Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the clash between Cardiff City and Manchester City, as the Welsh side host their first match at Premier League level.

But the visitors have a throw deep in Cardiff's half as Turner slides in. The hosts are launching into City though, pressing them hard all over the pitch.

Cardiff really having a go early on - City barely getting a look in!

SHOUT FOR A PENALTY! Cardiff immediately on the attack as Bellamy skins Clichy, fine cut-back to Whittingham who lays it off for Campbell. The former United striker hits the deck but that looked like a dive as Fernandinho kept his feet in.

The first half is underway! Can Cardiff get something out of this?

STAT (infostrada): Craig Bellamy plays his 274th PL match today. The rest of Cardiff's starting 11 have played a combined total of 277 PL matches between them.

Some think Garcia is the right option for centre-back in City's injury crisis. What do you think? Let me know on Twitter @Reda_Eurosport...

Manuel Pellegrini: "I prefer the doctor has the final word on this but I think (Kompany) will be out for at least one month. If we do strengthen (at centre back) it will not just be because of Vincent Kompany’s injury. We have a very good squad and we see what happens."

Malky Mackay: "We have got to try and make our stadium a fortress. We have to make sure that it is a tough ask for any team that comes down to our stadium. I have no doubt the way our fans will be this season in terms of their ferocity, support and passion for our club and the way our stadium is, it will lend itself to noise, like we had last season. We will have tough teams coming, top teams coming here and it will be a test for us. But we are relishing that."

Cardiff fans having a laugh trying to check out there fave players (I think they mean 'peek' not 'peak' in the embedded Tweet)

Can Cardiff use home advantage to get an unlikely result against City? Will Bellamy haunt his own club? Is Garcia the right man to play in defence or should Toure be pushed back? Have your say on Twitter @Reda_Eurosport.

So the big team news is that Manuel Pellegrini has replaced the injured Vincent Company with midfielder Javi Garcia, who can also play as a centre-back. Nastasic is not deemed fit enough to start after returning to training following injury, but he is on the bench. Micah Richards is also out with a hamstring injury, which leaves them with one senior centre-half.

Samir Nasri has been stopping to chat with Cardiff fans, which is nice...

TEAMS - Cardiff: Marshall, Connolly, Taylor, Caulker, Turner, Whittingham, Medel, Campbell, Kim, Gunnarsson, Bellamy; Subs: Lewis, Hudson, Cornelius, Noone, Mutch, Cowie, Maynard /// Manchester City: Hart, Zabaleta, Garcia, Lescott, Clichy, Navas, Fernandinho, Toure, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero; Subs: Pantilimon, Nastasic, Kolarov, Rodwell, Milner, Nasri, Negredo