West Bromwich Albion 4-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2019

Result

West Bromwich Albion 4-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

West Bromwich Albion · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

West Bromwich Albion 4-2 Cardiff City: match report

West Bromwich Albion beat Cardiff City 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 5 October 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Matheus Pereira opened the scoring in the 20th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Matheus Pereira (20'), G. Diangana (42'), Charlie Austin (71') and R. Sawyers (90+3'). Cardiff City scored through Danny Ward (75') and Danny Ward (86').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 4th on 19 points from 10 and Cardiff City 10th on 16 points from 10. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Cardiff City 5th with 76.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Ward of Cardiff City (8.9), ahead of Matheus Pereira (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 West Bromwich Albion win, 5 draws and 2 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Matheus PereiraWest Bromwich Albion · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · J. LivermoreWest Bromwich Albion
  • 42'Goal · G. DianganaWest Bromwich Albion · 2-0
  • 71'Goal · Charlie AustinWest Bromwich Albion · 3-0
  • 75'Goal · Danny WardCardiff City · 3-1
  • 86'Goal · Danny WardCardiff City · 3-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Junior HoilettCardiff City
  • 90+3'Goal · R. SawyersWest Bromwich Albion · 4-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 1, draws 5, Cardiff City 2.

Team news

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

Sam Johnstone, Darnell Furlong, Semi Ajayi, Kyle Bartley, Nathan Ferguson, Jake Livermore, R. Sawyers, Matt Phillips, Matheus Pereira, Grady Diangana, Charlie Austin

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

Alex Smithies, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Marlon Pack, Gavin Whyte, Callum Paterson, Junior Hoilett, Robert Glatzel