In this week 26 match, on Sun Jan 2nd, West Bromwich Albion plays host to Cardiff City in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 4th placed West Bromwich Albion is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Derby County. Colin Kazim-Richards struck first for Derby County in the 58th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed West Bromwich Albion couldn’t manage to score, and Derby County took the shutout win. West Bromwich Albion is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 20th placed Cardiff City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Birmingham City. Troy Deeney scored the first goal for Birmingham City in the 29th minute, then Ivan Šunjić added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Riley McGree . Cardiff City is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Tue Sep 28th, Cardiff City hosted West Bromwich Albion in their last match together. West Bromwich Albion won by a score of 4 to 0. Karlan Grant struck first for West Bromwich Albion in the 5th minute, then Curtis Nelson added another on an own goal in the 56th minute In the end, Cardiff City couldn’t muster any offence and West Bromwich Albion ran away with the shutout win.
Mark McGuinness has been the most effective weapon for Cardiff City lately. The Irish defender has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. West Bromwich Albion is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kyle McFadzean and Karlan Grant each only have 1 goal in their last five.