Match-goers at The Hawthorns haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with West Bromwich Albion decaying in the 24th place. The visiting Blackpool will attempt to defend their higher league place in this game.
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
West Bromwich Albion's results here at The Hawthorns in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on West Bromwich Albion to get some points in this home game.
The West Bromwich Albion crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Sheffield United here at The Hawthorns. Defender O'Shea got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. O'Shea hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Heartbreak before that as West Bromwich Albion lost 1-2 at Millwall's place.The manager Beale will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Queens Park Rangers in only four days.
WBA has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the West Bromwich Albion defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Blackpool form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Two travels in a row for Blackpool, whose coach Appleton could celebrate last time after the win against Coventry City. Midfielder Patino was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Patino hit one key pass.
That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Preston North End.Lots of goals? This club have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all having three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
A new game in only four days for Blackpool, the Championship home match versus Luton Town. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Blackpool have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. Blackpool have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
West Bromwich Albion have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Blackpool.Top Goalscorers
  J. Yates 9 goals |   K. Ahearne-Grant 3 goals |  J. Swift 3 goals |
West Bromwich Albion missing players
Blackpool missing players
| West Bromwich Albion | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 88% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 82% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 59% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 53% |
| 24% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 18% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 65% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 24% |
| 29% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 7.1 | 9.3 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13.9 | 16 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 39% |
| 9.7 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 14 | 14.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Watford | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Hull City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
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