Leicester must build on their two last performances coming out of their two first games with two wins as this game follows, and on paper a game surely to bring in 3 poinst from.
Mads Hermansen is still in doubt, Cesare Casadei being available for selection, so interesting to see what the young man from Chelsea, that arrived on a year loan, will bring to the table if starting or at least getting minutes from the bench.
Conor Coady and Alex Smithies are the two certainly not being read to play, with both Mads Hermansen and Victor Kristiansen must surely clear to play if chosen.
Leicester are big favourites to bring home all three points from the event, as we are very much looking forward to a game that could see Leicester with three wins in their opening three games of the season and hopefully moving forward with pace as points are collected.
The big talk of course at Cardiff City is the return of Aaron Ramsey (32), coming in from Juventus, as the former Arsenal midfielder must be seen as one of the best players of his generation.
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Match Pack – Stats & Facts
Table Position
LEI: 2
CAR: 18
Injuries / Uncertainties / Suspensions:
LEI: Coady, Kristiansen, Smithies, Hermansen
CAR: Allsop
Head to Head:
Last Three
Premier League; 29..12.2018, King Power, 0-1 (L)
Premier League; 03.11.2018, Cardiff City Stadium, 1-0 (W)
Premier League; 12.03.2013, Cardiff City Stadium, 1-1 (D)
Possible Line-Up’s:
Leicester City:
Stolarczyk, Pereira, Vestergaard, Faes, Doyle, Winks, Dewsbury-Hall, Praet, Vardy, Mavididi, Madivadua
Cardiff City:
Alnwick; Ng, McGuinness, Goutas, O’Dowda; Wintle, Adams; Bowler, Ramsey, Grant; Ugbo
Predicted Result: 3-0 (Win)
Players In Both Camps, Cardiff City
Focus On; Cardiff City
Nickname: The Bluebirds
Manager: Erol Bulut
Captain: Joe Ralls
Chairman: Mehmet Dalman
Kit Supplier: New Balance
Kit Sponsor: Visit Malaysia
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Capacity: 33,316
Wikipedia
Cardiff City Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., the club changed its name to Cardiff City in 1908 and entered the Southern Football League in 1910 before joining the English Football League in 1920. The team has spent 17 seasons in the top tier of English football, the longest period being between 1921 and 1929. Their most recent season in the top flight was the 2018–19 Premier League season.
Cardiff is the only team from outside England to have won the FA Cup, doing so in 1927. They have also reached three other cup finals in English competitions, the 1925 FA Cup Final against Sheffield United, the 2008 FA Cup Final against Portsmouth and the 2012 Football League Cup Final against Liverpool, suffering defeat on each occasion. They have won the Welsh Cup on 22 occasions, making them the second-most successful team in the competition’s history behind Wrexham.
With the exception of a short period this century, the team has played in home colours of blue and white since 1908, from which their nickname “The Bluebirds” derives. Cardiff’s first permanent ground was Ninian Park, which opened in 1910; it remained in use for 99 years until the club moved into the Cardiff City Stadium in 2009. Cardiff has long-standing rivalries with nearby clubs Swansea City, with whom they contest the South Wales derby, and Bristol City, with whom they contest the Severnside derby. The club’s record appearance holder is Billy Hardy, who made 590 appearances in a 20-year playing spell with Cardiff, and their record goalscorer is Len Davies with 179 goals, read more
Kit:
The New Balance Cardiff City 2023-24 home shirt blends three shades of blue together, using rhombus shapes and diagonal cut-off lines to create a sort of distorted striped effect. White piping runs down the seam of the raglan sleeves. The collar is mandarin style and has a single button at the front.
Arch-enemy: Swansea City
Honours: Cardiff City, a club not famous for those major trophies in the “English” game, once runners-up in the 1st divison, 1923-24. They are one of few clubs to be winners of the three tiers below the top, and also FA Cup winners as well as finalists in the EFL Cup, not to forget all their Welsh Cup titles when competing in that tournament.
Domestic
1st Division / Premier League
Winners: –
Runners-up: 1923/24
2nd Division / League Championship
Winners: 2012/13
3rd Division / League Championship
Winners: 1946/47
4th Division / League Two
Winners: 1992/93
FA Cup
Winners: 1926/27
Runners up: 1924/25, 2007/08
League Cup
Runners up: 2011/12
Europe
European Cup Winners Cup: 1964/65, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1988/89, 1992/93, 1993/94
Did You Know? Frank Burrows, Frank O’Farrell and Eddie May are all former Cardiff City managers, Burrows and May both in two periods. Frank O’Farrell had his time in charge of Leicester from 1969 to 1971. Burrows had a caretaker role at Leicester, May was on the coaching staff at the club under the time Jock Wallace was in charge. Russell Osman is also a former manager at Cardiff City.
Most Appearances: (M) Billy Hardy (1911-1931), 590
Most Goals: (F) Len Davies (1913-1919), 179
Other Famous Players: Phil Dwyer, Neil Pontin, Steve Lynex, Gerry Hitchens, John Toshack, Peter Whittingham, Nathan Blake, Robert Earnshaw, Joe Ledley, Willie Boland, Trevor Ford, Fred Keenor, Kevin McNoughton, Michael Chopra, David Marshall, Jimmy Gill, Robin Friday, Neil Alexander, Alan Durban, Ray Bishop, Jay Boothroyd, Clive Charles, Peter Rodrigues, Aaron Ramsey
Record win: 16-0 v Knighton Town, (Welsh Cup), 16 January 1961
Record defeat: 2-11 v Sheffield United (League), 1 Janury 1926
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