MATCH FACTS: PORT VALE VS CARDIFF

PUBLISHED

10:00 26th August 2014

by Sam Roberts

Port Vale vs Cardiff City FC – Match Preview

Port Vale vs Cardiff City

• Federico Macheda could be in line to make his Cardiff City debut at Vale Park
• The two sides have never met in the League Cup previously
• Vale striker Tom Pope has scored five goals in five games in all competitions this season
• It’s been over twenty years since Vale last defeated the Bluebirds – Tues 03 May 1994: City 1-3 Vale
• Jazzi Barnum-Bobb and Simon Moore both made their first Cardiff City starts in the win over Coventry City
• Cardiff and Port Vale faced off in the FA Cup back in December 2001 with City winning 3-0 on that occasion

Last round: Coventry City 1-2 Cardiff City Wednesday 13th August 2014, Capital One Cup  

Experience and youth combined superbly at Sixfields on Wednesday evening as City defeated Coventry 2-1 in a highly competitive match. New signing Guido Burgstaller slotted his first Cardiff goal home after four minutes. Ryan Haynes’ own goal after eight-one minutes looked to have settled the match, but forward Shaun Miller’s neat finish made it a tense final few moments, but Ole’s men held on to set up a second round clash with Port Vale. 

Cardiff City: Moore, Barnum-Bobb (Harris, 66), John, Connolly, Théophile-Catherine, Eikrem, Burgstaller (Daehli, 66), Gunnarsson, Maynard, Kim (O’Sullivan, 84), Ralls. Subs Not Used: Wilson, Velikonja, James, Owen.

Port Vale: Johnson, Veseli, Dickinson, Lines, Robertson, McGivern, Birchall (Jennings, 65), O’Connor (Brown, 45), Williamson (Dodds, 73), Pope, Marshall. Subs Not Used: Neal, Yates, Duffy, Lloyd. Cardiff City: Alexander, Weston, Barker, Young, Croft, Bonner, Boland, Thorne, Earnshaw, Gordon, Kavanagh. Subs: Legg, Bowen, Mahon, Jenkins, Margetson. Port Vale: Delaney, Carragher, Clarke, Collins, Rowland, Brisco, Boyd, Bridge-Wilkinson, Armstrong, McPhee, Brooker. Subs: Goodlad, Durnin, Burns, Paynter, Littlejohn.