The gaffer Bruce expects to inspire West Bromwich Albion victory against Cardiff City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 17.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

Cardiff City have come here for an interesting fight against the hosts West Bromwich Albion. Get smart on the game with this full Championship preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

A Championship draw at home so far for West Bromwich Albion. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats from 23 matches.

West Bromwich Albion faced defeat in their previous match, away at Blackburn Rovers (1-2). Midfielder Diangana was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Diangana scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hull City are coming to town in three days.

West Bromwich Albion has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Championship were 8 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats from 23 fixtures.

Cardiff are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Birmingham City (placed 11th). Defender Collins was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Collins hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.

aweayteam Hara magic won.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cardiff City manager Morison as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Bristol City.

1 goal so far away for Cardiff City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two West Bromwich Albion victories, five draws and three Cardiff City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WBAK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
1 goals
West Bromwich AlbionJ. Swift
J. Swift
1 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Cardiff City missing players

West Bromwich Albion Cardiff City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
3 1 1 Scored S 1 1 3
4 1 1 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.7 12 12 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 1.7
1.7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1 3.3
1.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 18 18 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5 7.3
4 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 1.3
25% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 75%
 
9.7 5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 6.3
2.7 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 1
West Bromwich Albion Last season Cardiff City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
18 12   Won W   8 15
13 8   Drew D   4 8
15 3   Lost L   11 23
52 33   Scored S   28 50
45 16   Conceded C   39 68
87% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
63% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
39% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 52%
20% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 22%
2% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
33% 35%   BTTS BTTS   61% 50%
41% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 15%
39% 26%   Failed to Score F T   26% 37%
 
5.8 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
3.9 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.1
1.8 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
7 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.1 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 10.9
4.2 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
27% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 29%
 
8.8 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11.1
2.7 2.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blackburn Rovers 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 9
2 Hull City 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
3 Watford 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Millwall 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
5 Cardiff City 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
6 Sunderland 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 5
7 Preston North End 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
8 Rotherham United 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
9 Sheffield United 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
10 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
11 Birmingham City 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
12 Burnley 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
13 Swansea City 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 4
14 Huddersfield Town 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Wigan Athletic 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
16 Stoke City 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 3
17 Blackpool 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
18 Reading 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
19 Middlesbrough 3 0 2 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
20 West Bromwich Albion 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
21 Luton Town 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
22 Coventry City 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
23 Bristol City 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
24 Norwich City 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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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.