Expert analysis

Cardiff Host West Ham in Open Affair

West Ham have not failed to score in any of their thirteen league games so far. Cardiff have recorded both teams scoring in nine of their thirteen matches this season. The visitors average 2.5 goals a game away from home while Cardiff score 2.2 at the Cardiff City Stadium. Defensively the hosts allow one goal a game on their own patch and West Ham concede 1.2 on the road. Both sides arrive with two wins two defeats and a draw from their last five outings. These trends create space for each attack to threaten. The main risk lies in whether Cardiff can break down West Ham’s shape early.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

This season

	Cardiff	West Ham
Over 2.5 goals	62%	77%
Clean sheet	8%	31%
Failed to score	23%	0%
Scored per game	1.5	2.5
Conceded per game	1.5	1.4
Scored home / away	2.2 / 0.9	2.6 / 2.5

Across 13 and 13 matches played this season.

League table position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
7	STO Stoke City	13	7	2	4	23
8	WES West Ham ▲	13	6	4	3	22
9	QPR QPR	13	5	5	3	20
10	SHE Sheffield Utd	13	5	4	4	19
11	POR Portsmouth	13	5	4	4	19
12	MIL Millwall	13	5	3	5	18
13	BLA Blackburn	13	5	3	5	18
14	BRI Bristol City	13	5	3	5	18
15	NOR Norwich	13	5	0	8	15
16	LIN Lincoln	13	4	3	6	15
17	CAR Cardiff ▲	13	3	5	5	14
18	WRE Wrexham	13	3	5	5	14

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Cardiff LWDWL

L @ Blackburn 1–2 Oct 10

W vs Watford 5–1 Oct 13

D @ Middlesbrough 2–2 Oct 17

W vs Birmingham 1–0 Oct 24

L @ Wolves 0–3 Oct 31

West Ham DWWLL

D vs QPR 1–1 Oct 9

W @ Lincoln 6–0 Oct 14

W @ Swansea 1–0 Oct 17

L vs Southampton 2–3 Oct 24

L vs West Brom 1–3 Oct 31

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Cardiff

Scored 1.8 avg

1 5 2 1 0

Conceded 1.6 avg

2 1 2 0 3

West Ham

Scored 2.2 avg

1 6 1 2 1

Conceded 1.4 avg

1 0 0 3 3

Head-to-head · last meetings

2 Cardiff

0 Draws

7 West Ham

Mar 2019 Cardiff 2–0 West Ham Cardiff

Dec 2018 West Ham 3–1 Cardiff West Ham

Jan 2014 Cardiff 0–2 West Ham West Ham

Sep 2013 West Ham 3–2 Cardiff West Ham

Aug 2013 West Ham 2–0 Cardiff West Ham

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 9 meetings.