C'mon Archie" You had to be there! TEAM NEWS Cardiff captain Mark Hudson is suspended while Tommy Smith (hamstring) is still not ready to return. Manager Malky Mackay welcomes back Jordan Mutch from suspension and Matthew Connolly is expected to play alongside Ben Turner in defence. Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson will be without defenders Kgosi Ntlhe and Peter Grant (both knee). Striker Tyrone Barnett is also ruled out after suffering a serious knee injury while on loan at Ipswich. MATCH FACTS Head-to-head ⢠Peterborough hold a 50% winning league record against Cardiff, having prevailed in 11 of 22, drawn in six and lost in five. ⢠The Bluebirds scored three goals in six first-half minutes to defeat Posh 3-1 in last season's corresponding fixture. It took Cardiff's home league record over the London Road club to won four, drawn three, lost four. ⢠Peterborough have put 11 goals past Cardiff in five league and cup meetings, and failed to score in one of those games. Cardiff City ⢠Cardiff defend their three-point at the head of the table in this top versus bottom showdown, and aim to stretch their club-record sequence of home wins to 11, and increase this season's total of Championship victories, home and away, to an unrivalled 15. ⢠Malky Mackay's side are six points up on this same stage last season, and on their best start since 1949, when they won 17 and drew one of the first 21 Division Three South games. ⢠Goalkeeper David Marshall is standing by to make his 250th career league appearance. Peterborough United ⢠Rock-bottom Peterborough have picked up one point in a winless last eight, and are anxious to avoid a fourth successive league defeat, an unequalled 17th of the season, and 100th in the two-club managerial career of Darren Ferguson. ⢠Posh have only won eight league games in this calendar year, and have become the first club this season to drop 50 Championship points. ⢠72% of the league goals conceded by the London Road club have been shipped in the second half (28 of 39), which is the highest such proportion in the division. In fact they have only conceded first-half goals in two of their last 14 league games.
Red, didn't know about Peter Brough so Looked it up....Archie Andrews! Just read that Max Bygraves died back in August, didn't know that. Sad that he's gone and Eric Sykes this year.
Cardiff City 01 Marshall 02 McNaughton 03 Taylor 06 Turner 12 Connolly 07 Whittingham 08 Cowie 11 Conway 16 Noone 22 Helguson 39 Bellamy Substitutes 32 Lewis 13 Kim Bo-Kyung 17 Gunnarsson 18 Mutch 24 Lappin 15 Gestede 20 Mason Peterborough United 01 Olejnik 05 Zakuani 19 Little 06 Bostwick 14 Rowe 17 Newell 20 Knight-Percival 33 Thorne 08 Tomlin 10 Boyd 34 Gayle Substitutes 13 Day 03 Alcock 04 Brisley 07 Swanson 11 McCann 00 TEAM NEWS Cardiff captain Mark Hudson is suspended while Tommy Smith (hamstring) is still not ready to return. Manager Malky Mackay welcomes back Jordan Mutch from suspension and Matthew Connolly is expected to play alongside Ben Turner in defence. Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson will be without defenders Kgosi Ntlhe and Peter Grant (both knee). Striker Tyrone Barnett is also ruled out after suffering a serious knee injury while on loan at Ipswich. MATCH FACTS Head-to-head • Peterborough hold a 50% winning league record against Cardiff, having prevailed in 11 of 22, drawn in six and lost in five. • The Bluebirds scored three goals in six first-half minutes to defeat Posh 3-1 in last season's corresponding fixture. It took Cardiff's home league record over the London Road club to won four, drawn three, lost four. • Peterborough have put 11 goals past Cardiff in five league and cup meetings, and failed to score in one of those games. Cardiff City • Cardiff defend their three-point at the head of the table in this top versus bottom showdown, and aim to stretch their club-record sequence of home wins to 11, and increase this season's total of Championship victories, home and away, to an unrivalled 15. • Malky Mackay's side are six points up on this same stage last season, and on their best start since 1949, when they won 17 and drew one of the first 21 Division Three South games. • Goalkeeper David Marshall is standing by to make his 250th career league appearance. Peterborough United • Rock-bottom Peterborough have picked up one point in a winless last eight, and are anxious to avoid a fourth successive league defeat, an unequalled 17th of the season, and 100th in the two-club managerial career of Darren Ferguson. • Posh have only won eight league games in this calendar year, and have become the first club this season to drop 50 Championship points. • 72% of the league goals conceded by the London Road club have been shipped in the second half (28 of 39), which is the highest such proportion in the division. In fact they have only conceded first-half goals in two of their last 14 league games.
In case we need reminding folks: Carddiff City's record home run: 17 Aug: Huddersfield 1-0 2 Sept: Wolves 3-1 15 Sept: Leeds Utd 2-1 29 Sept: Blackpool 3-0 2 Oct: Birmingham 2-1 23 Oct: Watford 2-1 27 Oct: Burnley 4-0 10 Nov: Hull 2-1 17 Nov: Middlesbrough 1-0 2 Dec: Sheff Wed 1-0
Moving up1 Crystal Palace 22 16 44 Moving down2 Cardiff 22 15 44 No Movement3 Hull 22 7 41 No Movement4 Middlesbrough 22 8 39 No Movement5 Leicester 22 17 38 No Movement6 Watford 22 8 34
early days yet but a great effort from the bottom club, still have you to win this. Hate playing Bottom sides...
err, wtf is going on today?? I am sitting here shading my head in disbelief. As much as I like Posh I never saw this coming
