Cardiff City news 16/03/00

Thurs 16th March 2000 - Early Colchester preview

With only 11 games to go the wins have got to start soon if we are to avoid relegation. Tomorrows game is the first of three matches against teams in the bottom half of the table, Chesterfield who we play next Tuesday are the only team below us in the league. If we fail to get a result there then we can forget it.

Cardiff can complete their first double of the season if they can beat Colchester. Two from Richie Humphreys on his debut and one from Matt Brazier saw the Bluebirds thump The U's 3 - 0 at Layer Rd last November. Since that game we have only won one other match, the home game against Reading on Boxing Day.

We know Rob Earnshaw is out with a knee problem and Kevin Nugent plays his last game vefore a 3 match ban. Seamus Kelly the reserve keeper is hoping to be fit after being substituted in a reserve team win at Torquay yesterday.

A new feature to the match previews will be statistics provided by OPTA.

The Men in Form

Kevin Nugent		Jason Dozzell
Goals	9	Goals	4
Shots On Target	30	Shots On Target	11
Shots Off Target	25	Shots Off Target	8
Goal Assists	5	Goal Assists	3
Total Passes	973	Total Passes	978
Completion %	54.27%	Completion %	66.16%
Tackles Made	10	Tackles Made	51
Tackles Won %	30.00%	Tackles Won %	56.86%
Fouls	57	Fouls	61
Offside	28	Offside	10


	The Grafters

Most passes attempted
Andy Legg	976	978	Jason Dozzell

	Most crosses attempted
Andy Legg	238	143	Joey Keith

	Most tackles attempted
Andy Legg	76	92	Richard Wilkins


	Did You Know?

Cardiff have the third best pass completion rate in Division Two. That's a record of 66% success.		Gritty Colchester have made 515 tackes this season - the second highest total in Division Two.

"Statistics courtesy of Carling Opta"