Derby v Cardiff - Tue 24th April - 19:45 - Match Thread

[kernel]

Derby County boss Gary Rowett will wait on "one or two" players to prove their fitness for this crucial fixture in the end-of-season promotion bid.

The Rams are point behind sixth-placed Millwall with this game in hand, but have lost their past three matches.

Second-placed Cardiff City can create a four-point gap between themselves and third-placed Fulham with victory.

There are no new injury worries, while defender Jazz Richards available for the first time since January.

This game was postponed back in March after snowfall had put areas surrounding the stadium an "unsafe condition".

Match facts​

• Derby have won only one of their last six home Championship matches against Cardiff (D2 L3), losing 4-3 last season.​

• The Bluebirds have kept one clean sheet in their last 10 league visits to Pride Park, a 3-0 win in November 2011.​

• The two Championship meetings between Gary Rowett and Neil Warnock have both ended goalless, between Birmingham and Rotherham in February 2016 and in this reverse fixture in September.​

• The Rams have not lost four league games in a row since a run of five back in November 2011.​

• No side has won more games on a Tuesday in the Championship this season than Cardiff (7, level with Fulham).​

• Dave Nugent has not scored in three consecutive league games since January 2014, with Leicester.​

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[kernel]

Does anyone dare to post a score prediction?

 

[Kiffa 4.0]

Snow Cunts 0-7 City

 

[cityman]

I genuinely think our lads will be so up for this that they'll pop in a brace of unanswered goals.

 

[Kiffa 4.0]

Snow Cunts 0-7 City

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Fuck off.

 

[adz-a32]

Ima but me some Yeezys, yo!

 

[Stantona]

Snowflakes 1 Bluebirds 3:warny:

 

[TroggBlue]

Cooooooommmmmmmeeeeee onnnnnnnnn
Fooooooooookkkkkkkkkk offfffffffff:fookoff::warnypunch:

 

[TDA]

Don't think we can be as stretched as we were at times against Forest. Players like Jerome, Lawrence & Huddlestone are too good to be given space. I wouldn't be surprised to see Madine start in an effort to soften up the central defenders, but a midfield of Gunnarsson, Paterson and Ralls will have to work hard to cancel out the influence of Ledley & Huddlestone.

There were glimpses in the Forest game that the triumvirate of Bennett, Ralls & Hoilett were starting to get it together again around the opposition penalty box. We have badly missed the interplay of those three in opening up defences.

Never thought I would say it, but I hope that Peltier is fit, because, as lovable as Bruno is, he is a liability at full back.

 

[kernel]

Don't think we can be as stretched as we were at times against Forest. Players like Jerome, Lawrence & Huddlestone are too good to be given space. I wouldn't be surprised to see Madine start in an effort to soften up the central defenders, but a midfield of Gunnarsson, Paterson and Ralls will have to work hard to cancel out the influence of Ledley & Huddlestone.

There were glimpses in the Forest game that the triumvirate of Bennett, Ralls & Hoilett were starting to get it together again around the opposition penalty box. We have badly missed the interplay of those three in opening up defences.

Never thought I would say it, but I hope that Peltier is fit, because, as lovable as Bruno is, he is a liability at full back.

Did I dream that Jerome and Ledley were out for the game? Could've sworn I saw it somewhere.

 

[Joecity]

Did I dream that Jerome and Ledley were out for the game? Could've sworn I saw it somewhere.

According to their message board, somebody posted.

 

[bluethrough™]

Did I dream that Jerome and Ledley were out for the game? Could've sworn I saw it somewhere.

I think I saw that somewhere which also mentioned Huddlestone being out as well

 

[kernel]

According to their message board, somebody posted.

Ah, I should have known better that to fall for that hoodwink from those cheating bastards.

 

[TDA]

Did I dream that Jerome and Ledley were out for the game? Could've sworn I saw it somewhere.

I think I saw that somewhere which also mentioned Huddlestone being out as well

In that case Derby 0 City 5

 

[cityman]

I feel genuinely sick about this game.

 

[bluethrough™]

I feel genuinely sick about this game.

Man up mun, regardless of what happens we are still at least a point ahead of Fulham with 2 games to play. I for one would have sold my soul last August to have achieved this position....In Neil and the boys we trust

 

[Steve R]

Derby County boss Gary Rowett will wait on "one or two" players to prove their fitness for this crucial fixture

Oh.....here we go......

 

[Antifa]

Does anyone dare to post a score prediction?

No chance,

I will say in my opinion it’s our biggest game of the season and I’m not jinxing it by making a score prediction

 

[TroggBlue]

Just under an hour away now and absolutely bricking it

 

[cityman]

Man up mun, regardless of what happens we are still at least a point ahead of Fulham with 2 games to play. I for one would have sold my soul last August to have achieved this position....In Neil and the boys we trust

Fair point but Cardiff got some history in the "just missing out on glory" department.