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Cardiff City vs West Bromwich Albion Live Stream, Predictions
The Championship fixture at Cardiff City Stadium on Wednesday sees hosts Cardiff City take to the field against opponents West Bromwich Albion.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion match are shown here (inc. the best betting odds).
📏 Form Guide
Cardiff City
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Cardiff City will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-0 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Preston North End.
In that game, Cardiff City managed 49% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Preston North End got 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Tom Cannon (68') and Ched Evans (94') scored for Preston North End.
Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Cardiff City have taken part. Breaking down the goal weighting from that period, their opponents scored a total of 7 and Cardiff City totted up 6. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Cardiff City:
- are unbeaten in the league by West Bromwich Albion in their last 2 matches.
- have not won against West Bromwich Albion in their previous 3 league matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
West Bromwich Albion
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West Bromwich Albion go into this clash following on from a 1-0 Championship win to beat Huddersfield Town in their last outing.
In that match, West Bromwich Albion managed 70% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for West Bromwich Albion was John Swift (30'). Huddersfield Town had 4 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
For 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring West Bromwich Albion, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that period comes out as a mere 2.17, with the number of goals averaged by The Baggies being 1.17.
Ahead of this clash, West Bromwich Albion haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 29/03/2014 shows us that Cardiff City have won 1 of these games & West Bromwich Albion 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.
A total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 from The Bluebirds and 13 created by The Baggies. The average goals per game has been 3.5.
The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Championship match day 4 on 17/08/2022 and the score finished West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Cardiff City.
In that game, West Bromwich Albion managed 55% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target.
Cardiff City had 7 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Andrew Madley.
🗞️ Team News: Cardiff City
There is just the lone fitness concern for the Cardiff City gaffer Sabri Lamouchi to be concerned with due to a largely intact set of players. Jamilu Collins (Cruciate Ligament Injury) misses out.
We are thinking that The Bluebirds will possibly employ a 5-3-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Ryan Allsopp, Perry Ng, Mahlon Romeo, Mark McGuinness, J. Philogene-Bidace, Callum O'Dowda, Romaine Sawyers, Sheyi Ojo, Ryan Wintle, Isaak Davies and Kion Etete.
🗞️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion
Thanks to a largely available group of players, there is only a single fitness problem for the West Bromwich Albion manager Carlos Corberán to be concerned with. Kean Bryan (Cruciate Ligament Surgery) misses out for this game.
We are inclined to think that The Baggies seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Joshua Griffiths, Semi Ajayi, Dara O'Shea, Erik Pieters, Conor Townsend, Jayson Molumby, Okay Yokuslu, Jed Wallace, John Swift, Marc Albrighton and Daryl Dike.
🧠 Prediction
We’re of the view that Cardiff City might have a difficult job to see themselves scoring against this West Bromwich Albion lineup who should manage to score & go ahead.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought 0-1 winning margin for West Bromwich Albion when the referee blows for full-time.
Should be a close one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 02:00 11/03/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
Cardiff City
Formed: 1899
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium (33,316)
Captain: Joe Ralls
Chairman: Mehmet Dalman
Manager: Sabri Lamouchi
Competitions: Championship position 21
🔑 Key Man: Mark Harris

Regularly taking to the field in the Striker position, Mark Harris was born in Wales. Having played his first senior match for Cardiff City in the 2016 - 2017 season, the accomplished Forward has got 3 league goals in this Championship 2022 - 2023 campaign so far in 29 appearances.
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36 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 80 | WDWDW |
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36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 67 | LWLWL |
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37 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 64 | WLWWD |
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36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 60 | LWDWW |
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37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 60 | WDLWW |
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36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 58 | WWWWL |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 55 | DWWWL |
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36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 54 | LWLWW |
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37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 54 | WDWDD |
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37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 54 | WLDLW |
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37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 53 | WDDWW |
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36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 52 | DLLLW |
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36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 48 | DWLDW |
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37 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 47 | WLWWD |
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36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 46 | LDLWD |
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36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 44 | LWLLL |
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37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 43 | LDLLL |
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37 | 11 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 42 | LLDWL |
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37 | 11 | 9 | 17 | -20 | 42 | LLLWL |
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37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 40 | WDWLL |
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36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 38 | WWLWL |
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37 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -15 | 35 | LLDLW |
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37 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -26 | 33 | LDLLD |
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36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -22 | 32 | WLLDL |
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Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 56 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Callum Robinson | 5 |
Mark Harris | 3 |
Sory Kaba | 3 |
Callum O'Dowda | 3 |
Jaden Philogene | 3 |
Daryl Dike | 7 |
Brandon Thomas-Asante | 5 |
Jed Wallace | 5 |
Grady Diangana | 4 |
John Swift | 4 |
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