On August 17, as part of the 4th round of the English Championship, West Brom will host Cardiff City. In our forecast, we will try to figure out what the chances of each of the teams in this match are.
West Brom
At the moment, the Blackbirds cannot boast of a successful performance in the championship, the team is in the twentieth position, having only two points in three rounds. West Brom drew twice - with Middlesbrough (1-1) and Watford (1-1). Also in the last round, the team suffered a guest defeat from Blackburn, the meeting ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the hosts.
Cardiff City
In turn, things are going much better for Cardiff, the Azure Birds started with a home victory with a minimal advantage (1-0) over Norwich, who flew out of the Premier League and could not score against the Welsh. After that, the teams lost on the road to Reading - 2:1, in the last round, Cardiff again earned three winning points, defeating Birmingham (1-0) on their own field. All this allowed the team to rise to fifth place in the standings.
Figures and statistics:
- In four of the last five matches between these teams, 2.5 TB was broken.
- The last match between the rivals drew 1-1.
- The statistics of face-to-face matches do not indicate a clear advantage of one or another team.
Forecast
Despite the fact that Cardiff already has two wins, the team does not demonstrate a scoring extravaganza, scoring opponents with just one goal each. "West Brom" is also not very effective in their last meetings, so our forecast is TM 2.5.