Cardiff City vs West Bromwich Albion Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 26)

📏 Form Guide

Cardiff City

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Cardiff City head into this game following on from a 1-1 Championship stalemate vs Oxford United.

In that match, Cardiff City managed 61% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Cardiff City was Yousef Salech (56'). For their opponents, Oxford United got 2 shots at goal with 1 on target. Cameron Brannagan (79') was the scorer for Oxford United.

Cardiff City haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 versus opposing sides during their last 6 outings. In those games, Cardiff City have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 7. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

Their previous form shows that Cardiff City:

• have left without a victory over West Bromwich Albion in their previous 7 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 5 league matches. That's never good.

West Bromwich Albion

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Derby County in Championship action, West Bromwich Albion will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion managed 72% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for West Bromwich Albion was Adam Armstrong (70'). On the other side, Derby County had 5 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Ebou Adams (7'), Jerry Yates (30') and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (87') scored for Derby County.

It has become apparent that West Bromwich Albion have had real problems scoring goals in their past six games, recording the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, The Baggies have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 10.

Pre-game facts show that West Bromwich Albion:

• have not been beaten by Cardiff City when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 14 league matches. They must be getting so desperate.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 02/01/2022 shows that Cardiff City have won 0 of these and West Bromwich Albion 2, with the tally of drawn results being 4.

In all, 7 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 2 of them from The Bluebirds and 5 belonging to The Baggies. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Championship match day 12 on 26/10/2024 when it ended West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Cardiff City.

That day, West Bromwich Albion managed 64% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

On the other side, Cardiff City got 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Joshua Smith.

📋 Team News: Cardiff City

Callum O'Dowda (unknown injury) and Aaron Ramsey (Hamstring injury) will be missing for Cardiff City manager Aaron Ramsey.

🗞️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there is just the one fitness problem for the West Bromwich Albion gaffer Tony Mowbray to contend with. Josh Maja (Calf injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We believe that West Bromwich Albion will manage to find the back of the net against this Cardiff City team, but it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 win for Cardiff City at the end of this one. Let’s see what eventuates.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the win-draw-win market, staking on Cardiff City can be had for 2.15, going for a drawn result is 3.6 and staking on the winning team to be West Bromwich Albion is 3.1. They’re the best prices offered at the current time.

Peter Guest, 12:06 22/04/2025