West Bromwich Albion v Burnley betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 02.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

There's been three sleeps since West Bromwich Albion faced Wigan Athletic and the scoreline was 1-1. What happens against Burnley?

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (6) away 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 WBA and Burnley.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Championship games here at The Hawthorns.

The home team returns to The Hawthorns after drawing with Wigan Athletic (placed 18th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Attacking player Grant edged out all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Grant scored one goal.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Huddersfield Town the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with West Bromwich Albion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with West Bromwich Albion as a small favourite), we find 6 games. West Bromwich Albion has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 0.

West Bromwich Albion has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Burnley form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Championship away games so far for Burnley with six points collected from three matches.

The club members enjoyed Burnley's previous match versus Millwall (placed 19th), a 2-0 win played at home. Attacker Rodriguez got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Rodriguez scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that result Burnley won their away game at Wigan Athletic. The scoreline was 5-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Burnley playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): WBA three wins, five draws and Burnley two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BurnleyJ. Brownhill
J. Brownhill
4 goals
West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
3 goals
BurnleyJ. Rodriguez
J. Rodriguez
3 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Burnley missing players

West Bromwich Albion Burnley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 0 3 7
1 1 1 Won W 0 2 3
5 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
11 6 6 Scored S 0 6 13
9 3 3 Conceded C 0 2 7
86% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 71%
43% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
29% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
14% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
86% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
14% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
6.7 11 12 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5.4
2.6 1.3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.3 3.3
1.6 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.7 16.3 18 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 14.3
4.1 5.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 5.3
38% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 35%
 
8.7 6.3 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.3 9.4
2.7 3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.7 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Burnley have the most scored goals (6) away in Championship
  • Burnley have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Championship
  • Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • West Bromwich Albion have not yet lost a game at 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 Sheffield United 7 4 2 1 14 5 4 4 0 0 11 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 9 14
2 Norwich City 7 4 1 2 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 3 13
3 Burnley 7 3 3 1 13 7 4 1 3 0 7 5 3 2 0 1 6 2 6 12
4 Watford 7 3 3 1 8 6 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 12
5 Reading 7 4 0 3 7 10 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 1 0 3 1 9 -3 12
6 Queens Park Rangers 7 3 2 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 11
7 Hull City 7 3 2 2 11 13 3 3 0 0 7 4 4 0 2 2 4 9 -2 11
8 Rotherham United 5 2 3 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 7 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 6 9
9 Luton Town 7 2 3 2 6 6 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 0 9
10 Blackburn Rovers 6 3 0 3 6 8 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 -2 9
11 Bristol City 6 2 2 2 11 9 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 2 8
12 West Bromwich Albion 7 1 5 1 11 9 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 8
13 Preston North End 6 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 8
14 Sunderland 6 2 2 2 8 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 0 8
15 Blackpool 6 2 2 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 8
16 Cardiff City 7 2 2 3 4 6 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 8
17 Stoke City 6 2 1 3 6 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 7
18 Wigan Athletic 6 1 4 1 5 8 4 0 3 1 3 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 7
19 Millwall 7 2 1 4 7 11 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 2 8 -4 7
20 Middlesbrough 7 1 3 3 10 12 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 0 1 3 5 8 -2 6
21 Birmingham City 7 1 2 4 4 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 0 1 2 0 3 -4 5
22 Swansea City 6 1 2 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 2 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 -5 5
23 Huddersfield Town 5 1 1 3 7 8 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 4
24 Coventry City 3 0 1 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 1

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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.