Source: TheGuardian
Fulham v Cardiff: Championship play-off semi-final second leg – live!
MBM updates from the action at Craven Cottage (first leg: 2-0)Brentford 3-1 Swansea (3-2 agg): Bees bounce backAny thoughts? You can email Scott.Murray@theguardian.com 6.56pm BST Still no Aleksandar Mitrovic for Fulham, not even on the bench. The Championship leading scorer remains too much of an injury risk for Scott Parker, who names an unchanged Fulham side from Monday night.Cardiff boss Neil Harris makes three changes. Will Vaulks, Josh Murphy and Danny Ward come in for Lee Tomlin, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Robert Glatzel. 6.51pm BST Fulham: Rodak, Hector, Kebano, Cairney, Ream, De Cordova-Reid, Reed, Christie, Bryan, Knockaert, Onomah.Subs: Bettinelli, Odoi, Mawson, Le Marchand, Sessegnon, McDonald, Johansen, Cavaleiro, Kamara.Cardiff City: Smithies, Bacuna, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett, Pack, Vaulks, Ralls, Murphy, Hoilett, Ward.Subs: Etheridge, Sanderson, Bamba, Smith, Tomlin, Whyte, Mendez-Laing, Paterson, Glatzel. 6.02pm BST So much for a South Walian stramash in the Championship play-off final. Brentford did for Swansea City last night, and now it looks like a London derby will be on the cards instead.Fulham are two goals to the good after a dominating second-half performance at the Cardiff City Stadium on Monday evening. Josh Onomah scored a remarkable goal of Maradonaesque poise and technique, while Neeskens Kebano curled in a fine free kick, and now Scott Parker’s side are within touching distance of Tuesday’s final. Continue reading......read full article
