David Prutton predicts winner of West Brom v Cardiff City in the Championship
David Prutton believes West Brom will make it three Championship wins in a row when they travel to face Cardiff City in the Welsh capital on Wednesday night (15 March).
The Baggies arrive on the back of consecutive 1-0 victories over Wigan and Huddersfield that have propelled Carlos Corberan’s side right back into the playoff mix – sitting just three points off sixth-placed Millwall.
Writing in his Sky Sports predictions column, Prutton admitted that Cardiff, who currently linger just a place above the Championship drop zone, would face an uphill battle to stop Albion from continuing their playoff charge, with the pundit predicting a 1-0 win for West Brom.
He said: “Cardiff are being helped a lot right now by how inept the three teams below them are. It is keeping them above the line in the relegation battle even when they aren’t picking up points.”
“West Brom have kicked on back towards the play-offs with back-to-back wins. It should really be three in a row in South Wales.”
Momentum
Now that Corberan’s team seem to have regained the momentum they had from his early days at the Hawthorns, a playoff charge is back on the cards.
Since the turn of the New Year, West Brom have been one of the most inconsistent sides in the league and, if anything, a little bit of a soft touch, especially from set pieces.
Grinding out a couple of single-goal victories with clean sheets, looked like the Spanish manager wanted his side to go back to the basics and ensure they keep a clean sheet at all costs.
Against a Cardiff side who are lingering precariously above the Championship relegation zone, West Brom can make the most of their momentum and get a third win on the trot.
This match isn’t the encounter that supporters will believe will decide their fate this season, but these mid-week matches, against inferior opposition on paper, can sometimes be the trickier tests to overcome.
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