Football match preview: West Bromwich Albion vs Middlesbrough

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

West Bromwich Albion look forward to battle it out with Middlesbrough in this Championship fixture. All you need to know about the fixture is located here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion have only played one Championship game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats from 23 matches.

An away draw last time out for West Bromwich Albion, facing Leeds United in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Swansea City.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how West Bromwich Albion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.

West Bromwich Albion has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Championship were 9 victories, 2 draws and 12 defeats from 23 fixtures.

Middlesbrough played 1-1 against Huddersfield Town in their previous match. Lenihan was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Lenihan hit two key passes and won 11 of 18 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coventry City wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Middlesbrough, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Middlesbrough have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a Carabao Cup match versus Bolton Wanderers. A difficult itinerary for the visitors!

{0 goals} so far away for Middlesbrough, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (West Bromwich Albion wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionM. Phillips
M. Phillips
1 goals
West Bromwich AlbionO. Ibidapo Ajayi
O. Ibidapo Ajayi
1 goals
West Bromwich AlbionB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
1 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
5 3 3 Scored S 0 0 1
5 2 2 Conceded C 3 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 33%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 67%
 
4 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 8.7
6 8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 7
3.7 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 15.7
3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3.7
56% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 9%
 
13.7 13 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 13.3
4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3
West Bromwich Albion Last season Middlesbrough
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   24 48
18 11   Won W   9 22
12 7   Drew D   3 10
16 5   Lost L   12 16
59 31   Scored S   38 84
53 20   Conceded C   37 57
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 94%
76% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 79%
37% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 62%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 40%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
50% 39%   BTTS BTTS   67% 62%
35% 52%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 23%
22% 22%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
6.4 8   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.1
4.5 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.1
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13.3 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   12 12.2
4.1 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.1
31% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 43%
 
10.6 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10.1
3.2 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 9
2 Leicester City 3 3 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Birmingham City 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
4 Southampton 3 2 1 0 8 6 1 0 1 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
5 Preston North End 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 7
6 Hull City 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 6
7 Stoke City 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
8 Watford 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 4
9 Coventry City 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
10 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
11 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
12 Blackburn Rovers 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 4
13 West Bromwich Albion 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
14 Bristol City 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
15 Millwall 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Sunderland 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
17 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 -4 3
18 Swansea City 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
19 Leeds United 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
20 Cardiff City 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
21 Huddersfield Town 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
22 Rotherham United 3 0 1 2 4 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 1
23 Middlesbrough 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 1
24 Sheffield Wednesday 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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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.