BBC Wales Sport's Michael Pearlman at the Cardiff City Stadium: 

"Russell Slade spoke this week about owner Vincent Tan 'lifting' the Cardiff players, but that does not appear to have extended to the stands or the supporters. 

"With 10 minutes until kick-off, there were huge amounts of empty seats."

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Cardiff have lost just once on home turf this season, while Brighton suffered their only away defeat of the campaign at struggling Rotherham in January.

Recent history is not on the side of the hosts, who have failed to win in eight league games against the Seagulls. Could this be the day they get their revenge?

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BBC Wales Sport's Michael Pearlman at the Cardiff City Stadium:

"Now I realise weather updates are especially dull, but there is no way the swirling wind isn't going to have an impact on this game. Conditions are pretty poor for football, good as the pitch looks."

BBC Sussex's Brighton commentator Johnny Cantor has been in position at the Cardiff City Stadium for a while now by the looks of things.

If you're in Sussex - or indeed the principality - you can listen to the game on either BBC Sussex or BBC Radio Wales.

Unfortunately, we cannot bring you those commentaries online because of rights restrictions.

Cardiff forward Sammy Ameobi is suspended, so Lex Immers is called up for only his second start since joining the Bluebirds on loan from Feyenoord in January. 

Cardiff: Marshall, Fabio, Malone, Manga, Connolly, Ralls, O'Keefe, Immers, Pilkington, Whittingham, Lawrence.

Subs: Moore, Peltier, Oshilaja, Gunnarson, Dikgacoi, Zohore

Brighton's leading goalscorer, Tomer Hemed, drops to the bench, with former England striker Bobby Zamora given the start up front. 

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Brighton: Stockdale, Bruno, Goldson, Dunk, Calderon, Knockaert, Sidwell, Crofts, Stephens, Skalak, Zamora.

Subs: Maenpaa, Greer, Murphy, Rosenior, Kayal, Baldock, Hemed.

Two sides on five-match unbeaten runs, both in the thick of the promotion race, welcome to our live text coverage as Cardiff host Brighton in the first of today's Championship fixtures.

The visitors would move into the automatic promotion places with a win here today, while Russell Slade's Cardiff need the three points to keep up the pressure on their play-off rivals.

We're only 15 minutes from kick-off. Team news is on its way next...