Cardiff City named their team for a Sky Bet Championship home match against Sheffield United, making two changes from the side that faced Stoke City. Joel Bagan and Alex Robertson came into the starting XI, while three Under-21 players were included among the substitutes.

Jak Alnwick captained Cardiff, with Andy Rinomhota, Calum Chambers, Dimitrios Goutas, Jesper Daland, Bagan, Manolis Siopis, Robertson, Anwar El Ghazi, Chris Willock and Roko Simic starting. Tom Davies, Ronan Kpakio and Troy Perrett joined Horvath, Will Fish, Cian Ashford, Rubin Colwill, Callum Robinson and others on the bench.