Comments and predictions for Stoke City vs Cardiff: Waiting for the nerve-wracking penalty shootout
The match between Stoke City vs Cardiff FA Cup takes place at 22:00 on February 8. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, football commentary and predicts the score.
Latest Stoke City vs Cardiff team information
After an impressive debut goal against Hull, Al-Hamadi will be sidelined. Having represented Ipswich Town earlier in the competition, he is ineligible to play for Stoke on Saturday.
In addition to Al-Hamadi, the home side could have three new names on their absentee list, with Lynden Gooch and Wouter Burger both having to leave the pitch injured during the match at the MKM Stadium. Fortunately, Gooch's calf injury is not believed to be too serious.
Burger's situation is unclear, but Ben Pearson, Million Manhoef, Jordan Thompson, Eric Bocat, Sol Sidibe and Ben Wilmot are also nursing injuries, leaving Stoke's medical room overflowing.
On the other side, Cardiff continue to be without Ryotaro Tsunoda (injury), David Turnbull (muscle), Isaak Davies (foot) and Roko Simic (injury). However, the good news is that Aaron Ramsey is on his way back to the first team.
The 34-year-old has recovered from a long-term hamstring injury and made his return for the Under-21s at the weekend. Ramsey could be in contention for a starting spot, but is likely to start on the bench.
Stoke City vs Cardiff latest expected lineup
Stoke City:
Johansson; Tchamadeu, Phillips, Rose, Stevens; Moran, Seko; Bae, Lowe, Koumas; Tezgel
Cardiff City:
Horvath; Ng, Goutas, Fish, Bagan; Ralls, Mannsverk, Colwill; Ashford, Salech, El Ghazi
Latest football commentary Stoke City vs Cardiff
Despite Sunderland and Stoke City competing for opposite positions in the Championship table, Mark Robins' side proved their strength in the cup at the Stadium of Light, defeating the Black Cats with an extra-time goal from Niall Ennis.
However, the end of Sunderland's Premier League promotion hopes has not helped the Potters maintain their consistent form, with them picking up just five points from their last 12 in the Championship, despite picking up three points at Hull City last weekend.
Repeating their 2-1 away win from the cup tie with Sunderland, Robins' men came from behind against Hull thanks to Ali Al-Hamadi and Andrew Moran, moving the 18th-placed hosts five points above the relegation zone.
The win over Hull saw Stoke pick up just their third win in their last 17 games in all competitions. While only one of the hosts' last eight home games at the bet365 Stadium has ended in a win - coincidentally against Sunderland - they have started to develop a rather unforgiving defence.
In the Potters' last three home games against the Black Cats, Plymouth Argyle and Oxford United, Robins' men have kept clean sheets, although they have also failed to score against the latter two, coming against a side who have started 2025 much better than they ended 2024.
In a surprising similar vein to Stoke's success against Sunderland, Cardiff also defied expectations by beating their Premier League rivals away from home in the FA Cup third round, leaving Bramall Lane (home of Sheffield United) with a 1-0 win.
Cian Ashford’s 19th-minute goal was enough to send the Bluebirds into the fourth round of the competition, where they will be looking to end a curse. They have lost each of their last four games at this stage of the FA Cup since last reaching the fifth round in 2013-14.
The surprise win over Sheffield United represented the fourth game in a remarkable eight-game unbeaten run for Omer Riza’s side. They are now just a point and a place behind Stoke in the Championship, but their run was halted in the cruelest of ways.
When tested against Championship leaders Leeds United, Cardiff City were thrashed 7-0 at Elland Road on 1 February. They conceded five goals in the second half alone, after trailing by just two goals at half-time.
Hoping to prove their humiliating defeat at Elland Road was an aberration, Cardiff arrive at the bet365 Stadium buoyed by a nine-game unbeaten run against Stoke. The Welsh side have not been beaten since the pre-lockdown days of February 2020.
Score prediction Stoke City vs Cardiff
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Stoke City vs Cardiffas follows:
- Sportsmole:Stoke City 1-1 Cardiff
- WhoScore:Stoke City 2-1 Cardiff
- Our newspaper predicts:Stoke City 1-1 Cardiff
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