FM Preview: Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion 14 Dec 2013

Last updated : 13 December 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion fixture

West Bromwich Albion pack their bags to visit Cardiff City at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 23 games played, Baggies have recorded 7 wins, and Cardiff City have come away with 8 victories.

The previous match played between the two at Cardiff City Stadium was more than three years back, in February 2010, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 07 Jan West Brom. 4 - 2 Cardiff City F.A. Cup
2009/2010 Tue 16 Feb Cardiff City 1 - 1 West Brom. Championship
2009/2010 Tue 08 Dec West Brom. 0 - 2 Cardiff City Championship
2007/2008 Tue 01 Apr Cardiff City 0 - 0 West Brom. Championship
2007/2008 Sat 19 Jan West Brom. 3 - 3 Cardiff City Championship
2007/2008 Tue 25 Sep West Brom. 2 - 4 Cardiff City League Cup
2006/2007 Tue 20 Feb West Brom. 1 - 0 Cardiff City Championship

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Recent respective form guides

Cardiff City have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Bluebirds have scored 4, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.

West Bromwich Albion's away form is none too clever either, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Baggies have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Cardiff City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 14 points from 15 matches.

West Bromwich Albion find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 15 points from their 15 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Cardiff City 6 1 3 2 3 9 6
West Bromwich Albion 6 1 2 3 8 13 5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for West Bromwich Albion on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Cardiff City. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Cardiff City Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
West Bromwich Albion Not won in previous 9 away matches.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

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