Former Cardiff City - and England - man Trevor Sinclair is getting stuck in to the Severnside derby...

Jonathan Kodjia does well on the right-hand side for the visitors as he feeds Luke Freeman 35-yard out, but his shot is high and wide of the Cardiff City goal.

At the other end, Craig Noone makes a mess of an effort from the edge of the area, curling wide of Frank Fielding's goal.

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BBC Sport Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium

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The Cardiff City Stadium has been rather quiet of late, with just 13,371 watching last Tuesday's 1-0 win against Middlesbrough - the lowest league crowd at the ground which the Bluebirds have called home since 2009.

Tonight, however, the stadium is alive with the noise of two sets of passionate fans for whom enmity is mutual.

Bristol City's travelling contingent of around 1,000 are in good voice, and their rowdiness has sparked the home supporters into life too. There is no love lost here.

It's another Bristol City corner, which this time sees Luke Ayling head wide from inside the six-yard box. Replays suggest the final touch was that of Fabio. Goal-kick awarded but Bristol City are pressing here.

Scrappy start to this game with Cardiff struggling to get a foothold in the game. Fabio has just wasted a chance to send a free-kick forward, and then a Bristol City corner sees Aaron Wilbraham head low to David Marshall's left.

Luke Freeman bursts into the Cardiff City box but it comes to nothing. Bright start from the visiting side.

Time for a pre-match huddle from both sides, as Cardiff City get us under way in the Severnside derby. 

The teams have made their way onto the pitch at a disappointingly sparse Cardiff City stadium. Just a reminder - Bristol City boss Steve Cotterill names an unchanged side for the third match in a row.

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BBC Sport Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff City manager Russell Slade writes in his match programme notes: “The significance of a derby is always accentuated by time apart.”

That may well be the case tonight, as Cardiff and Bristol City face each other in their first Severnside derby since 16 February 2013.

This has been a spiteful fixture in the past, hostile on and off the pitch - as former Cardiff striker Michael Chopra’s clash with ex-Bristol boss Gary Johnson, external in 2010 demonstrated.

The ill-feeling tends to extend to the stands too, and there is a large police presence outside the Cardiff City Stadium tonight. This could be feisty.

And, like their Welsh neighbours, Bristol City have also named an unchanged side to the one beaten by table-topping Brighton last Tuesday.

Jonathan Kodjia, with six goals in 13 matches this season, is one man to keep your eye on - as is play-maker Luke Freeman, who'll play just in behind the front two.

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Subs: Hamer, Little, Reid, Bryan, Cox, Moore, Agard.

Cardiff City have named an unchanged team following last week's 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough.

Alex Revell starts up front alongside Joe Mason, who has scored five times this season.

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Subs: Moore, Malone, Tamas, O'Keefe, Pilkington, Ralls, Ameobi.

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Are you in the blue corner or the red corner?

Can Cardiff City keep up the heat on the top six? Or can Bristol City pull clear of the bottom three?

You can get in touch with us throughout the evening via #bbcfootball on Twitter.

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The Severnside derby may not be one of football's most renowned rivalries. It may not be a rivalry you've even heard of before. But, mark my words, it's a rivalry all right.

From Scott Murray's cupped-ear celebration in front of Ninian Park's Popular Bank to the 6-0 hammering dished out by the Bluebirds at Ashton Gate five years ago, it's a fixture that rarely passes without incident.

So, what will tonight's tussle throw up?