Championship: Cardiff vs West Ham – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 14 match between Cardiff and West Ham and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Despite their unsatisfactory form, West Ham have a decent shot at three points in this round 14 match, when visiting Cardiff. Though playing at the Cardiff City Stadium this coming Wednesday, bookmakers put a lot of faith in them gaining the away win.

Placed 17th in the table Cardiff have amassed 14 points after 13 matches. On 22 points, The Irons rank eightth with 13 matches played this season.

Team form: Cardiff vs West Ham

Cardiff Form

Cardiff went through their last three matches with a 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough, a 1-0 win against Birmingham and a 3-0 defeat against Wolverhampton. Cardiff claimed three wins in their last six matches at home in the Championship, while also drawing three but lost none. They scored 13 and conceded six goals.

West Ham Form

In their last three matches, West Ham won 0-1 win against Swansea, lost 2-3 against Southampton and lost 1-3 against West Bromwich. West Ham managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Championship away matches, in which they scored 15 while also conceding seven times. They also experienced three draws and zero defeats.

Betting stats and facts for Cardiff and West Ham

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Cardiff and West Ham. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

In-form players: Cardiff vs West Ham

Jack Moylan look like value in the goal scoring market with five strikes to his name in six Championship matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Jarrod Bowen adds to his three Championship goals come this coming Wednesday.

Popular markets: Cardiff vs West Ham

Full-time result

Cardiff claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing two. West Ham won five of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost zero of the games in this run. Cardiff have gone through an impressive 8 games without losing even once as the home side. West Ham struck a rich vein of form some weeks back, as they are now without defeat in nothing less than 16 away matches in a row.

Both teams to score

Cardiff scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. West Ham scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. West Ham managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. West Ham have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Cardiff when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Cardiff’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for West Ham. They performed an average of 2.7 goals in these. West Ham are on a nice streak of scoring at least once in their previous 30 matches.