Cardiff vs Manchester City – FA Cup – Preview

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Sreya

Cardiff vs Manchester City – Cardiff hosts Manchester City at the Cardiff City Stadium on 28th January, Sunday in their fourth round tie of the FA Cup.

Cardiff defeated Mansfield Town through a replay in the third round, but are unlikely to trouble Manchester City too much. The Championship side are placed third in the English second division and are likely to qualify for the promotion play-offs.

Manchester City, having already opened up a considerable lead at the top of the English Premier League table and secured a place in the finals of the League Cup, are chasing the quadruple this season. Pep Guardiola’s side eliminated Burnley in the third round.

Team News

Danny Ward, Matt Connoly, Lee Camp, Kadeem Harris and Aron Gunnarsson are injured for Cardiff City while Manchester City will be without the injured Benjamin Mendy, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus.

Cardiff City Possible Starting Lineup: Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Nathaniel Mendez-Lainga, Joe Ralls, Marko Grujic, David Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Ederson, Danilo, Vincent Kompany, Elaquim Mangala, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Yaya Toure, Bernardo Silva, Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero.

“Our lads will look forward to it, we have to try and be organised and hope they have a bad day. We need to try and get some inside information about how Liverpool did it.”

– Neil Warnock, Cardiff City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Cardiff vs Manchester City H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in one win for Manchester City, two wins for Cardiff and two draws.

Cardiff City are in the worst stretch of their form coming into this season, having lost four of their last six league matches. A 2-0 win for Manchester City is the most probable outcome.