Cardiff face Norwich at CCS tonight in a match moved to avoid clashing with the Wales v South Africa rugby international in Cardiff on Saturday. The game is not being televised on Sky.
Two weeks ago City played at the same time as Wales and suffered from a low crowd at CCS. I'm not sure making it a Friday night will make a significant difference but Neil Warnock and the club deserve to be better supported at the moment as they sit in 2nd place in the table having won the last three games.
Cardiff are unbeaten at home this season while Norwich are in the bottom half of the table with no win in the last six games.
City are waiting on Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Aron Gunnarsson ahead of Friday's visit of Norwich.
The pair missed last weekend's 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest but Bluebirds boss Neil Warnock hopes they will be fit enough to return to the squad. Striker Kenneth Zohore (heel) misses out again with Cardiff seeking a fourth consecutive victory that would take them to within a point of Sky Bet Championship leaders Wolves.
Jazz Richards, Kadeem Harris and Lee Camp also remain sidelined, but Omar Bogle is available after completing a three-match ban.
Norwich defender Timm Klose (hip) and midfielder Tom Trybull (back) should both travel to Wales, along with forward Cameron Jerome (foot). Midfielder Alex Pritchard made his return from pre-season ankle surgery with a substitute appearance in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Barnsley and is set to be in the squad again despite a minor neck problem,
Defender James Husband (groin) remains sidelined, along with midfielder Alex Tettey (calf) and forward Marley Watkins (groin). Forward Steven Naismith (ankle) also continues his recovery as do defender Jamal Lewis (knee), midfielder Louis Thompson (Achilles), winger Matt Jarvis (ankle) and goalkeeper Remi Matthews (ankle).
Opta Stats
Cardiff have lost their last four league matches against Norwich, conceding 11 goals in those matches.
The Canaries have never won three consecutive away league matches at Cardiff in their entire league history.
Neil Warnock has lost 12 league matches against Norwich as a manager - he has only lost more against Watford (14) and Reading (16).
Cameron Jerome has been involved in six goals in his last six league matches against former club Cardiff (five goals, one assist), finding the net exactly once in each of his last four games.
Cardiff are yet to lose at home in the league this season (P9 W6 D3 L0) - they have won promotion in each of the last three seasons they've gone unbeaten in their first nine home league games (1992/93, 2000/01 and 2012/13).
Josh Murphy has scored more goals in all competitions than any other Norwich player this season (7) - he has scored in three of his last five matches against Cardiff in all competitions (three goals).
Match Officials
Referee: ANDY DAVIES
Assistants: Daniel Leach and Robert Merchant
Fourth Official: Stephen Martin