Cardiff City v Sunderland: live 90+4 min Bardsley has his shot blocked... Giaccherini's curled effort goes wide... that should just about be it. 90+3 min After what seems like hours of Sunderland pressure, Cardiff finally get hold of the ball and are able to walk upfield, winning throw-ins to run down the clock. Not long to go now. 90+2 min Cardiff may as well pitch tents inside their own penalty area because they are totally camped in there for now. Roberge finds room at the far post and thumps a shot towards the Cardiff goal with Marshall diving to turn it behind. 90 min ...And Fletcher misses a great opportunity. The Scottish striker controls superbly at the far post but can't get enough on his volley and puts the ball straight at Marshall. Five minutes of added time to play. 88 min On they go again with Altidore using his bulk to force his way through the Cardiff defence and find Colback on the edge of the penalty area. This time he decides to try his luck but drags the ball wide. It's relentless... 87 min Sunderland are playing the ball around on the edge of the Welsh side's box but they can't break through with 10 Cardiff men behind the ball. Gardner is forced into a long-range shot which flies wildly over. 85 min Cardiff are dropping deeper and deeper now. How long are your nails Cardiff fans? Cardiff City 2-1 Sunderland (Fletcher) Hold on a minute, this isn't over. Giaccherini does superbly on the left, getting the better of Bardsley to swing a cross into the heart of the Cardiff penalty area. Fletcher still has plenty of work to do but he throws off Turner and volleys home from six yards out. 81 min Here comes one of the men who was reportedly a major reason in Tan's decision to get rid of Mackay this week. Cornelius, who cost £7million, has barely featured since joining in the summer but on he comes in place of Campbell. 80 min Slightly better news about Borini: The Italian is conscious on his way to hospital and was on a drip when taken away on a stretcher. 78 min Gunnarson is on for Kim. Unless Sunderland can find something in the next five minutes this match could fizzle out. 76 min He's had at least one good chance today and again Altidore squanders a good opportunity. The Hull striker finds some space unmarked inside the Cardiff box but his weak header misses the target by quite some margin. He's not had the finest day today. 73 min Off comes the brilliant Noone for Cowie as Campbell brings the ball forward for Cardiff and wins a corner. Whittingham delivers to the far post where Whittingham gets the better of a static Diakite and should do better with his header, which sails over the bar. 70 min Tim Sherwood got the Spurs job full time so why can't David Kerslake do the same at Cardiff? Anyone up for that? No? No one? 69 min Back on the pitch it's end to end action as Sunderland look to grab a goal that will haul themselves back into this game. Altidore cuts inside from the left but cannot get full purchase on the shot and Marshall holds with ease. 66 min A slightly worrying news update on Borini. The Italian went off at half-time due to feeling unwell. Apparently he has collapsed and an ambulance has been called for him. Let's hope it's not as bad as it seems. 63 min Oh the work in the training ground almost pays off for the visitors. A Sunderland corner is played hard and low to the front post where Cattermole catches the Cardiff defence completely unaware and hits it first time, only for the ball to skim the crossbar on its way over. 61 min Kim received a yellow card for kicking the ball into the crowd in celebration! Got to love that. Maybe he was compensating for the complete lack of emotion by Campbell. Does he really think Sunderland fans would care if he gave a fist pump?!? Cardiff City 2-0 Sunderland (Campbell) No surprises about who creates this one. Mutch (along with Noone) has been running the show for Cardiff and he shows perfect close control to glide past the Sunderland defence. A quick look up allows him to spot Campbell, who has evaded his marker, and the ball inside is hammered home by the former Sunderland man from four yards out. Campbell goes absolutely mental doesn't celebrate in the slightest. 57 min Diakite has been terrible at times tonight. This time he crumbles under the pressure of an opposition player fully 10 metres away from him and simply passes the ball straight out of play. 55 min The stats don't look great for Poyet's side but don't write them off yet. Ki bundles his way through a couple of Cardiff challenges before the ball is hacked away inside the home side's penalty area. 51 min This is a repeat of the opening stages of the first half. First Cardiff get in behind with Whittingham (wrongly) deciding to pass when clean through on goal. No bother though because the ball goes out for a corner, which Whittingham plays long to Campbell who can't get enough on his effort at the far post and Mannone holds on. 49 min Noone has been superb today. The Cardiff winger nicks the ball and lays off to Theophile-Catherine (who will be known as T-C from now on) whose cross is weak. A bit information about that Sunderland substitution: Borini is ill. 46 min Here we go again and Poyet has pulled Borini off for Fletcher. HALF TIME It took a while but we have a game on our hands. The first half an hour was like watching Premier League title contenders against a League One side. Cardiff fully deserved to take the lead and the visitors were pretty fortunate not to concede again. Yet, with 15 minutes to go, Gus Poyet's side turned on the gas and started cooking. Borini twice went close and Altidore missed a brilliant chance with Marshall keeping Cardiff ahead. This should be a good second half. Be back in a bit. 45 min 'Kim 4 Dossena 4eva'. I think it's one of those "treat them mean" flirting relationships that you think is the correct way to act when you fancy someone as a child. 43 min What. A. Save. Sunderland have decided to start trying their luck from range and Borini can't believe he hasn't scored. The ball is pulled across the 18-yard box by Larsson to Borini, who fires a shot that looks set to rest in the bottom corner, but Marshall springs from nowhere to keep it out. A brilliant save from a somewhat unheralded keeper who has looked very good this season. 39 min The Cardiff fans have great commitment to booing Ki, who is on loan from Swansea at Sunderland. That they aren't willing to let him have the ball in peace after 40 minutes is something to be admired. 35 min Sunderland appear to have remembered they are taking part in a match this evening. Marshall is called into action again, diving full stretch to his left to keep out Borini's powerful shot from just outside the penalty area. 32 min Oh I can't believe he's missed it!!! Despite all the one-way action from Cardiff, Altidore has just missed a golden chance for Sunderland. Giaccherini cuts inside and then dances back out on the left. His strong shot is palmed away by Marshall but the ball lands at Altidore's feet. The big Sunderland striker can't send a signal from his brain to his feet in time though and he bundles the ball wide with an open goal in front of him. 30 min The chances keep on coming. Count them: one, two, three... This time Noone tries his luck from long range and Mannone holds on with the ball heading for the top corner. This is a performance from a side at the top of their game, not one in disarray. 28 min More good play from Cardiff and it's that man Mutch again. He swings in a low cross from the right and Campbell's movement is superb, bursting past the lumbering Diakite and putting in a diving header that flies past the post. 26 min Whittingham has the chance to deliver an inswinging free-kick from the right wing. In fact he decides to whip a fierce shot in hoping to catch Mannone sleeping at the near post. The Sunderland keeper scrambles to his left and turns the ball behind though. Clever thinking from the Cardiff man. 24 min Loud chants are echoing around the stadium in support of former manager Mackay. A win tonight won't be enough to make the supporters forget. Mind you, a few wins over the next month or so might see the manager issue slip their minds... 22 min This Kim v Dossena battle at Cardiff corners is extremely tiresome. The two of them seem more interested in grappling than attempting to win the ball. Play continues around them though and Noone's cross is met by Caulker whose header lands safely in Mannone's hands, which is most fortunate for the Sunderland keeper with empty net gaping either side of him. 20 min A first foray forward for Sunderland sees Larsson's low cross hacked away by Caulker in the Cardiff penalty area. 19 min Cattermole - not the most innocent of footballers - takes a swipe at Mutch and is shown a yellow for his troubles. There doesn't often seem to be much going on in the Sunderland midfielder's head. Here is that Mutch dive from earlier: 16 min Corner No 1 comes to nothing. Corner No 2 comes to nothing. But Sunderland could scarcely look more vulnerable. 14 min Farcical scenes ahead of the Cardiff corner with Kim and Dossena wrestling/dancing/writhing against each other for what seems like an absolute age. Eventually the referee tells them to stand still and wait until the ball comes in.... so they start rubbing up against each other again. 13 min It's all energy from Cardiff as this time Whittingham dispossesses Diakite, who has not had the best dozen minutes of his career. Cattermole comes to the rescue but the ball eventually works its way to Kim whose shot is turned over the bar by an acrobatic Mannone. 11 min It doesn't appear Cardiff have been in the slightest bit affected by Mackay's departure. The managerless side are keeping possession, controlling the game and are in complete ease so far. Sunderland havem't started playing. 8 min That's one way to make people forget your early dive - score within half a dozen minutes. Cardiff City 1-0 Sunderland (Mutch) What a start this has been from the Welsh side. Mutch picks the ball up just inside the Sunderland drive and he has only one thing on his mind: drive forward. On he goes towards the Sunderland penalty area before unleashing a powerful shot from the right about 20 yards out. The ball takes a slight deflection on its travels and leaves Mannone for dead for 1-0. 4 min I'm not sure Sunderland have touched the ball so far. Noone skins his opposite number on the right and floats in a delightful cross into the six-yard box where Mutch is arriving at pace. The Cardiff midfielder can't keep his header down though and nods the ball just over the bar. Great energy from the home side. 1 min Oooh he had me fooled. We've only had 45 seconds of play in Cardiff and Mutch goes down under a challenge from Roberge inside the Sunderland box. "Penalty," shouts incorrect live blogger Ben Bloom. "Yellow card for diving," says the completely correct referee. Not a lot of contact and an early booking. Spot on from Chris Foy. 17.27 Plenty of banners in support of Mackay around the ground and more than a smattering of "Tan Out" signs. 17.25 Where do I begin with the Cardiff manager situation? Let's keep it brief and simply say Mackay was on a hiding to nothing. Who do we think will be next in the hotseat then? Here are some odds: Ole Gunnar Solksjaer 1/2 Sven Goran Eriksson 5/1 Yilmaz Vural 6/1 Robert Jarni 10/1 Dave Jones 25/1 17.19 Like him or loathe him, Vincent Tan has a strong dress sense. And that is something to be admired... 17.14 Good afternoon everyone. Let's pick the bones out of those teams then. Cardiff caretaker managers David Kerslake and Joe McBride make three changes following the defeat against Southampton with Andrew Taylor, Aron Gunnarsson and Peter Odemwingie making way for Declan John, Gary Medel and Kim Bo-kyung. Sunderland also make three alterations to his side after their win at Everton, as Andrea Dossena, Jozy Altidore and Emanuele Giaccherini come into the XI at the expense of Ondrej Celustka, Steven Fletcher and Jack Colback. 17.00 Team news: Cardiff: Marshall, Theophile-Catherine, Caulker, Turner, John, Noone, Kim, Medel, Mutch, Whittingham, Campbell. Subs: Hudson, Cornelius, Odemwingie, Gunnarsson, Cowie, Maynard, Lewis. Sunderland: Mannone, Bardsley, Roberge, Diakite, Dossena, Larsson, Giaccherini, Ki, Cattermole, Borini, Altidore. Subs: Cabral, Gardner, Fletcher, Celustka, Pickford, Colback, Ba. 14.00 Hello there. The Cardiff City Stadium will be a gloomy place today. Managerless freefallers with a joke evil owner up against the bottom of the table side destined for the Championship. Which club would you rather be? Ben Bloom will be here from around 5pm with the pre-match build-up so do come back then.