CARDIFF CITY v WEST BROMWICH ALBIONTuesday 28th January, 7.45pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff City: Smithies; Richards, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett; Vaulks, Pack; Whyte, Paterson, Hoilett; Glatzel
Subs: Etheridge, Flint, Bamba, Bacuna, Tomlin, Murphy, Mayembe
Both teams played in the FA Cup Fourth Round on Saturday
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TEAM NEWS 28/01/20
Cardiff City striker Danny Ward will miss tonight's clash with West Brom having been deemed unfit following further head injury assessments.
The Bluebirds striker was taken off against Birmingham City 10 days ago owing to a head injury and subsequently missed last weekend's tie with Reading in line with concussion protocols.
It was thought, however, that Ward, who scored twice in the reverse fixture at The Hawthorns, would return for the visit of the Baggies, but he is not fit enough to be included tonight.
Elsewhere, the Bluebirds are left sweating over the fitness of key duo Lee Peltier and Joe Ralls.
Peltier hobbled off in the South Wales derby against Swansea City with a dead leg and it appears to have taken some time for that to heal.
It is still unknown whether he will be fit enough to take the pitch this evening.
Ralls, meanwhile, continues his rotten relationship with injury. The midfielder has endured an awful time of it in recent months and last Saturday, after 30 superb minutes, was once again victim of injury against the Royals.
The midfielder trudged off after just half an hour with a hip issue and he will also undergo a late assessment to ascertain whether he is fit enough to face the Baggies.
It means Will Vaulks, who was excellent in last weekend's FA Cup tie, could fill the void left by Ralls alongside Marlon Pack, with Leandro Bacuna potentially slotting in again at right back if Peltier misses out.
Harris will likely revert back to his centre-back pairing of choice in Sean Morrison and Curtis Nelson, meaning Sol Bamba and Aden Flint drop out.
Up top it now appears a straight shootout between Robert Glatzel and Callum Paterson, with Omar Bogle seemingly out of favour. While Glatzel enjoyed a decent outing at the Madejski Stadium, the Scot has been in excellent form of late and could well get the nod.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Isaac Vassell and Matthew Connolly remain the long-term injuries.
About West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion Football Club is a football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has played at its home ground, The Hawthorns, since 1900. The club is commonly known as West Bromwich or just West Brom.
Albion were one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888, the first professional football league in the world, and have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of English football. They have been champions of England once, in 1919–20, and have been runners-up twice. Albion have reached ten FA Cup finals, winning the Cup on five occasions. The first win came in 1888, the year the league was founded, and the most recent in 1968, their last major trophy. They also won the Football League Cup at the first attempt in 1966. The club's longest continuous period in the top division spanned 24 years between 1949 and 1973, and from 1986 to 2002 they spent their longest ever spell out of the top division.
The team has played in navy blue and white stripes for most of the club's history; and the club badge features a throstle perched on a hawthorn branch. Albion have a number of long-standing rivalries with other West Midlands clubs; their traditional rivals being Aston Villa, Birmingham City, and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Albion contest the Black Country Derby with the latter.
Previous Meeting We lost 4-2 at West Brom in October.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups Cardiff City: Smithies, Peltier, Nelson, Morrison, Bennett, Bacuna, Pack, Whyte, Hoilett, Tomlin, Glatzel
West Bromwich Albion: Johnstone, Furlong, Hegazi, Bartley, Townsend, Sawyers, Livermore, Phillips, Pereira, Zohore, Robson-Kanu
Form - Last Three Games West Ham United 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Stoke City
Charlton Athletic 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
Reading 1-1 Cardiff City
Birmingham City 1-1 Cardiff City
Carlisle United 3-4 Cardiff City
Match OddsCardiff City - 2/1
West Bromwich Albion - 11/8
Draw - 23/10
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