Cardiff City v West Ham United

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9 Mar 2019
Callum Paterson v West Ham
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Cardiff City are bidding to halt a three-match losing streak and move out of the bottom three, while West Ham United are looking for a third win in four matches.

Team news

Cardiff City must make do without centre-back Sol Bamba, who is out for the rest of the season with knee ligament damage.

West Ham duo Aaron Cresswell (head) and Fabian Balbuena (knee) are available for selection this weekend.

Jack Wilshere (ankle) is out, along with long-term absentees Winston Reid (knee), Carlos Sanchez (knee) and Andriy Yarmolenko (achilles).

Did you know?

Cardiff have scored a league-high 72 per cent of their Premier League goals after half-time this season, with 18 out of 25.

West Ham have won all three of their PL meetings with Cardiff by a two-goal margin, most recently triumphing 3-1 in December’s reverse fixture.

Marko Arnautovic has been involved in 10 goals in his last 11 PL appearances against promoted sides, with five strikes and five assists.

Manuel Pellegrini’s first ever PL defeat was away at Cardiff in August 2013 with Manchester City, but he has won his two matches against the Bluebirds since then.

Referee: Graham Scott
Assistants: Neil Davies, Derek Eaton
Fourth official: Andy Madley

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