West Ham – Cardiff SOCCER PICKS
West Ham United and Cardiff City meet at Olympic Stadium, in a match for the 15th round of the Premier League. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played any matches in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 11-01-2014, in a match that ended with the final score: Cardiff City (0-2) West Ham United. Attention to the home factor, since West Ham United usually conquer different results at home and abroad.
West Ham United:
The home team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 15 points won, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Manchester City, by (0-4). In the last match, they won in an away match against Newcastle United, by (0-3). This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats in their stadium. For the league, West Ham United won 7 points out of 21 possible points, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 7 home matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In 14 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
West Ham United enter this performance with a triumph, by 0-3, in the displacement to Newcastle, returning to the triumphs after two consecutive games without beating the English championship: the goals of the team were scored by Chicharito (2 ) and Felipe Anderson. At home, the locals only record 2 wins in 7 games. In this game against Cardiff, the home club usually acts on a tactical drawing in 4-4-2, using two players on the attack front: Chicharito and Arnautovic have the mission to throw panic in the opponent’s defense. So, West Ham will adopt a more offensive strategy, taking into account its superiority over the opponent of this round. The local coach can not count on Darlow and Lejeune, both with physical problems.
Cardiff City:
After 3 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses, the away team is currently in the 16 th position of the league, with 11 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Everton, by (1-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, by (2-1). This is a team that usually shows similar results in home and away matches, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, as in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in away matches; against 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses at their stadium. In the last 6 away league matches Cardiff City has a record of 1 draw and 5 losses, so they have won 1 point out of 18 possible.
In this competition, they have a sequence of 4 losses in the last away matches and they have not won any of the last 6 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 6 matches). Their defense has not been very solid, since they suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that has presented difficulties in opening the scoring and who only managed to score the first goal once in the last 14 matches for the Premier League. In 14 matches in this competition, they only got 3 comebacks in the 11 matches in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 7 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Cardiff come into this game with a home win 2-1 at the Wolverhampton reception, however, they have only had the third win in the last 10 games in the English championship: the goals were scored by Gunnarsson and Hoilett. It should be noted that visitors add only 1 point in 18 disputed. Normally the trainer Neil Warnock plays in 3-5-2, privileging the defensive organization and the counterattacks. Midfielder Callum Paterson is Cardiff’s best scorer, with 3 goals scored. Out of this game through injury are Mendez-Laing and Zohore.
