Championship: West Bromwich Albion believed to win home fixture versus Blackburn Rovers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 15.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

We love the setup of this match, with West Bromwich Albion positioned 6th and Blackburn Rovers at 7th. Read our preview!

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game, against Watford, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Blackburn Rovers.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion have collected 25 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-4-4. Ever since the Sheffield United game West Bromwich Albion has been unbeatable here at The Hawthorns producing six straight wins.

In their previous game, the manager Vallet led his West Bromwich Albion to a defeat away at Birmingham City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Hawthorns. Pieters, defender, was given a rating of 7.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Pieters won 4 of 4 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Coventry City.

It should be noted that a look at the 19 most recent league games reveals that 15 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

WBA are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. 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 14 from 15 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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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

5-1-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackburn Rovers in their Championship matches away. With three draws in a row for Blackburn Rovers the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Watford (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Wigan Athletic.

After this away game Blackburn return home for a Championship game against Swansea City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Blackburn Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. 22 goals have been conceded by Blackburn in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides met each other before this season: Blackburn Rovers - West Bromwich Albion 2-1. Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for West Bromwich Albion, three draws and three wins for Blackburn Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
9 goals
WBAB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
5 goals
West Bromwich AlbionG. Diangana
G. Diangana
4 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 16 30
12 7 0 Won W 1 5 14
8 4 3 Drew D 1 2 3
10 4 1 Lost L 3 9 13
39 21 2 Scored S 3 12 32
32 14 4 Conceded C 10 23 36
93% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
73% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 67%
33% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 47%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 10%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
47% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 25% 33%
37% 53% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 37%
23% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 33%
 
7 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 2.9 3.8
4.3 2.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 6 5.6
1.6 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.4 15.8 17 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 7.3 9.1
4 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.5 3.1
32% 29% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 34%
 
9.8 7.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 13.5 12.2
2.9 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 4.6 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 8 10 39 32 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Birmingham City 30 10 8 12 36 38 16 5 5 6 20 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -2 38
17 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
18 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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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 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 8 10 39 32 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Birmingham City 30 10 8 12 36 38 16 5 5 6 20 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -2 38
17 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
18 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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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.