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Vital 1st Team Regular
OPPONENTS: Cardiff City Football Club
MANAGER: Neil Warnock
NICKNAME: The Bluebirds
LEAGUE POSITION: 4th in the Championship (finished 12th last season)
THE JOURNEY: Fratton Park to Cardiff City Stadium - around 150 miles, less than 3.
LAST TIME OUT:
* Pompey started the season how they finished the last, with another win. It wasn't a dominant performance but Pompey probably deserved the 2-0 scoreline courtesy of Brett Pitman's brace.
* Cardiff also started the season with a win, beating Burton Albion away from home thanks to a Kenneth Zohore goal 3 minutes from time.
POMPEY STATS:
* Pompey's win on Saturday makes it 11 wins and 1 draw in their last 13 competitive fixtures.
* This will be Portsmouth's first cup game since November 8th, exactly 9 months after Pompey exited their 3rd domestic cup competition at the first stage last season.
* Although the FA Cup success of 2008 and the final in 2010 remains Pompey's fondest cup memories, Pompey have had some success against Championship opposition in recent years, beating both Derby and Ipswich in League and FA Cup respectively.
* The Blues have failed to get past the second round of the League Cup in the last 6 attempts, and have never got past the Quarter Finals since the cup's inception in 1960.
* Top Scorers: Pitman (2).
CARDIFF STATS:
* Cardiff City have only lost 4 times in their last 17 games dating back to February last season, keeping 7 clean sheets in that time.
* Cardiff's best run in the League Cup came in the 2011/12 season when they made it all the way to the final at Wembley against Liverpool. Despite taking the leaded the game finished 1-1. Liverpool took the lead in extra time but a 118th minute Ben Turner goal saw the game go to penalties, which Liverpool won.
* Since that season Cardiff have failed to progress past the 3rd round of this competition.
* Top Scorers: Kenneth Zohore (1).
HEAD TO HEAD (Courtesy of Pompeyrama.com):
* Pompey and Cardiff have met 59 times in their history. Pompey have a slight edge at 23-21 with 15 draws.
* The sides met 4 times in the Championship following Pompey's relegation and preceding Cardiff's promotion. Cardiff won 3 and drew 1 - the most recent a Bluebirds win at the Cardiff City Stadium. Pompey led 2-1 thanks to goals from Marco Futacs and Greg Halford, but a last minute Craig Conway goal saw the Welshmen take all 3 points.
* However, without a doubt the most famous meeting between these two sides came on 17th of May, 2008 at Wembley Stadium. Almost a decade ago Pompey ran out victorious in the FA Cup final thanks to a first half Kanu goal to win the FA Cup for the second time in their history in front of 89,874 people.
PLAYED FOR THEM/PLAYED FOR US/SCUMMER WATCH
* Brian Murphy - Pompey used 7 different goalkeepers in the 2015/16 season. None of them lasted longer between the sticks than Murphy who played 21 games until an injury put a halt to that. He signed as Cardiff's number 2 at the end of that season and may be in line for a start in the cup.
* Greg Halford - See "One to Watch" below.
* Nathanial Mendez-Laing - A flying visit during our ill-fated League One campaign in 2012/13. He played 8 games and failed to taste victory in all of them.
ONE TO WATCH:
* Greg Halford - Hard to pick an individual when the manager will likely rest some of his bigger names. Greg spent 2 seasons at Fratton and was a rare diamond in the rough. The ultimate utility man had a go as wing back, full back, centre back and even midfield. Since leaving he's even played up front for Forest although struggled to maintain a starting place since leaving.
PREDICTION:
* I've struggled to work up any enthusiasm for cups in recent years, Cook made it abundantly clear that we were going ot make no attempt to put together a cup run, and I'd expect KJ to be of a similar mindset, although I don't think our changes will be 'wholesale'. Expect an open game, with Cardiff eventually overpowering a valiant Portsmouth 3-1, Kabamba with Pompey's goal.
NEXT 5 GAMES:
Sat 12 Aug - Oxford United (A) - League One
Sat 19 Aug - Walsall (H)- League One
Sat 26 Aug - Wigan Athletic (A) - League One
Tues 29 Aug - Fulham U21s (H) - Checkatrade Trophy
Sun 3rd Sep - Rotherham (H) - League One
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MANAGER: Neil Warnock
NICKNAME: The Bluebirds
LEAGUE POSITION: 4th in the Championship (finished 12th last season)
THE JOURNEY: Fratton Park to Cardiff City Stadium - around 150 miles, less than 3.
LAST TIME OUT:
* Pompey started the season how they finished the last, with another win. It wasn't a dominant performance but Pompey probably deserved the 2-0 scoreline courtesy of Brett Pitman's brace.
* Cardiff also started the season with a win, beating Burton Albion away from home thanks to a Kenneth Zohore goal 3 minutes from time.
POMPEY STATS:
* Pompey's win on Saturday makes it 11 wins and 1 draw in their last 13 competitive fixtures.
* This will be Portsmouth's first cup game since November 8th, exactly 9 months after Pompey exited their 3rd domestic cup competition at the first stage last season.
* Although the FA Cup success of 2008 and the final in 2010 remains Pompey's fondest cup memories, Pompey have had some success against Championship opposition in recent years, beating both Derby and Ipswich in League and FA Cup respectively.
* The Blues have failed to get past the second round of the League Cup in the last 6 attempts, and have never got past the Quarter Finals since the cup's inception in 1960.
* Top Scorers: Pitman (2).
CARDIFF STATS:
* Cardiff City have only lost 4 times in their last 17 games dating back to February last season, keeping 7 clean sheets in that time.
* Cardiff's best run in the League Cup came in the 2011/12 season when they made it all the way to the final at Wembley against Liverpool. Despite taking the leaded the game finished 1-1. Liverpool took the lead in extra time but a 118th minute Ben Turner goal saw the game go to penalties, which Liverpool won.
* Since that season Cardiff have failed to progress past the 3rd round of this competition.
* Top Scorers: Kenneth Zohore (1).
HEAD TO HEAD (Courtesy of Pompeyrama.com):
* Pompey and Cardiff have met 59 times in their history. Pompey have a slight edge at 23-21 with 15 draws.
* The sides met 4 times in the Championship following Pompey's relegation and preceding Cardiff's promotion. Cardiff won 3 and drew 1 - the most recent a Bluebirds win at the Cardiff City Stadium. Pompey led 2-1 thanks to goals from Marco Futacs and Greg Halford, but a last minute Craig Conway goal saw the Welshmen take all 3 points.
* However, without a doubt the most famous meeting between these two sides came on 17th of May, 2008 at Wembley Stadium. Almost a decade ago Pompey ran out victorious in the FA Cup final thanks to a first half Kanu goal to win the FA Cup for the second time in their history in front of 89,874 people.
PLAYED FOR THEM/PLAYED FOR US/SCUMMER WATCH
* Brian Murphy - Pompey used 7 different goalkeepers in the 2015/16 season. None of them lasted longer between the sticks than Murphy who played 21 games until an injury put a halt to that. He signed as Cardiff's number 2 at the end of that season and may be in line for a start in the cup.
* Greg Halford - See "One to Watch" below.
* Nathanial Mendez-Laing - A flying visit during our ill-fated League One campaign in 2012/13. He played 8 games and failed to taste victory in all of them.
ONE TO WATCH:
* Greg Halford - Hard to pick an individual when the manager will likely rest some of his bigger names. Greg spent 2 seasons at Fratton and was a rare diamond in the rough. The ultimate utility man had a go as wing back, full back, centre back and even midfield. Since leaving he's even played up front for Forest although struggled to maintain a starting place since leaving.
PREDICTION:
* I've struggled to work up any enthusiasm for cups in recent years, Cook made it abundantly clear that we were going ot make no attempt to put together a cup run, and I'd expect KJ to be of a similar mindset, although I don't think our changes will be 'wholesale'. Expect an open game, with Cardiff eventually overpowering a valiant Portsmouth 3-1, Kabamba with Pompey's goal.
NEXT 5 GAMES:
Sat 12 Aug - Oxford United (A) - League One
Sat 19 Aug - Walsall (H)- League One
Sat 26 Aug - Wigan Athletic (A) - League One
Tues 29 Aug - Fulham U21s (H) - Checkatrade Trophy
Sun 3rd Sep - Rotherham (H) - League One
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