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Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers Live: Kick-off time, TV channel, team news and score updates

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Cardiff City take on Blackburn Rovers in this afternoon’s early kick-off.

It represents Omer Riza’s final chance to stake his claim for the Bluebirds job on a permanent basis, with Cardiff having seen their six-game unbeaten run ended by a narrow defeat by Luton Town in midweek.

The table is concertinaed and a win can catapult a club up the table. Given how Cardiff started the campaign, getting away from those relegation spots before heading into the international break would be a real boost. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.

The game, which kicks off at 12.30 p.mwill be shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football, which can be accessed via Sky Go for streaming. However, you can also follow all the build-up, team news and live match action below.

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  • KICK-OFF!

  • TEAM NEWS

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Daland with a couple of crucial interceptions there before Hedges mis-hits a low shot, which is gathered by Alnwick.

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El Ghazi with a powerful, driving run on the outside. Wins a corner.

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Rovers have it in the net again. Goutas puts Robertson in trouble in the middle of the pitch and the visitors break. Ohashi slides in Weimann, whose shot is saved before Cantwell taps in – but the assistant has his flag up!

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GOAL! Cardiff City 0-1 Blackburn Rovers (Weiman 15)

Goal. Weimann taps home.

You have to say that is a wonderful goal. Blackburn held on to the ball for ages and completed a full-length-of-the-pitch move which saw Travis slide in a pinpoint cross for Weimann to tap in.

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Rovers trying to take the sting out of it at the minute, passing it about at the back.

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Cardiff with sustained possession but Blackburn cut out a pass and break rapidly. Ng cynically hauls down Travis but escapes a yellow.

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Ng clips a ball inside to Colwill, who lets it run across him before hitting one with his left. It’s straight at Pears.

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David Turnbull hammers one from 25 yards out – but it’s deflected off El Ghazi and out for a goal kick.

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Cardiff are pinned for an infringement in the area while the cross was lofted in. Ng the culprit. Free-kick to Rovers.

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Cardiff rocket up the other end and El Ghazi is found by a low cross. He beats one man but cannot get his shot away in the area! Free-kick is given to City 25 yards out.

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Too casual from City’s back line and the ball is lost in a dangerous area. Cantwell is bearing down on goal and Alnwick has to slide in and dispossess him. Real chance for Cantwell goes begging!

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A minute of remembrance

A minute’s silence is set to be observed before kick-off.

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Half an hour to go

Ground starting to fill up now. Not long until we are under way.

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Latest odds

Cardiff 13/10

Draw 23/10

Blackburn 2/1

(via BonusCodeBets, 18+)

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Verdict

A couple of big calls, including Callum Robinson’s omission. He has been nursing an Achilles problem and it looks like that has got the better of him today.

Another big omission is Calum Chambers. There has been no indication of an injury to him but we can only presume that’s the reason he’s not in the side today.

So it sees a forward line of El Ghazi, Willock, Colwill and Tanner – how that quartet lines up remains to be seen, potentially two false nines in Colwill and Willock? Or El Ghazi as more of a target due to his size? Interesting.

Siopis drops to the bench and it’s a big boost for the Bluebirds to see Alex Robertson recalled into the starting XI after injury.

KEY EVENT

TEAM NEWS

Cardiff City XI: Alnwick; Ng, Goutas, Daland, O’Dowda; Robertson, Turnbull; Tanner, Colwill, Willock; El Ghazi.

Subs: Horvath, Fish, Bagan, Collins, Siopis, Rinomhota, Ashford, Meite, Kanga.

Blackburn Rovers XI: Pears; Brittain, Batth, Hyam, Pickering; Tronstad, Travis; Weimann, Cantwell, Hedges; Ohashi.

Subs: Toth, McFadzean, Gueye, Rankin-Costello, Leonard, Buckley, Tyjon, Duru, Baker.

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Colwill: Riza has given me confidence and freedom

Speaking to the Bluebirds’ matchday programme, Rubin Colwill said: “I’ve really enjoyed the last couple of weeks. We’ve changed our style, there’s been a difference to us, and I think we were always going to pick up results.

“It’s been really free-flowing football and we’ve created a lot of chances, but defensively we have been solid as well.

“We can give massive credit ti Riz (Omer Riza) for changing the mindset, and also tactically with some little tweaks. He’s given me confidence and freedom to try different things, but also to hold myself accountable if I make mistakes.

“Credit to all the staff, really, because they’ve been very good.”

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Rubin Colwill celebrates scoring for Cardiff City (Image: Getty Images)

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Welcome

Hello and welcome to our coverage today. Can Cardiff get back on the winning trail? We’ll find out soon enough.

We will have team news for you in a little over half an hour, how many changes will Omer Riza make to the side which suffered defeat at Luton in midweek?

Say tuned to find out.

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Tonight’s Cardiff Metropolis news as mortgage Bluebird labelled ‘maestro’ and warning sent to Bulut and Co

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These are your Cardiff Metropolis headlines on Sunday, March 31

Adams shines one more time

Cardiff Metropolis mortgage man Ebou Adams scored his first aim for Derby County in a extensive 1-0 rep for the Rams.

Adams has been in fabulous design since sealing a non permanent swap to Pleasure Park earlier on in the yr. He has snappily change into a fans’ accepted with the League One outfit, with promotion quiet very unheard of the design for the membership. And it appears to be like Adams is playing a necessary role in that effort.

Rating him an 8.5 out of 10, our colleagues at DerbyshireLive stated this of Adams: “The midfielder continues to be the darling of Pleasure Park as he produced one other sturdy efficiency which modified into rubber-stamped by blueprint to be one of the needs of the season. Used to be a midfield maestro who had every little thing. Unprecedented.”

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“I’ve got to present credit ranking to the boys,” Adams stated post-match. “They derive got been unbelievable and prolonged would perhaps neutral it proceed.

“I perfect undergo in thoughts the ball bouncing to me and I caught it on the exterior of my foot. I saw it swerve faraway from the goalkeeper’s hand. That’s when I believed ‘creep’! I modified into working away sooner than it even hit the come by. It modified into a appropriate feeling, especially after final week’s loss at Northampton.

“I rep it worthy to hear when I am playing because I am so concerned in the sport nonetheless it absolutely modified into appropriate to lastly rep a aim since the boys had been on my serve. I are looking out for to say attributable to the boys and the fans for being fabulous.”

Adams, who is observing Ramadan, says he has been playing the inform of playing whereas fasting from break of day to sunset.

“Or no longer it is no doubt worthy, nonetheless I’ve been doing it for my whole life,” he added. “You fleet from break of day to sunset, with no food or water. The membership had been fabulous with it, they’ve been having a see after me and making sure I don’t form too unheard of. One in every of the backroom workforce are doing it with me, which is unbelievable and it makes issues even greater. A mammoth attributable to Derby County for helping me out. I am playing it and I am thankful that I am quiet inserting performances in.

“As a Muslim, Ramadan is blueprint to be one of the 5 pillars that needs to be carried out. This yr it be 14 hours of fasting. Or no longer it is no longer perfect about fasting, it be about having a see after yourself and energy of thoughts and making yourself the next particular person. For me that’s necessary and makes me who I am as of late and it displays exterior of football and on the pitch.”

Bluebirds sent warning

BBC Radio 5 Are residing pundit Sam Parkin has warned Cardiff they’re facing the design attackers in the Championship the following day.

The Bluebirds run to the Midlands to know on excessive-flying Coventry Metropolis, with Mark Robins’ expenses eyeing a suppose in the second tier play-offs advance Would perhaps well perhaps.

This would possibly occasionally be a stern test for Erol Bulut and Co, who will likely be smarting from a unlit 2-0 defeat to Sunderland on Factual Friday.

Correct now theyve arguably got primarily the most in-design ahead avid gamers in the division, alongside with Leeds (United) perhaps, Parkin stated. Ellis Simms modified into getting criticism from a large percentage of the give a hang to no longer too prolonged ago so here’s an perfect-looking out turnaround. I undergo in thoughts seeing him in the PL2 for Everton and hes a actual physical outlet for any workforce.

Technically he can toughen, truly, nonetheless Im ever so satisfied to spy him turn it around. And the design in which hes finishing for the time being, I hang he and Haji Wright continuously is the true disagreement makers on this runt battle between Coventry, Norwich and Hull chasing probably that final play-off space.

Bulut: We must acquire up

Cardiff boss Bulut says his avid gamers will must “acquire up one more time” when they face Coventry the following day.

Defeat to Sunderland, coupled with the South Wales derby defeat, design the suitable work considered in the conflict against Ipswich Metropolis is drifting from memory.

The Turkish supervisor is aware of they to derive waken from their slumber against the Sky Blues. “All people is aware of acquire up one more time, how we did it sooner than, and I hope we form it snappily because on Monday we play against Coventry,” he stated.

“Every player has to acquire serve to his simplest efficiency, his simplest form, and we strive to assemble primarily the most classic of the final seven video games, for the fans, for the membership and furthermore for himself.

“Would perhaps well derive to you peek the general season, there had been too many united statesand downs with the performances.

“When we are in a position to even derive consistency in efficiency, maybe we are in a position to truly derive about a substances extra.”

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