Cardiff City v Newcastle United

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17 Aug 2018
Neil Warnock, Cardiff City
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Cardiff City and Newcastle United meet in south Wales, both looking to rebound from opening-weekend defeats. 

Team news

Cardiff City's loan signing Harry Arter is likely to be included in their squad, having been ineligible to face his parent club AFC Bournemouth on the opening weekend.

Newcastle United right-back DeAndre Yedlin is back in training but not yet ready to return from a knee injury sustained in Matchweek 1. Florian Lejeune is a long-term absentee.

Manager Rafa Benitez has said his late summer signings such as Salomon Rondon have trained well, hinting at possible minutes.

Did you know?

Newcastle have won their last 10 league meetings with Cardiff City. It is their longest winning run and Cardiff's longest losing run against an opponent in their league histories.

Cardiff have won eight of their 10 home league matches in 2018 (D1 L1).

Matt Ritchie has one goal and two assists in his last two league matches v Cardiff, while Christian Atsu has scored in each of his previous league appearances against them.

Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez has never lost against Neil Warnock in five previous meetings in all competitions, winning each of the last four.

Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistants: 
Eddie Smart, Andy Garratt
Fourth official: 
Lee Probert

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