The Sevenside derby tomorrow/today with Cardiff City, boss Neil Warnock pitting his players against his counterpart from across the Bristol Channel in what could be a heated encounter. The Bluebirds are looking for a fourth straight win as they host Bristol City.
If they secure their fourth win in as many games it could do their promotion push a great deal of good as they host promotion rivals Bristol City. Cardiff have moved four points clear of third placed Aston Villa after a hard-fought 1-0 win away at Ipswich on Wednesday night in fact all the results involving the top six went the Bluebirds way mid-week.
Cardiff are undefeated in the last five games while Bristol City have just one win with one defeat and three draws. Early in the season, Bristol got the better of us on a visit to their ground 2-1. Game set and match to the Bluebirds maybe but that’s fantasy football until the final whistle.
Following promotion rivals Fulham mega win over top of the table Wolves 2-0, which means a win for Cardiff, will see them only six points behind the current league leaders. With Aston Villa’s, win this afternoon they stay third in the league table and now just a point behind the Welshman depending on the outcome of the game tomorrow/today. Derby dropped another two points with a high scoring draw (3-3) at Reading.
Team News
Cardiff City captain Sean Morrison is reported doubtful for the Sevenside derby after coming off in the midweek win at Ipswich with a groin problem. But Warnock said he will play making it one for the team sheet, will he or won’t he.
Neil Warnock is facing a defensive crisis of sorts, especially at fullback, where he is missing Jazz Richards, Armand Traore, and Lee Peltier out for at least a month after only making his return two weeks ago, and Joe Bennett. He is also without Aron Gunnarsson, while striker Gary Madine is pushing for a starting place. Callum Paterson (ankle) faces a late fitness test.
In the world of derbies, I rate Bristol City as our greatest more than the scum down the road (Swansea). That was due to the amount of times our paths have crossed over the seasons. Has a young Cardiff fan in the seventies they (Swansea) didn’t register for me it was Bristol City who were constantly talked about and the tensions would gather pace as the game came closer. The hatred was also helped along by the “Aberfan" chant at City fans was probably the worst chant ever to be heard at a football ground. It was guaranteed to cause a riot and back then, there was plenty of that about.
The walk from Temple Meads to the ground before and after the game could be nasty and the police were not as on top of trouble like today in most cases. The rise of Swansea put them on the radar but I always look to the other side of the Bristol Channel.
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