West Bromwich Albion have played good football so far this season, being 1st spot in the table. Derby County have an outlook both up and down from the 16th position.
- West Bromwich Albion is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (7) 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 West Bromwich Albion and Derby County.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
Seven points from three Championship home games is a great start for West Bromwich Albion, who are hoping to build on that form here at The Hawthorns.
West Bromwich Albion drew their last game, also a home match. Millwall (placed 14th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Kyle Bartley, defender, was given a rating of 8.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Bartley scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels. Karlan Grant felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Millwall as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 45th minute.
Before that match, a win away at Peterborough United.There will be little rest for West Bromwich Albion after this match as they are travelling to Preston North End for a Championship game in only four days.
WBA are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). On the other hand, WBA have conceded 3 goals.
Derby County form and stats
Things could have gone better for Derby County in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Derby County play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Birmingham City (placed 7th). Attacker Tom Lawrence got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Lawrence hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Nottingham Forest.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Stoke City in just four days.
The attacking power of County when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, County have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
West Bromwich Albion-Derby County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: West Bromwich Albion three wins, Derby County five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Robinson 3 goals |  D. O'Shea 2 goals |  A. Mowatt 2 goals |
West Bromwich Albion missing players
Derby County missing players
| West Bromwich Albion | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.2 | 14 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.7 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 36% | 53% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
- All of West Bromwich Albion's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Championship
- Derby County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- West Bromwich Albion have not yet lost a game.
- West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- West Bromwich Albion have scored in all their matches so far.
- West Bromwich Albion have scored more than double the goals of Derby County.
- West Bromwich Albion have the most scored goals (8) at home in Championship
- West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Bromwich Albion is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Fulham | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Stoke City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Birmingham City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Millwall | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Derby County | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Sheffield United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Hull City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Reading | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
| 24 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
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