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Cardiff City Stadium

Tuesday 28th September 2021 -  19:45
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West Bromwich Albion travel to Cardiff City on Tuesday night (ko 7.45pm) hoping to make it ten games unbeaten at the start of the 2021/22 Sky Bet Championship campaign.

Albion left it late to beat QPR last Friday night, with Karlan Grant bagging an 88th minute winner to propel his side back into the top two.

Opponents Cardiff sit 13th in the division having lost four of their last five games following a bright beginning to the season.

Mick McCarthy’s men suffered a 5-1 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday and the former Wolves boss will demand an improvement on Tuesday.

How to follow the game

Fans in the UK, as well as overseas, can watch the match live on WBA TV Matchday with a Match Pass for just £10.

Enjoy live, four-camera coverage via the website or official West Bromwich Albion app with Baggies-biased commentary from Gez Mulholland and Andy Johnson. Match Pass subscribers will also be able to watch a full match replay of the game on Wednesday. Click here to buy your match pass.

Seasonal and monthly commentary subscribers can still access the live commentary as part of their package but will need to buy a Match Pass for £10 to live stream the game. Overseas seasonal and monthly subscribers have the live stream included as part of their package.

The match will be available from 7.30pm, access through the website here or open the app.

WBA TV Matchday

Opposition 

Cardiff will be desperate to halt a disappointing run of three straight Sky Bet Championship defeats when the Baggies head to Wales.

Back-to-back 1-0 reverses against Coventry and then Bournemouth was followed up by a 5-1 loss at Blackburn on Saturday – the Bluebirds’ heaviest defeat since early April. 

Many tipped Mick McCarthy’s men to be one of the sides challenging towards the top end of the division this season, but the former Wolves, Ipswich and Republic of Ireland manager knows results must improve if they are to threaten the play-off positions.

The 62-year-old was appointed City boss earlier this year in January and has only lost eight of the 33 matches he has been in charge of.

Classic Match

Albion secured an important point away from home at Cardiff in mid-February on the way to winning promotion to the Premier League in 2009/10.

Peter Whittingham converted an early penalty for the hosts, but defender Gianni Zuiverloon squeezed in an equaliser on the stroke of half time.

Did you know?

Albion haven’t won at Cardiff since October 1974 in the old Division Two – just shy of 50 years ago.

The Baggies have faced the Bluebirds in Wales six times since then, losing two and drawing four. Let’s hope that changes on Tuesday night!

Away kit colours

Albion will be in their yellow third strip at the Cardiff City Stadium.

It will be just the second time the Baggies have worn it, after donning it on the opening night down at AFC Bournemouth.

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LV BET's latest odds

Our official betting partner LV BET share the latest odds ahead of Tuesday night’s match.

Albion are 11/10 to beat Cardiff City and secure back-to-back wins in the Championship. 

After his two goals on Friday night against QPR, Karlan Grant is 4/1 to score first. 

Looking at a couple of correct scores, a 2-0 Baggies win is 8/1 and a 2-1 victory for the Albion is 7/1.

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Odds shown above are subject to change. 

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Cardiff report

Albion returned to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table with a convincing 4-0 victory at Cardiff City on Tuesday night.

The Baggies’ sixth win of the season extended their unbeaten start to 10 games with Karlan Grant’s fourth goal of the campaign, in addition to a Curtis Nelson own goal, a sensational Alex Mowatt strike and a late one from Matt Phillips, taking Valérien Ismaël’s men to 22 points.

The gaffer made two changes to the side that overcame Queens Park Rangers on Friday with Callum Robinson and Jordan Hugill replacing Matt Phillips and Grady Diangana in the front three.

And it was Albion who made an early impact at the Cardiff City Stadium with Grant backing up his brace against the Rs on Friday with a sixth-minute opener.

The former Huddersfield man was afforded the time and space to cut onto his right foot 20 yards from goal and duly fired a fierce low drive into the bottom right corner.

Callum Robinson almost sent one into the very same corner midway through the first half but his curling right-foot effort was met by a superb one-handed Dillon Phillips save.

The Baggies suffered their first scare of the evening on 35 when Leandro Bacuna nodded towards goal from Will Vaulks’ cross but Darnell Furlong headed clear from under the bar.

Ismaël’s men broke through once more eight minutes from the interval with Robinson stinging the gloves of Phillips after driving runs from Semi Ajayi and Jake Livermore.

Albion doubled their advantage 10 minutes into the second half when Robinson forced an error from City defender Curtis Nelson who hooked into his own net after a melee in the box.

Jordan Hugill came close to a third on 68 when his cushioned strike flashed wide of the right upright from Adam Reach’s low, left-wing cross. 

And the 1,100 travelling Albion fans had to wait until 15 from time for the moment of the match – with Mowatt smashing home another goal-of-the-season in front of the away supporters.

Aden Flint cleared from Darnell Furlong’s right-wing cross but the former Barnsley man did not have to break his stride to fire a sublime half-volley inside the right post from 25 yards.

Pick that one out.  

And still the Baggies were not done with Phillips smashing home at the back post from a fine counter-attack led by Diangana, who provided a perfectly-placed cross from the left.

Albion almost had a fifth four minutes from time. Tireless Jordan Hugill continued to press and forced Phillips off his line to clear a poor backpass which could so nearly have ricocheted in.

But it didn't take the shine off a professional and entertaining away performance, as the Baggies sealed consecutive league victories.

Albion: Johnstone; Ajayi, Bartley, Townsend; Furlong, Livermore (Molumby 81), Mowatt, Reach; Robinson (Phillips 62), Hugill, Grant (Diangana 62).

Subs: Button; Kipré, Bryan, Gardner-Hickman.