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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Principality Stadium (74500 seats)

A quick glance at the Championship table point to an upper hand to West Bromwich Albion when they go to Cardiff City. However; let's await the match before we pick a winner!

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (27) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Cardiff City nor West Bromwich Albion as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cardiff City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Cardiff City at their home stadium (Principality Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Principality Stadium.

The regulars are hoping that Cardiff will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Preston North End (placed 11th). The forward Kaba edged out all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.32 out of 10. Kaba dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match, Cardiff City won a home game hosting Bristol City (2-0).

It should be added that a peek at the 13 most recent league games reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

There will be little rest for Cardiff City after this match as they are travelling to Rotherham United for a Championship game in only three days.

Cardiff have scored {15 league goals} here from 18 matches, not a lot. Cardiff City have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, West Bromwich Albion have produced an overall stat of 5-4-8 so far. Bitter travels for West Bromwich Albion as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Luton Town match.

The WBA goalkeeper Joshua Griffiths is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 213 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

West Bromwich Albion won their last game, 1-0 versus Huddersfield Town played at home. Swift got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Swift scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Wigan Athletic.

Lacking goals? 11 of this club's most recent 14 league matches have seen two or less goals.

WBA find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 23 goals have been conceded by West Bromwich Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: West Bromwich Albion - Cardiff 0-0. Data for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Cardiff City, five draws and two wins for West Bromwich Albion. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionD. Dike
D. Dike
6 goals
Cardiff CityC. Robinson
C. Robinson
5 goals
West Bromwich AlbionJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 4 17 36
10 6 2 Won W 1 5 15
8 5 1 Drew D 2 4 9
18 7 4 Lost L 1 8 12
27 15 5 Scored S 4 20 46
40 16 8 Conceded C 5 23 38
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
53% 44% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 72%
25% 22% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 41% 31%
14% 11% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 17%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 14%
31% 39% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 44%
33% 44% 29% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 39%
47% 28% 29% Failed to Score F T 25% 24% 22%
 
4.9 5.8 5.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.1 6.9
4.7 4 3.1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.6 4.3
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 14.6 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.9 13.7
2.9 3.2 3.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 4.1
26% 26% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 31%
 
10.8 9.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.1 9.8
3.2 2.3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (27) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the most matches under the total-line (27) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.