Cardiff blow as Davies ruled out of Sheffield United clash

BBC News

16-04-2025

Cardiff City will be without forward Isaak Davies for Friday's Championship clash at Sheffield United – and are waiting to see whether he will feature again this season.Manager Omer Riza also has doubts over defender Perry Ng who has missed the crucial build-up to a fixture that could be key to the Bluebirds' survival hopes.Ng, who started last weekend's damaging 1-0 defeat by Stoke City, has only managed light sessions after picking up an unspecified issue, with Riza admitting he was "not sure" over the 28-year-old's availability.Davies, 23, has been involved in all bar one of the last 10 games after returning from a serious hamstring injury suffered in pre-season.But he has been ruled out of the trip to Bramall Lane with another hamstring problem, with manager Omer Riza now awaiting results of a scan to see if he can recover in time for remaining fixtures against Oxford United (21 April), West Bromwich Albion (26 April) and Norwich City (3 May).Riza described the injury as "slight" and will hope for positive news.The Bluebirds do welcome back Anwar El Ghazi after a recent back issue, while Andy Rinomhota has also returned to training in a bid to face the Blades.Chris Wilder's Blades side have lost their last three to see them drop behind Burnley and Leeds United in the bid for automatic promotion, but Riza says he is only focussed on what his own side can deliver."Whether if it's us and we're going to survive or Sheffield United getting automatic promotion, you have to win games," added Riza of the challenge, which will see Cardiff kick off at 17:30 BST and knowing the results of several survival-race rivals going into the game."Whether they've lost their last three and their manager will be on them, or whether we've lost our last game - or forecasting we should lose because they're higher up in the table than us - the mindset is let's see what happens. We have to be focused on believing we can win the game."