How to watch Cardiff City vs West Ham: Preview, team news, TV channel

By Graeme HannaPublished 3 Nov 2026, 16:46

West Ham United travel to South Wales looking to bounce back from consecutive defeats when they face Cardiff City on Wednesday night.

The Hammers sit eighth in the Championship with 22 points from 13 games after successive home losses to Southampton and West Bromwich Albion.

Those results left them outside the automatic promotion places and prompted the club to part ways with head coach Nuno Espírito Santo on Tuesday.

Mark Noble, Steve Potts and Gerard Prenderville will take temporary charge for the trip.

West Ham remain the league’s highest scorers (33 goals) and still possess the only unbeaten away record in the division (three wins and three draws from six road games).

They head into the midweek fixture on the back of clean-sheet wins at Lincoln City and Swansea City in their previous two away outings, but that optimism has been overshadowed by the back-to-back defeats and now, Nuno’s departure.

Cardiff, promoted from League One last season, currently occupy 17th place with 14 points.

They ended a three-game unbeaten run with a 3-0 defeat at Wolves on Saturday but remain unbeaten at home this term (three wins, three draws)

The Bluebirds have won their last three at the Cardiff City Stadium, scoring nine and conceding just two.

The sides last met in the Premier League in 2018/19, with Cardiff winning 2-0 at home in March 2019 after a 3-1 loss at the London Stadium earlier that season.

Team news & key players

Cardiff are dealing with a significant defensive injury crisis.

Gabriel Osho is suspended, while Dylan Lawlor, Callum Chambers and Krystian Bielik are injured.

Will Fish is a doubt with a hamstring issue sustained against Wolves, Perry Ng is managing fitness concerns, and midfielder Alex Robertson picked up an Achilles problem at the weekend.

West Ham will again be without Konstantinos Mavropanos (knee) and Keiber Lamadrid (knee, long-term). Changes are expected under the temporary coaching setup, with players such as Joel Veltman, Tomáš Souček, Manor Solomon and Taty Castellanos among those pushing for a recall.

Jarrod Bowen remains a key figure after contributing goals and assists in recent matches.