West Brom travel to take on Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. It couldn't be much closer,Baggies having 7 wins against 8 losses.
The last time the two teams met at Cardiff City was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1974, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1974/1975 | Sat 19 Apr | West Brom | 2 - 0 | Cardiff City | DIV2 |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 12 Oct | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | West Brom | DIV2 |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 30 Mar | West Brom | 2 - 2 | Cardiff City | DIV2 |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 03 Nov | Cardiff City | 0 - 1 | West Brom | DIV2 |
| 1961/1962 | Sat 03 Mar | West Brom | 5 - 1 | Cardiff City | DIV1 |
| 1961/1962 | Wed 18 Oct | Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | West Brom | DIV1 |
| 1960/1961 | Tue 27 Dec | West Brom | 1 - 1 | Cardiff City | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Bluebirds, with 4 goals against.
The Baggies have had a decent run of form away from home recently, remaining unbeaten in their last six, winning five and drawing the one. Those games have seen the Baggies pummel 15 goals, and let in 7.
Cardiff City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 30 points from their 18 games so far. West Brom are leading the way in the Nationwide League Division One, with their 18 games giving them a return of 36 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
| West Brom | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Brom are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Cardiff City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| West Brom | 5 successive away victories. 6 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |