top 2 are nothing special, so no reason we can't get something from this. 1-1.
Will there be any streams for it if it's on Red Button?
According to the club website (Cardiff, not QPR) this game WILL be shown on City TV, which is good. Okay, it costs a tenner, but if it was on in the pub, you'd spend a tenner easily while watching. It's red button, so not in pubs. Looks like I'll be forking out a tenner to watch it online.
Match facts
- QPR have won 13 of their last 17 home league matches against Cardiff City, including the last two in a row.
- Cardiff are looking to complete a league double over QPR for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
- QPR and Cardiff have faced each other on New Year's Day once previously. The Hoops won 2-1 back in 2018.
- Cardiff manager Neil Harris is winless in his last three games when facing QPR in the Championship. His last victory over Rangers came while in charge of Millwall in December 2017.
- QPR boss Mark Warburton has lost each of his last four games against Cardiff - all in the Championship, with three different sides, Brentford, Nottingham Forest (twice) and QPR.
- Cardiff have lost their last three league games on New Year's Day, although two of those defeats were in the Premier League in 2013/14 and 2018/19.
Are we expecting anything other than 5 at the back?
- QPR had 2 days to prepare for us playing with 5 at the back
- 5 at the back is a system we have used for 57 minutes in game time under Harris with 2 days training to prepare to use it again
- The last time we used it, I believe, was Wolves at home 30/11/18 with a vastly different squad. I would wager that QPR have attacked against it more recently than that.
- QPR scored 6 goals against a defence that very, very rarely concedes more than 2 goals in a game
Due to injuries and it seemingly working well as an emergency measure, perhaps 5 at the back was a system Harris was willing to try but with hindsight it was a poor decision in the short-term.
http://www.hesgoal.com/news/57859/Qu...diff_City.html
there are probably better ones about too
Thats a very defensive lineup. Vaulks in for Tomlin and Bamba in for Bennett.
Team same as finished Sunday. Morrie and Pelts on bench.
Etheridge, Richards, Flint, Nelson, Bamba, Bacuna, Pack, Vaulks, Tomlin, Hoilett, Glatzel
Looking forward to seeing what Vaulks can do... would have liked Whyte to start
I like that line up. It was excellent in the 2nd half at Wednesday 532 when needs be 343 otherwise,
how does that even look on paper.
is hoilett up front? or is Tomlin on the wing? Either way I think this is the way to go with our squad. Our wingers aren't performing and the more help Flint can get at the back, the better. Interested to see how it plays out
Other than the play off win, probably my fav QPR v City game, Earnie hat-trick
http://urban75.org/cardiff/qpr_02.html
Do they fancy turning the lights on?
[QUOTE=City123;5033924]Do they fancy turning the lights on?
I think the lights are on but it's very dark
Great start
It is very dark, all the other games look much brighter