Cardiff City news 12/04/02

Fri 12th April 2002. Notts preview

Gary Croft is likely to the the only change from the team that started at Huddersfield. Croft will relace the injured Daniel Gabbidon. Andy Campbell is at best facing a late fitness test but it's thought that Rob Earnshaw will start the game. Jason Bowen will be on the bench and if need be could cover for Earnshaw. Earnie is facing his third game in a week after returning from injury.

The City line up is expected to be

Alexander, Croft, Young, Prior, Weston, Boland, Bonner, Kavanagh, Thorne, Earnshaw, Leo FW. Subs from Brayson, Bowen, Bywater, Collins, Simpkins, Maxwell and Campbell if fit.

Notts County are expected to name an unchanged team after last weeks home win over Blackpool.

County (probable): Garden; L.Richardson, Fenton, Ireland, Nicholson; Cas, Owers, Whitley, Liburd; Allsopp, Heffernan.

Billy Dearden was voted manager of the month for March after an amazing run that has seen the relegation threatened team win 6 of their last 8 games. County are 3 points ahead of the drop zone with two games to play. Defeat for them at Ninian Park could see then forced into a last day battle for Division 2 survival. They are not coming to Ninian Park to make up the numbers.

City skipper Graham Kavanagh is hoping to to help the side into a guaranteed play off place tomorrow. Kav can then miss the last game of the season at Tranmere so he can avoid getting two yellow cards which will could see his suspended in the play offs.

City have an outside chance of going into the last game of the season with a hope of automatic promotion. For that to happen both Reading and Brentford would have to lose tomorrow. As long as City win then we are in the play offs. Anything more after that we can worry about from Sunday on.