Cardiff City vs Millwall team news with 4 doubts and 10 outs as both sides dealt fresh blows

Millwall picked up a second Championship win of the season against Preston North End at The Den on Saturday in a 3-1 victory that was fairly plain sailing for Neil Harris' side.

A late Preston goal and Lions red card added a tinge of disappointment to the showing but Millwall will be buoyed ahead of the midweek round of second tier fixtures.

Here's your Cardiff City vs Millwall team news.

Cardiff City team news

Cardiff City have a fresh pair of injury worries following their 4-1 defeat at the hands of Hull City last weekend. Defender Will Fish came off with an issue just before half time while Callum O-Dowda also has to be taken off in the 73rd minute.

Speaking after that match, Cardiff City interim boss Omer Riza said: “We’ve got a good group of players, all honest and hard working but the issue we have at the moment is not being able to get all of the players through the game.

“We’ve had to make substitutions early, Will Fish with his hamstring, we’ve got other injuries, we’ve got other players coming back from injury who can’t get through 90 minutes, we’ve got players who at times have had injuries through their careers who we have to manage and look after.

“Will had a slight strain before the game we needed to manage and he felt a little tweak there, we will have to assess it. Callum O’Dowda has put in a big shift and we have to manage him as well.”

Longer-term absentees include Kion Etete with a leg injury, Ryotaro Tsunoda with a muscle niggle and Jesper Daland with an ankle problem. Former Arsenal man Aaron Ramsey is also sidelined.

Manolis Siopis could return against Millwall while Dimitrios Goutas should be back having missed out against Hull City with a personal issue. Riza said: Sio [Manolis Siopis] had a little problem with his groin, so we had to pull him out. Dimi Goutas had some family issues, so he had to go and deal with that. We have to make sure that players are in a good place, and I'm sure they'll be in contention again for Tuesday."

Millwall team news

Millwall will be without Aidomo Emakhu following his late red card against Preston North End last weekend. Neil Harris labelled that sending off as 'frustrating' as he continues to struggle with a depleted front line.

Summer signing Femi Azeez is also a doubt for the midweek visit to Cardiff City having missed out against Preston. Harris said: “Femi got a whack in the U21s game on Tuesday at Calmont. He trained yesterday [Friday] but came off early. He got through the first half hour, so he isn’t a million miles away.

“Tuesday – not sure. Certainly for West Brom I’d be hopeful he will be back. That’s why I’m still frustrated with Aidomo because we need attacking options. No Femi Azeez today and we looked really light on attacking options when we have got a three-game week.”

Meanwhile, Middlesbrough loanee Josh Coburn continues to be sidelined. The forward has only made two Lions appearances but was forced off against Luton Town earlier this month and is set for a spell on the sidelines.

Neil Harris placed a six to eight-week lay-off on that injury. He said last week: “Josh Coburn is going to be out for six to eight weeks.

“That’s the bad news. We’re going to see how it settles in the next 14 days. He’s a player we chased all summer. We finally get him in the building and he starts with a goal on his debut – to lose him is disappointing."

Adam Mayor and Billy Mitchell returned to full training for the first time last week. However, it was still too soon for the duo to return to the matchday squad against Preston North End.

Harris said: “They’re back in full training for the first time this week. But in terms of being back on the squad, it will be at least three to four weeks.

“The players do a six-week pre-season programme and they have completed their first two and a half weeks. They probably have between two-and-a-half weeks to three weeks to go. We’re hoping both are going to be fine for either West Brom, leading up to the international break, or just after that.”

Tom Bradshaw is also nursing a hamstring injury picked up during the Carabao Cup defeat to Leyton Orient last month. He'll miss out against Cardiff City.