West Bromwich Albion vs Barnsley preview: Visitors will have a gruelling job at The Hawthorns

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

Get ready for West Bromwich Albion - Barnsley! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this match could be cracking!

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (33) in Championship

West Bromwich Albion can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. For Barnsley it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

This should be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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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 11 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats.

West Bromwich Albion are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for WBA, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Reading away with the result 1-0. Grant found the net in that victory. Midfield player Molumby got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Molumby hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 61 successful passes (of 67 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Coventry City that ended 0-0.

The West Bromwich Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 29 in 22 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. West Bromwich Albion have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-5-16 (22 played). With the Barnsley losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The manager Devaney was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Oakwell Stadium. Barnsley suffered a 1-3 loss to Preston North End (placed 14th). Defender Moon was the best team player with a rating of 7.13. Moon won 10 of 11 duels.

A 0-2 loss hosting Blackpool before that.

The attacking power of Barnsley when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 22 league matches away. Barnsley have conceded 40 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met before this season: Barnsley - West Bromwich Albion 0-0. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for West Bromwich Albion, five draws and two wins for Barnsley. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

WBAK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
16 goals
West Bromwich AlbionC. Robinson
C. Robinson
7 goals
BarnsleyC. Morris
C. Morris
7 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Barnsley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
17 11 5 Won W 0 1 6
13 8 2 Drew D 3 5 12
15 3 0 Lost L 4 16 27
48 29 10 Scored S 6 15 33
45 16 1 Conceded C 10 40 69
87% 82% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
62% 64% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 82% 73%
38% 36% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 50% 36%
18% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 16%
2% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
33% 36% 14% BTTS BTTS 71% 55% 49%
40% 55% 86% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 16%
40% 27% 14% Failed to Score F T 29% 41% 42%
 
5.8 6.5 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.5 4.1
4 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.9 5.7
1.8 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.9 1.8
7 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 15.3 20.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.9 10.5 10.1
4.2 4.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 3.3 3.4
26% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 21% 22%
 
8.9 9.2 6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.9 12.9 12.6
2.7 2.4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.9 5.4 4.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Barnsley have the fewest points (8) away in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (33) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Championship
  • Barnsley is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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.