{"id":26004,"date":"2018-02-23T13:15:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T13:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=26004"},"modified":"2018-02-23T13:15:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T13:15:39","slug":"bluebirds-looking-fourth-straight-win-host-bristol-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/23\/bluebirds-looking-fourth-straight-win-host-bristol-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluebirds looking for fourth straight win as they host Bristol City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF City will be hoping to secure their fourth win in as many games as they host promotion rivals Bristol City in the Severnside derby on Sunday.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff moved four points clear of third placed Aston Villa after a hard-fought 1-0 win away at Ipswich on Wednesday night.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bluebirds were unlucky not to go ahead in the first minute after Matthew Connolly shot wide from a corner from 12 yards.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the end it was Kenneth Zohore who opened the scoring, calming poking home off a rebound from his spectacular volley to give the away side the lead.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A late rally from Ipswich came to nothing with stellar performances from Greg Halford and Bruno Manga especially keeping Ipswich at bay.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their third win on the trot keeps the Bluebirds with a chance of making up their current nine point deficit to Wolves after the league leaders blew a two goal lead to draw 2-2 with Norwich City.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Team News<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a nightmare 48 hours for Cardiff City Neil Warnock has confirmed that full-back Lee Peltier will be out for at least a month after only making his return two weeks ago.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Liverpudlian joins City\u2019s growing injury list that includes Armand Traore, Joe Bennett, Callum Paterson and club captain Sean Morrison, who was forced off after 40 minutes on Wednesday.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Warnock however is confident that Morrison will be fit to face Bristol City on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF City will be hoping to secure their fourth win in as many games as they host promotion rivals Bristol City in the Severnside derby on Sunday. 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