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Awaiting debut: Stewart Downing (left) will hope to feature for West Ham against Cardiff
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West Ham lost 1-0 at home to Cardiff on the opening day of the Championship season two years ago.
Only Watford (39) claimed more Championship away points than Cardiff (36) in 2012-13.
West Ham have won four of their last five games against Cardiff to nil.
Cardiff have won four and lost none of their last five opening fixtures.
The Hammers shipped a joint-league-high 12 goals in the opening 15 minutes of their games last season.
The Hammers have only drawn one of their last 18 opening games (W9 L8).
West Ham were the only team not to win consecutive Barclays Premier League games last season.
No player picked up more red cards in La Liga (5) than Cardiff’s new signing Gary Medel in the period he was at Sevilla (Jan 2011 – June 2013).
West Ham’s Matt Jarvis created the most goal scoring chances without actually assisting a single Premier League goal last season (46).
The Hammers goalkeeper Jussi Jaskelainen made a league-high 166 saves last term.
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