Cardiff City vs West Ham United prediction and preview

Championship · Wednesday 4 November 2026, 19:45 UTC

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Cardiff City vs West Ham United

Championship · Wednesday 4 November 2026, 19:45 UTC · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

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Cardiff City vs West Ham United preview

Cardiff City host West Ham United in the Championship on Wednesday 4 November 2026, kick-off 19:45 UTC at Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff City are 18th in the table with 14 points from 13, while West Ham United sit 8th on 22 points after 13 matches.

Cardiff City have collected 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from their last 5 league games; West Ham United have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Cardiff City have scored 2.0 and conceded 1.5 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. West Ham United average 2.2 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

Head to head, Cardiff City have 2 wins to West Ham United's 7 across 9 meetings, with 0 draws. Those games averaged 2.4 goals, 3 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2. The most recent meeting, on 9 Mar 2019, ended Cardiff City 2-0 West Ham United.

Cardiff City are without Dylan Lawlor (injury). West Ham United are without Tomáš Souček (injury). Tomáš Souček has featured heavily in recent matches. Edward Duckworth is the appointed referee. Across 10 earlier matches in our data the average is 5.3 yellow cards per game and 0.0 penalties per game, and home sides won 10% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make West Ham United favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 0, West Ham United 7.

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Cardiff City expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Joel Bagan, Calum Scanlon, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Joel Colwill, Jack Moylan, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mads Hermansen, Joël Veltman, Airidas Golambeckis, Maximilian Kilman, Morato, Jarrod Bowen, Divine Mukasa, Arne Engels, Edvin Austbø, Pablo, Mohamadou Kanté

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