Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion
Championship | Cardiff City Stadium
Tuesday, 28 November 2023 @ 7.45pm
Cardiff City host West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday at the Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship.
In their last league match, on Saturday, Cardiff beat Preston North End 2-1 away, with goals from Ike Ugbo and Karlan Ahearne-Grant.
West Bromwich also won, 2-0 at home against Ipswich Town, with Darnell Furlong and Grady Diangana on the scoresheet.
In Alex Palmer, West Bromwich can rely on one of the league's safest pair of hands. He has kept eight clean sheets in his 17 appearances this season, and no 'keeper has prevented the opposition scoring more often in the Championship.
In Cardiff's net, Jak Alnwick has six clean sheets in 15 games.
With 28 goals in 17 games so far this season, Albion are scoring more than average in the league with 1.6 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 17 goals at a rate of 1.0 per game.
City are also above average scorers, with 1.6 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.
In the last 10 years, Cardiff and West Bromwich have played each other on eight occasions. They won two each, and they drew four times.
On average, the Bluebirds scored 1.2 goals and the Baggies 1.8 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on March 15, when they played out a 1-1 draw.
The Baggies are fifth in the table after 17 games, of which they have won eight and drawn five, earning 29 points.
The Bluebirds are two places behind the away side in seventh, with eight wins and three draws putting them on 27 points.
The hosts are in mixed form in the Championship, with three wins and a draw from their last six games.
With four wins and a draw over that period, West Bromwich's form is better – they have taken 13 points from 18, compared to Cardiff's 10.
Tuesday's match will be refereed by Joshua Smith, who has taken charge of 11 Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 43 players. He has awarded one penalty.
The last Cardiff game Smith refereed was a 2-2 away draw with Leeds United on August 6. His last West Bromwich match was their 4-0 win away at Preston North End on September 30.