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Cardiff City pack their bags to visit West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was more than three years back, in February 2004, the The Baggies carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 08 Aug | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 14 Feb | West Brom. | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 25 Nov | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 19 Apr | West Brom. | 2 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 12 Oct | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 30 Mar | West Brom. | 2 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 03 Nov | Cardiff City | 0 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the The Baggies, with 7 goals against.
Cardiff City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Bluebirds have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
West Brom. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 59 points from 33 games. Cardiff City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 56 from their 33 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Baggies, as the Bluebirds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 9 matches. |
| Cardiff City | 6 games since last defeat. |