Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0

West Brom 3 Cardiff 3

Striker Fernando Torres returns to start for Premier League leaders Chelsea in today’s clash with relegation-threatened Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Sandro is primed for a first Barclays Premier League appearance under Tim Sherwood after calf trouble, taking a seat on Tottenham’s bench for Cardiff’s White Hart Lane visit.

Club-record signing Mesut Ozil has been left out of the Arsenal squad for today’s Barclays Premier League clash against Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium.

David Moyes has named Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata together in his Manchester United starting line-up for the first time as the Red Devils look to maintain their Barclays Premier League momentum at Stoke.

Juan Mata has been handed his first Manchester United start for their Barclays Premier League encounter with Cardiff – and Robin van Persie returned too as David Moyes’ men looked to kick-start their season.

Manchester City 4 Cardiff 2

Newcastle 1 Cardiff 2

Cardiff City 0 Southampton 3

Cardiff manager Malky Mackay made just one change for what could possibly be his last match in charge of the club against Liverpool at Anfield.

Cardiff 1 West Brom 0

Robin van Persie was again absent from the Manchester United squad but Marouane Fellaini was selected to face former club Everton at Old Trafford.

Iceland are planning to ratchet up the pressure on Croatia tonight and become the smallest nation ever to reach the World Cup finals.

Cardiff City 1 Swansea 0

Norwich 0 Cardiff 0

Cardiff 1 Newcastle 2

The French striker took his tally to five goals in his past three appearance as he produced two excellent first-half finishes to put the Magpies in control at Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City 0 Tottenham 1

Cardiff 0 Tottenham 1

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas made just one change from his side’s win over Norwich for their Barclays Premier League clash at Cardiff.

Hull City 1 Cardiff 1

Cardiff City 0 Everton 0

Cardiff City 3 Manchester City 2

Cardiff 3 Manchester City 2

West Ham United 2 Cardiff City 0

Reading were set to decide today whether to include Jem Karacan in their squad for their first Barclays Premier League game for four years.

Sam Allardyce is looking for a repeat performance at Wembley after West Ham reached the npower Championship play-off final yesterday.

Cardiff 0 West Ham 2

Liverpool’s Wales international Craig Bellamy has been left on the bench for the Carling Cup final against hometown club Cardiff at Wembley.

CARDIFF boss Malky Mackay hailed his side’s “nerves of steel” after they reached the Carling Cup final last night after a thrilling penalty shootout win over Championship rivals Crystal Palace last night.

Cardiff 1 Crystal Palace 0 (aggregate 1-1 AET; Cardiff win 3-1 on penalties)

MATCHWINNER Antony Gardner believes Crystal Palace are well placed to reach the Carling Cup final after last night’s 1-0 success at Selhurst Park.

CARDIFF heaped further misery on Blackburn manager Steve Kean last night as goals from Kenny Miller and Anthony Gerrard put the Welsh club into the last four of the Carling Cup for the first time since 1966.

Middlesbrough went second in the npower Championship after goals by Rhys Williams and Marvin Emnes guided them to a 2-0 win over Derby.

CAPTAIN Matt Mills struck the only goal as Championship side Reading claimed another notable scalp to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for a second successive year.

Central defenders Martin Jiranek and Liam Ridgewell are the only players to keep their places in the Birmingham team for today’s FA Cup fourth-round clash against Coventry.

Barnsley 2 Coventry 1

Reading boss Brian McDermott will be boosted by the return of striker Shane Long for the FA Cup quarter-final clash with Aston Villa on Sunday.

SUPERSUB Shane Long’s extra-time strike deservedly dumped Liverpool out of the FA Cup last night in a shock third round replay result that will pile further pressure on Rafael Benitez.

DIFFICULT times call for revised ambitions, and far from aspiring to claim a first title in 20 years or delivering a sixth European Cup to the Anfield trophy room, Liverpool’s diminished status means Jamie Carragher is now hoping to place a tick against one of the less heady ambitions on his career ticklist.

Plymouth 4 Reading 1

Coventry made it two wins from two in the Coca-Cola Championship as they brushed aside a somewhat disappointing 10-man Barnsley side.

IPSWICH manager Roy Keane blasted his side’s defending as they began the Coca-Cola Championship season with a 2-1 defeat at Coventry yesterday.