**Official Matchday Thread - City v Fulham**

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Anyone feeling more positive.............?

I realise I have put this up before we have confirmation of anything.............(potential )

New signing Scott Malone from Millwall is expected to feature v Fulham :thumbright:

Russell Slade has a strong squad to pick from and virtually a fully fit team.

Manga is away now for 4 weeks in the African Cup.

Anthony Pilkington is hoping to claim a place on the bench after recovering from his recent injury.


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Possible Lineups

Cardiff City
1 Marshall
2 Brayford
5 Manga
36 Morrison
12 John
18 Adeyemi
7 Whittingham
17 Gunnarsson
11 Noone
10 Le Fondre
9 Jones

Fulham
40 Bettinelli
37 Grimmer
6 Bodurov
4 Hutchinson
3 Stafylidis
8 Parker
12 S Fofana
21 Christensen
16 Woodrow
44 McCormack
20 Rodallega


Preview

Last May saw both Cardiff City and Fulham relegated from the Premier League after dismal campaigns in the top-flight.

This Saturday, the two meet in the Championship at Cardiff City Stadium with both sides having made a right pig’s ear of their return to the second tier of English football.

After a shocking Christmas period, the Bluebirds welcome the Cottagers to the Welsh capital in 12th place with their opponents this weekend down in 17th, albeit just three points behind.

It’s hard to say who has had a worse six months or so out of the two clubs. Here, we compare how the underperforming sides have fared since relegation both on and off the pitch.

What's the current situation?

The two clubs go into this weekend's fixture in mid-table obscurity. With the squads available to either manager, it's undoubtedly a massive disappointment.

Both sides have had shocking Christmas periods, Fulham's 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday the only bright spot. Cardiff haven't won in the league since November 29 and shipped 13 goals in December as Watford, Brentford and Bournemouth handed them defeats.

How did we get here?

Just two points separated Cardiff and Fulham at the end of the 2013/14 Premier League season. Sadly, they finished six and four points adrift of survival respectively as the Bluebirds saw their dream return to the top-flight end in tears.

After taking over from the sacked Malky Mackay, former Manchester United hitman Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had little impact as manager as his side finished bottom of the pile.

A 4-0 away defeat to Sunderland was one of the final straws, with relegation confirmed in another reversal in the north east to Newcastle United.

Fulham fared little better, with well respected German boss Felix Magath failing to turn it around after a disastrous short-term spell in charge from Rene Meulensteen. Magath’s appointment made it three managers in one season for the Cottagers after Martin Jol had begun the campaign in charge.

Form - Last 6 Games

Cardiff

Cardiff City 2 - 4 Watford 28/12/2014
Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Cardiff City 26/12/2014
Cardiff City 2 - 3 Brentford 20/12/2014
Bournemouth 5 - 3 Cardiff City 13/12/2014
Cardiff City 0 - 0 Rotherham United 06/12/2014
Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff City 29/11/2014

Fulham

Fulham 0 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 29/12/2014
Bournemouth 2 - 0 Fulham 26/12/2014
Fulham 4 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday 20/12/2014
Leeds United 0 - 1 Fulham 13/12/2014
Fulham 0 - 5 Watford 05/12/2014
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 2 Fulham 29/11/2014

The Stats

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Cardiff

Cardiff have won 45%, drawn 15% and lost 40% of their last 20 home games.

In their last 20 home games against teams positioned in the bottom half of the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 6 and lost 4 of these matches.

In their last 20 home games against teams positioned below them in the table, Cardiff have won 10, drawn 9 and lost 1 of these matches.

Fulham

Fulham have won 20%, drawn 20% and lost 60% of their last 20 away games.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 17 of these matches.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned above them in the table, Fulham have won 2, drawn 4 and lost 14 of these matches.

Last 5 meetings

11 Aug 1998 Fulham v Cardiff City L 2-1 Worthington Cup
18 Aug 1998 Cardiff City v Fulham L 1-2 Worthington Cup
28 Sep 2013 Fulham v Cardiff City W 1-2 Premier League
08 Mar 2014 Cardiff City v Fulham W 3-1 Premier League
30 Aug 2014 Fulham v Cardiff City D 1-1 League Championship

[Tyrion TannisterGlobal Superstar]

Whitts on the wing again. Nothing makes me want to sob into the nearest shoulder quite like hearing that.

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TEAM NEWS: Simon Moore comes in for #CardiffCity skipper David Marshall, who misses out due to a minor injury.

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No sign of Macheda either.....the little shake up he needs perhaps?

[Arkay DubyaGlobal Superstar]

Wiziwig has been taken down - anybody got any other streams?

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Wiziwig fell foul of new regs in Spain.....

http://www.footballstreamings.com/live-streams.html

http://www.sportp2p.com/football/england/cardiff-fulham-free-live-streaming-online-p2p.html

[Arkay DubyaGlobal Superstar]

Doesn't seem to be anything on there

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

No, pity...........

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1 - 0 Morrison!!!

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Only 25% possession after 15 mins according to BBC stats.....

[SteWellsTeam Captain]

30% now, but with 8 shots, 3 of them on target. Fulham have had one, and it was off target.

[TDAGlobal Superstar]

34% now, but no more shots........

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Oops.....Ben Nugent sent off for fighting after 28 minutes......

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Attendance 22,515......

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Not seen anything regarding today's game, but all that matters is that we got the three points. Tough fixtures coming up - let's just hope we can build some momentum!

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