📊 Form Guide

Cardiff City

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

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

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Cardiff City have been involved. With regard to the goal distribution during that period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 7 and Cardiff City got themselves 4. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

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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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Derby County in Championship action, West Bromwich Albion and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

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

The strike force from West Bromwich Albion have made hard work of scoring goals in their past six games, contributing the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, The Baggies have also seen the overall goal tally against them 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

Checking on their past head to head meetings dating back to 02/01/2022 shows that Cardiff City have won 0 of these games & West Bromwich Albion 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 4.

A sum of 7 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 2 from The Bluebirds and 5 for The Baggies. The average goals per game has been 1.17.

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

On that day, West Bromwich Albion managed 64% possession and 19 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

At the other end, Cardiff City got 5 shots on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Joshua Smith.

ℹ️ Team News: Cardiff City

In our view, The Bluebirds should line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one with Ethan Horvath, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Calum Chambers, Callum O'Dowda, Sivert Mannsverk, Andy Rinomhota, Chris Willock, Alexander Robertson, Cian Ashford and Yousef Salech.

🗞️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there is only the sole fitness problem for the West Bromwich Albion manager James Morrison to contend with. Josh Maja (Calf injury) won’t be playing here.

We are inclined to think that The Baggies seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting Josh Griffiths, Darnell Furlong, Kyle Bartley, Mason Holgate, Torbjørn Heggem, Jayson Molumby, Ousmane Diakité, Tom Fellows, Isaac Price, Callum Styles and Will Lankshear.

🧠 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.

Peter Guest, 13:02 26/04/2025