Cardiff City Team v Leicester City (League)

One thing for sure there will be no extra-time or penalties today at the CCS, but just 90 minutes with some injury time.

I expected both managers to play around with the starting line-up for today’s game from that teams they played Wednesday for the nights Carling Cup fixture and they did.

So who have the Cardiff boss Malky Mackay dropped from Wednesday night. Out goes the back four to be replaced by McNaughton Hudson Gerrard and Naylor keeps his place after coming on Wednesday night. In midfield out goes McPhail and Mason with Whittingham, Conway, Gunnarsson in with Kiss and Cowie has Malky plays five in midfield with Miller up front as the lone striker.

Marshall 

McNaughton Hudson Gerrard Naylor 

Kiss Whittingham Cowie Conway Gunnarsson  

Miller

Substitutes Parish, Blake, Earnshaw, Gestede, Mason,

Cardiff City team v Portsmouth

Cardiff City boss Malky Mackey will be making changes for the team that played in the mid-week Carling Cup game. The team will look more like the team that face Burnley more than Huddersfield.

Mackay made one change from the Burnley starting line up dropping Mason to the bench with Blake starting. On the bench, there is no place for Keinan who is replaced on the beach by Kiss.

Marshall

McNaughton Taylor Hudson Gerrard

Whittingham Cowie Blake Conway

Miller Earnshaw

Bench Heaton, Quinn, Kiss, Gestede, Mason

Cardiff City team v Reading

Bywater

McNaughton Keinan Quinn Blake

Burke Olofinjana Whittingham Emmanuel Thomas

Bellamy Bothroyd

Bench – Heaton, Hudson, Naylor, Rae, Koumas, Chopra Parkin.

This is the eleven who Cardiff manager Dave Jones believes will do the business for the fans and the club tonight. Really no surprise in the team goalkeeper Bywater keeps is spot between the posts with Heaton on the bench. The only changes from the Burnley game is Emmanuel Thomas is starting in place of Koumas and Blake instead of Hudson

Cardiff City team v Portsmouth

Bywater

Quinn McNaughton Keinan Samuel

Burke McPhail Olofinjana Whittingham

Bothroyd Bellamy

Heaton (gk), Rae, Gyepes, Parkin, Koumas, Blake, Matthews

Heaton on the bench so Bywater starts in goal Samuel’s also starts meaning Emmanuel Thomas misses out.

Cardiff City team v Sheffield Utd

Bywater

McNaughton Quinn Keinan Naylor

Burke McPhail Olofinjana Whittingham

Bothroyd Bellamy

The bench - Heaton Blake Gyepes Matthews Koumas Rae Emmanuel-Thomas

The big question of the night before kick-off was whether Jason Koumas starting or on the bench at Sheffield United. Well he is on the bench unsurprisingly.

Cardiff boss Dave Jones as made to change from the team that won at Doncaster, goalkeeper Tom Heaton is dropped to the bench with Stephen Bywater back between the posts. The other change is in defence with Lee Naylor get the nod ahead of Jlloyd Samuel.

Cardiff City team v Burnley

Heaton

McNaughton Hudson Keinan Quinn

Whittingham Olofinjana Ramsey Burke

Chopra Bothroyd

Substitutes: - Marshall, McPhail, Koumas, Blake, Emmanuel-Thomas, Parkin, Bellamy

Defender Kevin McNaughton is in the starting line-up after the knock he received on Saturday. Peter Whittingham and Chris Burke are back in the starting line-up with Craig Bellamy and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas on the bench.