Cardiff v Huddersfield preview
Saturday 12 September 2015 15:12, UK
Cardiff manager Russell Slade must check on his international players before naming his side for the Sky Bet Championship visit of Huddersfield.
David Marshall, Anthony Pilkington, Aron Gunnarsson and Bruno Manga were all involved for their respective countries during the international break.
But Slade is expected to name the same team which has beaten Wolves and Nottingham Forest in their last two league games to move into the top five of the division.
Defender Ben Turner (ankle) and striker Federico Macheda (back) are definitely out.
Huddersfield's new loan signing Jed Steer is expected to go straight into the starting line-up as goalkeeper Joe Murphy is ruled out through injury.
Steer, who arrived in time from Aston Villa on a 28-day loan on Friday, could be joined in the side by another new loan signing, Elliott Ward, who is likely to start as skipper Mark Hudson is ruled out against his former club due to an ankle injury.
Midfielders Jamie Paterson and Emyr Huws, hoping to shake off an ankle injury, could make their first appearances for the club and fellow new loan recruit Mustapha Carayol is hoping to make his first start.
Manager Chris Powell has hinted teenage striker Flo Bojaj could feature after impressing for the reserves, but James Vaughan sustained a knock in training and will not feature.
Unbeaten Cardiff head into their clash with third-bottom Huddersfield as 11/10 favourites to claim their third win of the season while the Terriers are 5/2 to get their season up and running with a maiden victory. The Bluebirds are among the highest scoring sides in the division with eight but given the lack of total goals in Huddersfield games (nine in five games) it's just 8/11 that fewer than 2.5 are netted in this clash and evens that more are scored. Kenwyne Jones is 5/1 favourite to score first and 15/8 to add to his season tally of two at anytime while Huddersfield striker Nahki Wells, who has struck two of his side's three goals in the Championship, is 13/4 and 9/4 in the respective markets.
