Football insights: Stoke City vs West Bromwich Albion - predictions and statistics

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

A very important match in Championship as both participants are fighting for the top spots. With Stoke City in 4th position and West Bromwich Albion located at 1st, this promises to be a thriling meeting. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Stoke City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most scored goals (20) in Championship

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 Stoke and West Bromwich Albion.

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Stoke City form and stats

All-inclusive Championship results playing at home this season for Stoke City are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Stoke travelled for their previous game, a trip to Preston North End that ended 1-1. Midfielder Josh Tymon was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Tymon served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hull City in a game that was won 2-0.

The Stoke fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Stoke have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Things are running smoothly for WBA who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Leeds United.

Two travels in a row for West Bromwich Albion, whose manager V. Ismaël could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Cardiff City. As you can tell from the results above, WBA was very dominant against Cardiff City, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Alex Mowatt, Karlan Grant and Matt Phillips providing the goals. Midfielder Adam Reach was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.75. Reach served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Queens Park Rangers.

The WBA manager V. Ismaël has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 league matches. It's not easy to score on West Bromwich Albion as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Stoke won two games, two matches ended with a tie and West Bromwich Albion have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

StokeN. Powell
N. Powell
4 goals
West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
4 goals

Stoke City missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Stoke City West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
5 4 1 Won W 1 3 6
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
14 9 2 Scored S 4 10 20
11 4 1 Conceded C 3 4 8
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
50% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 40%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 60%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.7 5.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 6.4
5.3 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 4.4
1.9 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 11.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 19.5 16 16.6
4.6 5.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 6.4 6.1
30% 35% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 31% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Stoke City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Stoke City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have not yet lost a game.
  • West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • West Bromwich Albion have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most points (11) away in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most scored goals (20) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 West Bromwich Albion 10 6 4 0 20 8 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 12 22
2 AFC Bournemouth 9 6 3 0 16 7 5 3 2 0 11 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 9 21
3 Coventry City 9 6 1 2 12 6 5 5 0 0 10 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 6 19
4 Stoke City 10 5 3 2 14 11 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 18
5 Fulham 9 5 2 2 19 8 4 2 1 1 7 3 5 3 1 1 12 5 11 17
6 Blackburn Rovers 10 4 4 2 18 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 16
7 Huddersfield Town 10 5 1 4 16 14 5 3 0 2 9 9 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 16
8 Queens Park Rangers 10 4 3 3 19 14 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 1 2 11 9 5 15
9 Bristol City 9 3 4 2 11 10 5 0 4 1 3 4 4 3 0 1 8 6 1 13
10 Reading 9 4 1 4 16 18 5 3 1 1 11 8 4 1 0 3 5 10 -2 13
11 Middlesbrough 10 3 3 4 11 11 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 0 12
12 Sheffield United 10 3 3 4 13 14 5 2 1 2 10 7 5 1 2 2 3 7 -1 12
13 Birmingham City 10 3 3 4 10 12 5 1 2 2 3 6 5 2 1 2 7 6 -2 12
14 Blackpool 10 3 3 4 9 13 5 2 0 3 2 6 5 1 3 1 7 7 -4 12
15 Preston North End 10 2 5 3 10 12 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 0 3 2 3 5 -2 11
16 Cardiff City 10 3 2 5 12 18 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 2 1 2 7 9 -6 11
17 Luton Town 9 2 4 3 13 16 4 1 2 1 6 8 5 1 2 2 7 8 -3 10
18 Swansea City 9 2 4 3 8 11 5 1 3 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 6 8 -3 10
19 Millwall 9 1 6 2 9 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 0 4 1 4 6 -2 9
20 Barnsley 9 1 5 3 6 10 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 0 3 2 4 8 -4 8
21 Peterborough United 9 2 1 6 10 20 4 2 1 1 7 4 5 0 0 5 3 16 -10 7
22 Hull City 10 1 3 6 6 15 5 0 2 3 2 8 5 1 1 3 4 7 -9 6
23 Nottingham Forest 9 1 2 6 8 13 5 0 1 4 4 9 4 1 1 2 4 4 -5 5
24 Derby County 9 2 4 3 6 8 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 -2

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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.