FA Cup third round: West Brom 4 Cardiff City 2

FOSTER 6

Little to do. Couldn’t be faulted for goals.

JONES 7

Usual solid performance. No fuss, comfortable.

McAULEY 7

His calf gave up. Until then was very reliable.

DAWSON 6

Inconsistent first half. Improved afterwards.

SHOREY 6

Decent going forward but occasional lapses.

MORRISON 7

Decent contribution. Should have scored.

THORNE 6

Neat and tidy. Settled well into game.

DORRANS 7

Showed flashes of form. Found time and space.

JARA REYES 6

Reasonable. Got on with job.

ODEMWINGIE 6

Scored but found wanting at times.

**STAR MAN** Cox 8

Hat-trick hero. Showed what he can do.

SUBSTITUTES

Tchoyi (for Jara Reyes, 60): Strong, powerful, standard 7

Fortuné (for Thorne, 60): Excellent link-up play 8

Tamas (for McAuley, 76)

Not used: Fulop, Mantom, Mattock, Wood.

CARDIFF (4-4-2): Heaton; Quinn, Keinan (Wharton, 70), Blake, Naylor; McPhail, Gerrard, Kiss, Conway; Gestede (Mason, 42), Earnshaw. Subs: Marshall, Gyepes, Evans, Oshilaja, Ralls.

GOALS: Odemwingie (7), Cox (33, 61 & 90) – Albion. Earnshaw (36), Mason (50) – Cardiff.

BOOKINGS: Shorey (unsporting behaviour, 33), Morrison (foul, 45+1) – Albion. McPhail (foul, 9) – Cardiff.

GAME RATING 6

Lots of goals, but lacking in any real quality.

CROWD WATCH 5

Not many up for the FA Cup. Not surprising given price of tickets and team line-ups.

Attendance: 12,454.

REF WATCH 8

L Probert (Wiltshire): Did an excellent job.

THE MANAGER 7

Picked strong side. Made effective changes.

INJURY WATCH

Gareth McAuley was the latest to succumb to injury.

WHO’S NEXT UP FOR ALBION?

Norwich City (h) Saturday, 3pm.