Cardiff facing Alnwick injury blow

Alnwick has featured in the past 29 Championship fixtures for Cardiff City

Cardiff City could be without goalkeeper Jak Alnwick after he had to limp his way through the final minutes of the Bluebirds' 1-1 draw at Plymouth.

Alnwick suffered a hamstring injury as the clock ticked past 90 minutes at Home Park.

But with the visitors having already made all of their available substitutes, the 31-year-old had no option but to stay on the pitch for the duration of the match that lasted beyond 102 minutes.

Cardiff – who were already down to ten men after Dimitrios Goutas' 52nd minute red card – now will wait to see the extent of the damage ahead of Tuesday's Cardiff City Stadium contest with another relegation threatened rival, Hull City.

Boss Omer Riza said: "It's looking like his hamstring. Credit to him for staying on the pitch at the end of the game.

"We'd used all our subs just before because we had tired legs and wanted some freshness to at least maintain a level of causing the opposition a problem.

"But that came just before Jak pulled his hamstring. We would have brought (substitute goalkeeper) Ethan Horvath on but we left ourselves in that position because boys were cramping up."

Horvath is likely to step in in midweek, the fixture with the Tigers coming ahead of Friday's FA Cup fifth round trip to Premier League Aston Villa.

Riza will also be without defender Goutas who was sent off for bringing down Bali Mumba as he went through on goal. The Cardiff manager said he had not watched the incident back so gave no suggestion the club would appeal the dismissal.

"From where I was standing, I don't know if he just got the wrong side of him or if he caught him," added Riza.

Top scorer Callum Robinson could return against Hull, Riza admitting the striker missed the draw with a "slight" injury with his fitness being managed. Yousef Salech started in 11-goal Robinson's absence, scoring his fourth goal since joining the club in January.

Salech and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey were the two players introduced from last week's draw with Bristol City, with Riza adding: "Aaron played 100-odd minutes and did well. We need everybody in the squad. We have 13 more games to go before the end of the season and we will need everybody involved."

On the draw, that keeps Cardiff three points above the Championship relegation places, Riza added: "It could be an important point. We have a game in hand, we came here to win the game and it was heading that way. The red card helped them get their tails up. We tried to stop them but they scored the goal and we're happy to come away with a point because it was difficult."