U21 Match Centre | Cardiff City 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Match Centre
City's U21s gained a point in a goalless draw against Sheffield Wednesday in the Professional Development League.
Thierry Katsukunya
MATCH SUMMARY

The two sides remained locked together for the 90 minutes at Cardiff International Sports Campus as City walked away with another point under their belt.

The young Bluebirds' starting lineup featured a U21 debutant in Noah Anyadike who received his First Team debut only last week, starting in a narrow defeat against Norwich City. Besides Noah, some other starters with First Team experience included Troy Perrett, Rob Tankiewicz, Paul Moreno, Jake Davies and Dakarai Mafico.

The encounter began in an end-to-end fashion but the first chances of the game went the way of City with early opportunities going the way of Moreno and Perrett, driven forward down the left flank by Herbie James.

However, the visitors responded but Jake Dennis was on hand to string together two saves to deny Wednesday before the two sides went into the break on level terms.

Both sides began to tire as the second half progressed, with neither side able to find a breakthrough. Dennis in the City net was able to hold the visitors at bay in a spectacular goalkeeping performance under the Tuesday evening lights.


Jake Davies
PRE-MATCH |JAKE DAVIES

"I felt that pre-season went well for me and I wanted to take that into the campaign. I've managed to do that, I'm playing with confidence and I just need to keep that up.

"The performances from the team are positive so we want keep building on them and have a good season.

"We were disappointed with the opening day of the league season because it didn't go the way that we wanted it to but we managed to bounce back well against Wigan.

"We're expecting Sheffield Wednesday to be physical as that's normally how they play against us. The aim is to kick on and get back-to-back wins for the first time this season. Consistency will be important for us so we have to take our performance against Wigan into Tuesday."

Caden Voice
RECENT RESULTS

The Bluebirds defeated Wigan Athletic 5-2 last time out with an impressive performance.

City went into the break with a 3-1 lead thanks to a goal from Troy Perrett and a brace from Kion Etete, with Perrett netting his fourth goal in three games.

The second half saw a further two goals for the side, with Herbie James and Jake Davies both getting on the scoresheet.

Cardiff International Sports Campus
TICKET INFORMATION

Entry for the match at Cardiff International Sports Campus will be free for all supporters.


REACHING THE GROUND 

Supporters planning on attending should use the following address:  

Cardiff International Sports Campus, Leckwith Rd, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ.  

The ground is located an 11-minute walk away from Ninian Park station and a 32-minute walk from Cardiff Central station.

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