Cardiff v Glasgow: Teams

Cardiff captain Paul Tito is refusing to take anything for granted ahead of his side's clash with Glasgow.

The Warriors have so far lost against the Dragons and the Ospreys this season and have been hit hard by a 'flu epidemic, with upto 20 players struggling ahead of the trip to Cardiff.

Tito, though, remains wary of the threat posed by Glasgow, particularly as they have beaten Munster and the Scarlets.

Tito said: "I've been impressed with what I've seen of Glasgow this season. I watched their match against the Ospreys last week and they scored a nice try and looked very dangerous.

"They have a very good set piece, a very solid line out, and I'm sure Dan Parks will be aiming to control things from fly-half."

"They play a good kicking game, and put in high balls to put pressure on our catchers, so we have to be aware of those threats and be prepared for them."

"We lost heavily to them up there last season so will be looking to get one back on them."

Glasgow coach Sean Lineen was forced to delay his team announcement due to the illness.

However the only change in the line-up sees Scotland A flanker Richie Vernon come in to the side for Kelly Brown at blindside.

Lineen said: "Kelly is still suffering from some flu-like symptoms so the decision has been to promote Richie to the starting line-up.

"Richie came on and did very well last week so he'll have no trouble slotting straight into the side."

Summer signing DTH van der Merwe is set for his first appearance of the season, though, having recovered from injury and illness to take his place on the bench.

Cardiff Blues: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Richard Mustoe, 13 Tom Shanklin, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Gareth Thomas, 10 Sam Norton-Knight, 9 Gareth Cooper, 8 Andy Powell, 7 Robin Sowden-Taylor, 6 Sam Warburton, 5 Paul Tito(c), 4 Deiniol Jones, 3 Gary Powell, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 John Yapp
Replacements: 16 Darren Morris, 17 Rhys Williams, 18 Bradley Davies, 19 Scott Morgan, 20 Darren Allinson, 21 Ceri Sweeney, 22 Chris Czekaj.

Glasgow: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 Rob Dewey, 13 Dave McCall, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Thom Evans, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Chris Cusiter, 1 Jon Welsh, 2 Dougie Hall, 3 Moray Low, 4 Tim Barker, 5 Alastair Kellock, 6 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay, 8 Johnnie Beattie.
Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Kevin Tkachuk, 18 Dan Turner, 19 Kelly Brown, 20 Colin Gregor, 21 Hefin O'Hare, 22 DTH van der Merwe