Date: Saturday, October 5 Venue: Cardiff City Stadium Kick-Off: 15:00 The pressure is on Newcastle manager Alan Pardew as he takes his side to Cardiff in the Premier League on Saturday.
Team News
Cardiff manager Malky Mackay has no fresh injury concerns ahead of Saturday afternoon's visit of Newcastle United in the Premier League. Striker Andreas Cornelius remains out, however, having failed to overcome an ankle injury. Newcastle boss Alan Pardew may hand a recall to Yohan Cabaye after the midfielder was dropped against Everton on Monday. Shola Ameobi, Steven Taylor and Jonas Gutierrez are all back in contention after overcoming illness and hamstring problems, respectively. (BBC)
Key Stats
These two sides last met in the top flight in the 1960-61 season. Cardiff won 3-2 at home but were thrashed 5-0 at St James' Park. Cardiff have lost just three of their 26 home games in the league since the start of the 2012-13 season (W16, D7). Newcastle have won just three of their last 23 Premier League away games, losing 13 of these matches.
Newcastle travel to Cardiff on Saturday following a dire run of form. The Magpies didn't win a single league game in the month of September with their last victory coming against Fulham on the final day of August. News that manager Alan Pardew offered his resignation earlier this week in the wake of the defeat to Everton only serve to underline how difficult things have been on Tyneside. Cardiff meanwhile have enjoyed a better time of things since being promoted into the Premier League last season. The Bluebirds come into this tie hot off the heels of a morale-boosting win over Fulham and will be in a buoyant mood having lost just three of their 26 home games in the league since the start of the 2012-13 season. However, Malky Mackay's side haven't beaten Saturday's opponents once in the last six attempts, and were battered 5-1 in their last encounter back in 2010. This is an opportunity then for Newcastle to start getting points on the board, and taking heat off Pardew in the process.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
