Cardiff v Derby. Team news and preview

Last updated : 02 March 2021 By Michael Morris

Live action at Cardiff City Stadium today. ko 7:00pm LIve on Sky Sports Red Button.

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Line ups:

Cardiff City: Phillips; Morrison, Flint, Nelson; Ng, Vaulks, Pack, Bacuna, Bennett; Ojo, Moore.

Subs: Smithies, Bagan, Ralls, Williams, Wilson, Colwill, Murphy, Hoilett, Harris.

 

Derby County: Roos; Wisdom, Shinnie, Edmundson, Jozwiak, Mengi, Clarke, Sibley, Gregory, Buchanan, Baningime.

Subs: Idem, Forsyth, Bird, Waghorn, Byrne, Kazim-Richards, McDonald, Knight, Watson.

Match facts

  • Cardiff are looking to win back-to-back Championship home games over Derby for the first time since winning four in a row from April 2009 to April 2012.
  • Derby have only won one of their last six Championship meetings with Cardiff (D3 L2), winning 3-1 in April 2018 under Gary Rowett.
  • Cardiff will be looking to go 10 Championship games without defeat for the first time since April 2018 under Neil Warnock (a run of 13), in their last promotion-winning campaign.
  • Since losing consecutive Championship games at the start of January, Derby have only lost two of their last nine games in the competition (W6 D1).
  • Cardiff manager Mick McCarthy has lost each of his last four home league matches against Derby County, each with Ipswich from January 2015 to December 2017.

Match Officials:

Referee: DEAN WHITESTONE
Assistants: Matthew McGrath and Mark Pottage
Fourth Official : Daniel Lamport