{"id":31472,"date":"2019-02-01T13:19:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=31472"},"modified":"2019-02-01T13:19:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:19:05","slug":"can-cardiff-city-bring-down-high-flying-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/01\/can-cardiff-city-bring-down-high-flying-bournemouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Can on-edge Cardiff City bring down high-flying Bournemouth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_31480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31480\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31480\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31480\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/cardiff-city-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff City Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>THE Bluebirds are facing an uphill struggle in their crucial match at home against Bournemouth this Saturday.<\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing their difficult 2-1 defeat to Arsenal last week, Cardiff City will be hungry to prove their form this weekend.<br \/>\nWith Bournemouth\u2019s shock 4-0 rout against Chelsea, the Cherries will be coming to the Cardiff City Stadium looking to keep their run of good form and shake off accusations of inconsistency as a side.<br \/>\nIf the Cherries succeed, Cardiff City, currently in 18th place, would be even further from safety.<br \/>\nAnd yet, hopes remain high for Cardiff, as three-quarters of their goals this season were scored at home and Bournemouth have conceded the second most away goals in the league.<br \/>\nIn fact, the team have lost seven away games on the trot.<br \/>\nFollowing star midfielder David Brooks\u2019 second-half injury against Chelsea, as well as striker Callum Wilson\u2019s knee operation, the Cherries could start on the back foot.<br \/>\nThis will be City\u2019s first match since the transfer window shut at the end of January, with the Bluebirds only picking up Reading\u2019s Leandro Bacuna during that time.<br \/>\nThe \u00a33 million acquisition could fit into Cardiff\u2019s opening line-up against Bournemouth, having lost centre back Sean Morrison to appendicitis last month.<br \/>\nIn addition, this will be the Bluebirds\u2019 first home game since the disappearance of Emiliano Sala over the English Channel last month, so it promises to be an emotionally charged game for the fans.<br \/>\nCardiff\u2019s Manager Neil Warnock told <em>Sky Sports <\/em>he was not looking for another striker in this transfer window, saying \u201cEmiliano was the one I worked on for a couple of months\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The match will kick-off at 17.30 and is being broadcast on BT Sport.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Bluebirds are facing an uphill struggle in their crucial match at home against Bournemouth this Saturday. Following their difficult 2-1 defeat to Arsenal last week, Cardiff City will be hungry to prove their form this weekend. With Bournemouth\u2019s shock 4-0 rout against Chelsea, the Cherries will be coming to the Cardiff City Stadium looking to keep their run of good form and shake off accusations of inconsistency as a side. If the Cherries succeed, Cardiff City, currently in 18th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":31480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,94,4],"tags":[185,6300,1291,6301,2551,1667,1207,3816],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-31472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","category-football","category-sport","tag-bluebirds","tag-bournemouth","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cherries","tag-city","tag-home","tag-sala","tag-warnock"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can on-edge Cardiff City bring down high-flying Bournemouth? - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A breakdown of the crucial upcoming Cardiff vs Bournemouth match at the Vitality Stadium.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/01\/can-cardiff-city-bring-down-high-flying-bournemouth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can on-edge Cardiff City bring down high-flying Bournemouth? 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