YELLOW CARDpublished at 20:51 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Ben Turner brings down Colchester's on loan Welsh under-21 defender Elliott Hewitt on the corner of the Cardiff area.
Summary
Cardiff City book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup
Joe Ralls strike deflected home, second goal by Kadeem Harris and third from Kenwyne Jones
Freddie Sears pulls one back for Colchester
Record low attendance of 4,194 for football at the Cardiff City Stadium
YELLOW CARDpublished at 20:51 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Cardiff fan seeing redpublished at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
"Great to see true blue Cardiff fans boycotting this evening! Tan out!"
Image source, Huw Evans picture agencyImage caption, Some Cardiff City fans protest against owner Vincent Tan during tonight's FA Cup third-round match
The debate over Cardiff City's kit rebranding under owner Vincent Tan rumbles on, with tonight's low attendance perhaps reflecting dissatisfaction voiced by some Bluebirds fans.
RE-STARTpublished at 20:46 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Cardiff get the second half underway.
Teams are outpublished at 20:46 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
The Colchester players are first out for the second half.
Can the Bluebirds hold on for a place in the fourth round or can League One strugglers Colchester come back to cause an upset?
A wide Rangers debate?published at 20:41 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
"Think Cardiff will win based on the scientific theory that they have slightly more ex-QPR players than Colchester. Reasonable?"
Postpublished at 20:41 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Jay Bothroyd on BBC Two Wales
Former Cardiff City strikerBothroyd believes Joe Ralls should be credited with Cardiff's goal: "There's no way for me it's an own goal. If that was me I'd be claiming it all day."
Postpublished at 20:37 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Nathan Blake
Former Wales strikerColchester have played well in five or 10 minute spells, but I think this is a good chance for Cardiff to put into practice some moves that will help their league campaign.
Colchester the brave?published at 20:37 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
"I think we've done okay. We could still be a bit braver. We have tried to play out, but it's broken down a couple of times."
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
A nervous start by Cardiff City who seemed to settle after Joe Ralls' strike which culminated in a goal for Cardiff thanks to a double-deflection by Colchester.
But League One strugglers Colchester are far from out of this and have looked lively going forward.
Postpublished at 20:28 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Wales Sport"Joe Ralls' double-deflected strike might not make the BBC's list of the 50 greatest FA Cup goals, but it has certainly lifted spirits at the Cardiff City Stadium.
"Collecting the ball after Peter Whittingham's corner was only half-cleared, Ralls let fly from 20 yards and the ball appeared to hit Kaspars Gorkss and Cole Kpekawa before bouncing almost apologetically into the net."
Plenty of elbow roompublished at 20:26 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
"What a terribly poor crowd at Cardiff for an FA Cup 3rd round tie."
Luke told us earlier he's also feeling a bit lonely at the game tonight so maybe you two could sit together, for warmth if nothing else!
Image source, Huw Evans picture agencyImage caption, A young fan surveys the pitch at the start of the match at Cardiff City Stadium
GREAT SAVE!published at 20:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Cardiff goalkeeper Simon Moore parries Gavin Massey's shot away following a Colchester counter attack.
The U's best chance so far. End to end stuff.
GREAT SAVE!published at 20:24 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Cardiff's Tom Adeyemi hits a low shot from the edge of the area but Sam Walker gets down low to palm the ball away.
GOALpublished at 20:19 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Image source, Getty ImagesJoe Ralls' shot from outside the box is deflected off two Colchester defenders before entering the net.
Colchester's Cole Kpekawa was the last player the ball hit before going in, but Ralls' shot seemed to be heading towards goal before the deflections.
One for the officials to decide!
HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 20:15 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
A nice run by Declan John, who made his way from the touchline to the edge area, before seeing his shot deflected behind by Sean Clohessy.
Peter Whittingham's corner hits the angle of the crossbar and post and the Colchester defence clear the ball away to safety.
Goal servicepublished at 20:14 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
We'll add video clips of goals into the live text tonight for you to see asap. Of course we need the ball to hit the back of the onion bag first...
Postpublished at 20:12 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Kevin Ratcliffe
Former Wales captain & BBC Wales pundit on Match of the Day Wales
Image source, Getty ImagesKaspars Gorkss is the Colchester danger man isn't he? Coming up for set-pieces.
FOULpublished at 20:11 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Strong challenge on Cardiff City midfielder Kadeem Harris by Gavin Massey.
The Colchester player seemed to catch the Cardiff winger above his ankle.
Massey gets away with a lecture from referee James Linington.
Plenty of space at the gamepublished at 20:08 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
"You could train astronauts at Ninian Park tonight, absolutely no atmosphere"
We should just point out the game is across the road at Cardiff City Stadium tonight Luke, but we know what you mean!
CLOSE!published at 20:06 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2015
Image source, Getty ImagesColchester's Freddie Sears finds space on the edge of the Cardiff box, but his shot is blocked by Ben Turner.
Kaspars Gorkss heads the corner narrowly wide.