West Bromwich Albion are believing in their home following to help them in this meeting with Bristol City. Who will win at The Hawthorns?
- West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
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
With 1 Championship win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, West Bromwich Albion are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Alex Palmer is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 263 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
A good away victory last time out for WBA, who won 2-0 against Reading (placed 6th). Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win eight games in a row. West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Palmer did an outstanding job against Reading with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Palmer was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.61 out of ten. Palmer topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, West Bromwich Albion hosted Luton Town and drew the game 0-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from WBA's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The manager Bruce will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Millwall in only four days.
The West Bromwich Albion fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, West Bromwich Albion have conceded 10 goals.
Bristol City form and stats
There's been little loot from Bristol City's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Championship. Bristol City only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Pearson, the Bristol City manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Bristol failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Millwall (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-2. O'Leary was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.43. The agile goalkeeper O'Leary saved a penalty.
Before that, Bristol City secured a home win against Preston North End with the score 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bristol City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 3 games.
Observe that 8 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The schedule is very tough for Bristol City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Reading is waiting in only four days.
Bristol are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Bristol City have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
WBA have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Bristol City.Top Goalscorers
  N. Wells 6 goals |  T. Conway 5 goals |   K. Ahearne-Grant 3 goals |
West Bromwich Albion missing players
Bristol City missing players
| West Bromwich Albion | Bristol City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 67% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 27% |
| 21% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 43% | 27% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 86% | 67% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 13% |
| 7 | 9 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 16.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.6 | 10.5 |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 32% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 46% | 43% |
| 9.3 | 7.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.6 | 11.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
- All of Bristol City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals (16) away in Championship
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
- Bristol City have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Championship
- Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
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