West Bromwich Albion look to The Hawthorns supporters for inspiration before Stoke City match

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Championship and this is West Bromwich Albion - Stoke City. Prepare with our full match preview!

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Championship
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion have managed 10 wins, 7 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 19 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich Albion's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus AFC Bournemouth (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Clarke got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Clarke won 7 of 10 duels.

Heartbreak before that as WBA lost 0-1 at Birmingham City's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does West Bromwich Albion handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, three draws and zero defeats.

West Bromwich Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 19 games. More than 50 percent of these goals (13 in total) came after at least one hour had been played. WBA have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stoke City form and stats

5 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Stoke City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Stoke City seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Stoke, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Reading (placed 21st). Midfielder Sawyers was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Sawyers scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Sheffield United.

Stoke City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of six matches.

Stoke City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 20 games (in the league). 25 goals have been conceded by Stoke City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stoke City - WBA 1-0 was the score in these teams' last head to head match, earlier this season. West Bromwich Albion-Stoke City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: West Bromwich Albion five wins, Stoke City three wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
14 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
10 goals
Stoke CityL. Baker
L. Baker
7 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 19 4 Played P 6 20 40
15 10 1 Won W 3 5 14
12 7 1 Drew D 1 6 10
13 2 2 Lost L 2 9 16
44 26 3 Scored S 8 22 50
37 12 6 Conceded C 5 25 46
88% 84% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
62% 63% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 70%
35% 32% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 48%
15% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 18%
2% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
32% 32% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 52%
40% 58% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 32%
40% 26% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 20% 20%
 
5.8 6.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.4 5.1
3.9 4.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.5 5.2
1.8 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.1
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.4 15.5 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.8 11.8
4.3 4.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.8
26% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 33%
 
8.6 8.7 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 10.8 9.9
2.6 2.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most clean sheets (11) 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 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 38 21 9 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 19 10 4 5 24 15 27 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 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Nottingham Forest 38 18 10 10 59 36 20 10 4 6 32 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 23 64
6 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
7 Middlesbrough 39 18 8 13 52 41 19 12 2 5 29 17 20 6 6 8 23 24 11 62
8 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 44 37 19 10 7 2 26 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 7 57
12 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
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 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
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 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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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 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 38 21 9 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 19 10 4 5 24 15 27 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 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Nottingham Forest 38 18 10 10 59 36 20 10 4 6 32 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 23 64
6 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
7 Middlesbrough 39 18 8 13 52 41 19 12 2 5 29 17 20 6 6 8 23 24 11 62
8 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 44 37 19 10 7 2 26 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 7 57
12 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
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 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
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 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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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.