{"id":25679,"date":"2018-02-20T10:59:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25679"},"modified":"2018-02-20T10:59:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:59:57","slug":"bluebirds-look-cement-automatic-promotion-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/bluebirds-look-cement-automatic-promotion-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluebirds look to cement automatic promotion spot on the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF City will attempt to cement their automatic promotion spot on Wednesday when they travel to Ipswich.<br \/>\nThey climbed to second at the weekend after beating play-off hopefuls Middlesbrough 1-0 on home soil.<br \/>\nA first-half header from captain Sean Morrison was enough to clinch victory in a match in which both sides offered very little.<br \/>\nThe Bluebirds remain unbeaten in February and have kept a clean sheet in their last two games putting them second in the form table, two points above third place Aston Villa.<br \/>\nWith 14 games left for Cardiff to get promoted Neil Warnock said: \u201cWe\u2019re in a good place at the moment. I think we can get better.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, Cardiff will face a tough test against mid-table Ipswich whose draw in their derby against Norwich extended their unbeaten run to three games.<br \/>\nA 89<sup>th<\/sup> minute goal from centre back Luke Chambers and Ipswich thought they\u2019d won the game. Norwich equalised in stoppage time to give Ipswich their second draw in as many games.<br \/>\n<strong>Last time around<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nWarnock will hope his side can repeat their performance from October where they cruised to a 3-1 victory.<br \/>\nCardiff took an early lead after Junior Hoilett volleyed the ball into the net.<br \/>\nThe home side were unlucky not to extent their lead before the break but just a minute into the second half and Cardiff were back in business. A great build up gifted Omar Bogle his first goal for the Bluebirds.<br \/>\nIn the 90<sup>th<\/sup> minute Ipswich got a goal back thanks to a strike from Bersant Celina only to have it cancelled out a minute later as Danny Ward fired in a rebound.<br \/>\n<strong>Team news<\/strong><br \/>\nSeveral players have come back from injury this week as Warnock announced that Craig Bryson, Kadeem Harris and Matthew Connolly are all available for selection.<br \/>\nHowever, Aron Gunnarsson will remain side-lined until March and Jazz Richards is unavailable for two weeks.<br \/>\nIpswich striker David McGoldrick came off the bench against Norwich after a period of injury and will be available for selection.<br \/>\nAndre Dozzell (ligament) is set to miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF City will attempt to cement their automatic promotion spot on Wednesday when they travel to Ipswich. 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