Soccer betting preview: West Bromwich Albion welcomes AFC Bournemouth in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 06.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

Here is all you need and want to know about the Championship game West Bromwich Albion - AFC Bournemouth!

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither West Bromwich Albion nor AFC Bournemouth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion have managed 9 wins, 7 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 18 games.

The fans are hoping that WBA will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Birmingham City (placed 18th). Midfield player Furlong got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Furlong hit one key pass.

Before that, West Bromwich Albion played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Bristol City.

This is expected to be a close game, with West Bromwich Albion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with West Bromwich Albion as a small favourite), we find six games. WBA has won one of these, drawn four and lost one.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stoke City are coming to town in three days.

West Bromwich Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 18 games. More than 50 % of these goals (13 in all) were scored after at least one hour had been played. From these home matches, West Bromwich Albion have conceded only 12 goals.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

10-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AFC Bournemouth, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

Impressive finishing from Dembélé, Cook and Solanke secured the home win 3-2 against Bristol City in their previous game. Midfield player Cook was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.52/10. Cook scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 72 successful passes (of 79 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Huddersfield Town at their stadium, the result 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by AFC Bournemouth in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Bournemouth, one draw and one defeat.

AFC Bournemouth have another fixture away in just three days, a Championship match versus Sheffield United. A hard schedule for the visiting team!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far AFC Bournemouth have scored 24 goals in 18 league games away. It's not easy to score on Bournemouth as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest past meeting involving both these contenders is the AFC Bournemouth - West Bromwich Albion 2-2 played not long ago this season. Last ten meetings involving these sides: West Bromwich Albion won three, AFC Bournemouth were winners in four and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
24 goals
WBAK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
14 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
8 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 18 7 Played P 5 18 37
14 9 3 Won W 3 10 21
12 7 4 Drew D 1 4 9
13 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
42 24 11 Scored S 6 24 62
37 12 5 Conceded C 4 13 33
87% 83% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
62% 61% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 61% 78%
36% 33% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 54%
15% 17% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 22%
3% 6% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
33% 33% 43% BTTS BTTS 60% 39% 51%
38% 56% 57% Clean Sheets C S 40% 56% 41%
41% 28% 29% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 14%
 
5.8 6.4 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.3 5.4
3.9 4.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.8 4.8
1.8 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
14.4 15.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.6 12.6
4.3 4.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4 4.6
25% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 36%
 
8.3 8.3 8.9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 11.1 9.8
2.6 2.3 2.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (10) away in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 39 14 12 13 42 37 18 9 7 2 24 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 39 14 12 13 42 37 18 9 7 2 24 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.