West Bromwich Albion favourites for feisty fight facing Sunderland

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's starring characters are West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland, a win is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last match. Let's look for an active fixture!

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for West Bromwich Albion at their home stadium (The Hawthorns) is 10 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats. The West Bromwich Albion fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Hawthorns and will expect new points from this game. West Bromwich Albion has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Happy days for West Bromwich Albion in their previous game, a fixture away at Blackpool (placed 23rd) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Townsend was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.05 out of 10. The defender Townsend served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 13 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Stoke City with a 2-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does WBA handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

West Bromwich Albion are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Sheffield United awaits in three days.

The West Bromwich Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 28 in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. WBA have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sunderland form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Sunderland have produced an overall stat of 9-6-6 so far.

There were no winners in Sunderland's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Huddersfield Town (placed 19th). The attacker Clarke got a match rating of 8.02 in that game. Clarke hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.

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

We have checked recent matches where Sunderland have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Observe! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's last 12 league games.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sunderland have scored 30 goals in 21 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

West Bromwich Albion have avoided defeat in the last 7 games (3-4-0) facing Sunderland.

The teams involved encountered each other before this season: Sunderland - West Bromwich Albion 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandA. Traoré
A. Traoré
12 goals
SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals
SunderlandJ. Clarke
J. Clarke
8 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Sunderland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Sunderland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
17 10 1 Won W 0 9 16
12 7 4 Drew D 3 6 14
13 4 1 Lost L 3 6 13
54 28 4 Scored S 3 30 61
45 17 4 Conceded C 7 21 52
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 93%
74% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 77%
33% 24% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 48% 51%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 19%
12% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 12%
48% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 60%
38% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 30%
21% 24% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 16%
 
6.7 8.3 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 4.3
4.5 3.4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.6 5.4
1.7 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.4 15.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.4 11.6
4.1 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.6 3.9
32% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 39% 37%
 
10.5 8.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 12.6 12.1
3.1 2.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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 42 26 14 2 80 32 21 15 6 0 45 13 21 11 8 2 35 19 48 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 42 20 14 8 53 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 21 11 6 4 24 16 17 74
4 Middlesbrough 42 21 8 13 79 51 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 9 2 10 37 34 28 71
5 Millwall 43 18 11 14 50 42 22 11 6 5 31 18 21 7 5 9 19 24 8 65
6 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 19 6 16 45 47 20 13 2 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 63
8 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
9 Coventry City 42 16 14 12 52 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 21 7 7 7 26 20 9 62
10 Preston North End 42 17 11 14 41 47 21 7 6 8 19 24 21 10 5 6 22 23 -6 62
11 Norwich City 42 17 10 15 55 47 21 8 5 8 27 23 21 9 5 7 28 24 8 61
12 Watford 42 15 14 13 51 47 21 10 6 5 32 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 4 59
13 Swansea City 42 15 11 16 57 59 21 9 4 8 31 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -2 56
14 Bristol City 43 13 14 16 50 53 21 8 7 6 27 21 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 53
15 Birmingham City 43 14 11 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 22 7 5 10 23 32 -7 53
16 Hull City 42 13 14 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 21 5 9 7 26 31 -9 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 10 19 54 50 22 6 5 11 25 26 21 8 5 8 29 24 4 52
18 Rotherham United 42 10 16 16 46 56 21 8 6 7 35 28 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 46
19 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 10 21 40 67 21 6 4 11 20 32 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 43
21 Cardiff City 41 11 9 21 34 50 21 6 6 9 18 21 20 5 3 12 16 29 -16 42
22 Reading 42 13 9 20 43 62 21 10 6 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 42
23 Blackpool 43 9 11 23 44 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 21 3 5 13 18 38 -25 38
24 Wigan Athletic 43 9 13 21 35 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 22 5 7 10 20 29 -28 37

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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 42 26 14 2 80 32 21 15 6 0 45 13 21 11 8 2 35 19 48 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 42 20 14 8 53 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 21 11 6 4 24 16 17 74
4 Middlesbrough 42 21 8 13 79 51 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 9 2 10 37 34 28 71
5 Millwall 43 18 11 14 50 42 22 11 6 5 31 18 21 7 5 9 19 24 8 65
6 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 19 6 16 45 47 20 13 2 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 63
8 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
9 Coventry City 42 16 14 12 52 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 21 7 7 7 26 20 9 62
10 Preston North End 42 17 11 14 41 47 21 7 6 8 19 24 21 10 5 6 22 23 -6 62
11 Norwich City 42 17 10 15 55 47 21 8 5 8 27 23 21 9 5 7 28 24 8 61
12 Watford 42 15 14 13 51 47 21 10 6 5 32 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 4 59
13 Swansea City 42 15 11 16 57 59 21 9 4 8 31 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -2 56
14 Bristol City 43 13 14 16 50 53 21 8 7 6 27 21 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 53
15 Birmingham City 43 14 11 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 22 7 5 10 23 32 -7 53
16 Hull City 42 13 14 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 21 5 9 7 26 31 -9 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 10 19 54 50 22 6 5 11 25 26 21 8 5 8 29 24 4 52
18 Rotherham United 42 10 16 16 46 56 21 8 6 7 35 28 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 46
19 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 10 21 40 67 21 6 4 11 20 32 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 43
21 Cardiff City 41 11 9 21 34 50 21 6 6 9 18 21 20 5 3 12 16 29 -16 42
22 Reading 42 13 9 20 43 62 21 10 6 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 42
23 Blackpool 43 9 11 23 44 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 21 3 5 13 18 38 -25 38
24 Wigan Athletic 43 9 13 21 35 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 22 5 7 10 20 29 -28 37

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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.