Home advantage could prove decisive in West Bromwich Albion - Millwall battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

This should be an action-packed fixture as West Bromwich Albion have their presumed home advantage, while Millwall lead them by 5 points in the Championship table.

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Championship

West Bromwich Albion and Millwall should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The Championship results at home this season for West Bromwich Albion are 10-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since West Bromwich Albion tasted defeat here at The Hawthorns, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

The home team returns to The Hawthorns after drawing with Cardiff City (placed 21st) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. O'Shea was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender O'Shea won 10 of 15 duels.

Before that, WBA had a home game versus Huddersfield Town which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does West Bromwich Albion handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 15 league games, 12 have contained zero, one or two goals.

WBA has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. West Bromwich Albion are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Hawthorns in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 19 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Millwall form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Millwall have lots to remedy after their unpredictable loss (0-1) to Huddersfield Town in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. Flemming got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, top player of the team. Flemming hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Swansea City.

Millwall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Millwall have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also met each other before this season: Millwall - West Bromwich Albion 2-1. West Bromwich Albion-Millwall H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: West Bromwich Albion two wins, Millwall four wins, two draws. two of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
14 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
12 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Millwall
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
15 10 2 Won W 4 7 17
10 5 3 Drew D 1 4 9
12 4 1 Lost L 1 8 12
47 26 5 Scored S 11 19 48
39 15 4 Conceded C 8 23 40
95% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
73% 63% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 63% 71%
30% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 37% 39%
16% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 16% 16%
14% 16% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 11%
46% 32% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 37% 42%
38% 58% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 26% 32%
22% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 42% 34%
 
6.8 8.5 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.3 4.4
4.3 3.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.4 4.2
1.6 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 15.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 11.4 13.1
4.1 4.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.3 4.1
31% 29% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 30% 31%
 
9.9 7.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 12.4 10.7
3 2.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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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 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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