Cardiff City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 28 January 2020

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

Championship · Tuesday 28 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · West Bromwich Albion · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Cardiff City beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 28 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Callum Paterson opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Callum Paterson (46') and Lee Tomlin (76'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Charlie Austin (61', penalty).

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 13th on 39 points from 28 and West Bromwich Albion 1st on 53 points from 28. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and West Bromwich Albion 4th with 83.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Phillips of West Bromwich Albion (7.8), ahead of Marlon Pack (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 2 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 61'Penalty goal · Charlie AustinWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · C. NelsonCardiff City
  • 76'Goal · Lee TomlinCardiff City · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 5, West Bromwich Albion 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Jazz Richards, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Gavin Whyte, Callum Paterson, Junior Hoilett, Robert Glatzel

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Johnstone, Dara O'Shea, Kyle Bartley, Ahmed Hegazy, Nathan Ferguson, Jake Livermore, R. Sawyers, Matt Phillips, Filip Krovinovic, Kyle Edwards, Hal Robson-Kanu