Saturday 7th March, ko 12:30pm
Live on Sky Sports +
Match Officials:
Referee: Tom Reeves
Assistant Referee: Marvyn Amphlett
Assistant Referee: Samuel Fudge
Fourth Official: James Durkin
League One leaders Cardiff entertain 2nd place Lincoln as the two teams expected to get promoted this season meet in front of the biggest crowd of the season at CCS.
Up to 3,000 Lincoln fans are coming to South Wales while Cardiff have sold over 22,500 home tickets with the Upper Ninian open for only the second time this season.
“It should be a great day. Hopefully it will be a reward for the supporters who travel so far and have spent so much money on supporting us throughout the course of the season. Saturday will be a great day to return home and hopefully we’ll give them a good day.
“All eyes are on Saturday naturally against an opponent of the calibre that we’re facing. It’s going to be a great game and a great day for everyone.
“It’s going to be as tough as it gets because of how good the opponents are. We faced them earlier in the season and got an insight into how good they are and how difficult the game is likely to be.
"They have brilliant players all over the pitch and are a highly technical team, so we are fully aware of their strengths and have the highest regard for what they’ve done and what they do, but we’re pretty good ourselves and our form at home has been good.
"It’s one to look forward to, and one that we’ll do our best to try and win.”
Michael Skubala
“Very good team,” when asked for his thoughts on Cardiff. “We saw them at home, they can be very dangerous. They’ve got talented players all over the pitch.
“They can move the ball well. And at home, their form is probably the best. They’ve been absolutely dominant at home in how they want to be and how they want to play.
“It’s going to be a really tough day for us in terms of getting some control in the game, but like any team, they’ve got weaknesses as well.
“If we can exploit their weaknesses and get after them in the way that we want to do that, I’m sure they’ll be looking exactly the same for us.
“We had a great performance at home against them getting three points against them. We want to try and do that again, but it’s going to be a tougher task away from home as always.
“In any game at this level in this league, you see it. The results away from home are really tough to come by. So, we’re just going to have to make sure that we’re absolutely on the gas to try and get that three points.”
- Cardiff City have lost six of their last seven league games against Lincoln City (W1), though their sole victory did come in their last home match against the Imps – a 3-2 victory in November 2000 in the fourth tier.
- After losing each of their first six away league games against Cardiff City between 1949 and 1986, Lincoln City have since lost just two of their last eight (W4 D2).
- Cardiff City have won 11 of their last 12 home league games (D1), the Welsh side last enjoyed a longer unbeaten run on home soil between September 2015 and February 2016 (13 games).
- Lincoln have failed to win any of their last nine away Football League games against sides from Wales (D3 L6), since a 2-0 win over Wrexham in October 2002. The Imps have also failed to score in each of their last four such matches.
