CARDIFF City will face Nottingham Forest in front of their fans this Sunday searching for a first league win in seven matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bluebirds are 20th<\/sup> in the Championship table, four points above the relegation zone, and know if they are to avoid a high-stakes relegation battle, they need to start picking up wins soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cardiff\u2019s last league win came on November 27 away at Luton Town, and their last win at the Cardiff City Stadium was 11 days before that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their performance at home could be buoyed this week with the return of fans to the ground, in line with the Welsh Government\u2019s easing of Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cardiff captain Sean Morrison has missed the last two matches and fans hope that a possible return of the veteran centre back could restore some defensive stability in a side that has conceded 10 goals in just five games since he last played against Sheffield United in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cardiff City fan Christopher Alexander, 62, said: \u201cHopefully we revert to a back four, get our captain back in the starting line-up and drop both [Curtis] Nelson and [Aden] Flint who were hopeless on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can\u2019t say I\u2019m looking forward to it with current form but this is Cardiff City so anything might happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bluebirds\u2019 manager Steve Morison said after last week\u2019s 3-2 Severnside derby loss to Bristol City that: \u201cThere were lots of things that were not good in the goals we conceded, and it needs to be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We just have to try and continue doing the things that we were doing in the first 30 minutes but do them for 90 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday\u2019s opponents Nottingham Forest have been performing above expectations this season and the former European Cup winners sit in eighth place in the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite their good form however, the Reds lost to Cardiff in the reverse fixture in September, and Bluebirds fans will hope to complete a league double over the Midlands club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Welsh teenager Ruben Colwill scored the first senior goals of his career as his side came from behind to win 2-1 against Forest, and the youngster will be hoping to add to his brace on the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cardiff have no real selection problems going into the game, although new signing Tommy Doyle is on special leave for the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Manchester City loanee provided an assist on his debut against Bristol City last week but will not be a part of the squad for Sunday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bluebirds take on Championship high-fliers Nottingham Forest on Sunday <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":749,"featured_media":59921,"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":[4],"tags":[185,142,850],"coauthors":[7305],"class_list":["post-59920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-bluebirds","tag-cardiff-city","tag-nottingham-forest"],"yoast_head":"\n