Sami Radlinger remains out as Barnsley face Cardiff

Posted Friday, March 06, 2020 by PA

Barnsley are still without Sami Radlinger and Callum Styles for Cardiff’s visit to Oakwell in the Sky Bet Championship.

Austrian goalkeeper Radlinger should be available again next week from a muscle problem which has ruled him out since the start of February.

Midfielder Styles has also stepped up his fitness programme after missing four games with an ankle injury, but this game will come too soon for him.

Luke Thomas could return to the starting line-up after Barnsley’s three-game winning streak was halted at Reading, leaving the Tykes five points from safety.

Cardiff full-back Jazz Richards has recovered from the illness which has ruled him out of the Bluebirds’ last two games.

But young Wolves loanee Dion Sanderson could keep his starting spot after impressing during Richards’ absence.

Lee Tomlin (knee) and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (hamstring) remain out, but there has been some good news on the latter with the winger having stepped up his recovery this week and given hope of playing again before the end of the campaign.

Isaac Vassell, who has not played first-team football since August, has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a quad injury in his comeback game for the Under-23s.