CARDIFF CITY V BRENTFORD: BIG-MATCH BREAKDOWN
What time is kick-off?
The game gets underway at 3pm today.
How can I watch the game?
As it is a 3pm Saturday kick-off, viewers in the UK will be unable to watch the match live on TV.
However, if you are outside the UK and Ireland, you can purchase a match pass for £5 to watch the Bluebirds on Cardiff City TV.
What is the latest team news?
Cardiff City are still sweating on the fitness of Jazz Richards, who missed the Nottingham Forest game due to illness. Dion Sanderson stepped in to make his debut and did brilliantly in his stead, so, in all likelihood, we could see the Wolves loanee fill the right-back berth once again.
Elsewhere, Neil Harris is reticent to throw Joe Ralls straight back into the starting lineup owing to his lack of game time.
Albert Adomah also comes back in, having been deemed ineligible against his parent club last Tuesday.
Lee Tomlin, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Isaac Vassell and Matthew Connolly are the long-term absentees.
As for today’s visitors, centre back Pontus Jansson is a doubt, along with Mathias Jensen, Ellery Balcombe, Sergi Canos, Nikos Kerlis and Josh Clarke.
What has Neil Harris said?
“It’s not going to define the season as an individual game. With 10 games to go after Saturday. It becomes all the more important because of the last two results, the two defeats.
“Tuesday night was hard to take given that it was a strong performance on the back of a disappointing performance at Stoke. So it’s vitally important that for us to harbour thoughts of catching Brentford, it’s more of a don’t lose game, because if we lose then we’re nine points behind Brentford.
“It’s about bouncing back on Saturday. You’re still in it due to the inconsistencies of others in the division.”
Betting odds
(Odds courtesy of The Pools, correct at time of publishing. 18+ only) Cardiff City win 12/5, Draw 12/5, Brentford win 23/20
Who’s the referee? Simon Hooper
The Wiltshire official was in charge of City’s 1-1 draw with Reading on January 31.
Match facts
■ Cardiff City have won their last three home league games against Brentford since a 2-3 defeat in December 2014.
■ Brentford haven’t completed a league double over Cardiff since the 1994-95 season.
■ Cardiff haven’t lost three consecutive Championship games since January 2018, when they lost four in a row.
■ Brentford have won just two of their last nine away Championship games (W2 D3 L4), losing last time out against Luton Town.