Cardiff City take on Preston North End in Sunday's FA Cup third round clash.
Here's is everything you need to know about the match.
What time does Cardiff City v Preston North End kick-off?
The game kicks off on Sunday, January 9 at 2pm, behind closed doors at Cardiff City Stadium.
Is Cardiff City v Preston North End on TV?
Yes, the game will be shown live on S4C.
Outside of Wales, S4C is available on the following channels: Sky 134, Freesat 120 and Virgin TV 166.
Coverage will start at 1.45pm, with commentary available in both Welsh and English.
Fans watching the match on Sky, Freeview, Virgin or Freesat can access English language commentary simply by pressing the red button.
For Sky Q users, the process is different. To access English language commentary, press the home button, go to ‘settings’, press the right arrow, then set up, preferences, audio language & change it to "Welsh". Once you have done this, the English commentary will kick in automatically every time it’s available in the future.
English language commentary is also available for those watching on S4C Clic.
What about live streaming?
The match will also be available to watch on S4C’s on demand player, S4C Clic, which is available on any smart device or computer, by going to www.s4c.cymru/clic , or by downloading the S4C Clic App; from App Store on an Apple device, or Google Play on an Android device.
You will need to create an account to access S4C Clic. It’s simple and free to create an account. Toggle the language to English (on the top-right of the screen) to switch language. Then, go to www.s4c.cymru/clic and click on ‘Sign Up Now’. Enter your name, email address and chosen password, and click ‘Next’. This will prompt a confirmation email to be sent to your account. Find the email, click on the link to confirm your account, and you will be ready to watch.
Alternatively, you can follow our live blog on the Cardiff City page.
What's the latest team news?
Cardiff City will be without Kieffer Moore this weekend after the striker tested positive for Covid and is suffering with an ankle problem.
They will also be unable to call upon Max Watters, who is still working his way back to full fitness after his recall from MK Dons, while James Collins is understood to be a doubt through illness.
Sam Bowen is also unavailable, he continues to work his way back to fitness after a foot issue. Ryan Wintle is thought to be fit for his first appearance in a Cardiff shirt since he left on loan in the summer window.
Leandro Bacuna is still suspended following his red card against Bournemouth on December 30.
Isaac Vassell is the long-term absentee.
What have the managers said?
Cardiff City boss Steve Morison : “It’s an opportunity. You don’t get many opportunities throughout the season.
"It won’t be a massive amount of changes from us apart from the ones which have been enforced.
"Ultimately, we do understand that Blackburn is around the corner, so we need to start working on how we are going to look heading into that.
"We have lost Ryan [Giles] so we need to adapt and change, let's see how we get on.
"It’ll be a tough test.”
Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe : “I didn’t like playing behind closed doors home or away when we all had to.
“I don’t like the fact that no fans were inside the grounds, football without fans wasn’t very good as we witnessed for more than 12 months.
“It’s going to be a different situation and scenario on Sunday. We are governed by what their Government want to do.
“We’ll focus on what we do on the pitch and hopefully that will pay off. But in terms of there being no fans, it’s not great is it?
“The players will be able to hear more of what we are saying on the sidelines.
“Myself and Mike Marsh were talking the other day about hand signals and whistles to get our messages to the players when there’s a lot of noise in the grounds.
“That won’t be necessary on Sunday at Cardiff, it will be a lot quieter.”
What are the latest betting odds?
Cardiff City – 11/8
Draw – 11/5
Preston North End – 19/10
(Odds courtesy of SkyBet and correct at time of publication)
Who is the referee?
The referee for the game will be Andy Woolmer and he will be assisted by Lee Venamore and Mark Pottage.
The fourth official will be Sam Allison.
Match Facts
- This will be the 98th meeting between Cardiff City and Preston North End in all competitions but the first time they’ve faced in any competition other than the Football League.
- Preston have lost their last four matches against Cardiff, all in the Championship between June 2020 and November 2021. They last had a longer losing run against them between 1968 and 1972, eight in a row.
- Cardiff have won just two of their last 12 games in the FA Cup (D4 L6), both in third round replays against Mansfield Town in 2017-18 and Carlisle United in 2019-20. They last won an FA Cup tie without the need of a replay in 2014-15, a 3-1 win over Colchester United in the third round.
- Preston North End have lost seven of their last eight FA Cup matches, winning the other 5-1 against Wycombe Wanderers in January 2018.
- Preston have been eliminated in the FA Cup third round in each of the last three seasons, last going out at this stage in more consecutive campaigns between 1927-28 and 1930-31.
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