West Bromwich Albion vs Fulham match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 14.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

The West Bromwich Albion & Fulham managers S. Bilić and S. Parker are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.

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 Fulham.

WBA are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Fulham are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for West Bromwich Albion are 10-8-3 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for WBA after consecutive victories at their own ground.

WBA manager S. Bilić and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Blackburn Rovers (placed 12th) in the Championship. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Derby County in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does WBA handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, one draw and three defeats.

The manager S. Bilić will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Huddersfield Town in only three days.

WBA can score goals in their home matches. After 21 league matches they have found the net 42 times. On the other hand, WBA have conceded 25 goals.

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Fulham form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Fulham have produced an overall stat of 8-8-5 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Fulham hope to make it five in this match. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Fulham, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Fulham goalkeeper Marek Rodak is eager to challenge this, with his 359 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Fulham are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Cardiff City (placed 6th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Nottingham Forest with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Fulham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, one draw and four defeats.

A new game in only four days for Fulham, the Championship home match versus Sheffield Wednesday. Busy days.

Fulham have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 21 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Fulham have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Fulham - West Bromwich Albion 1-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one WBA victory, five draws and four Fulham wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
24 goals
West Bromwich AlbionH. Robson-Kanu
H. Robson-Kanu
10 goals
WBAC. Austin
C. Austin
10 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Fulham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Fulham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
22 10 3 Won W 2 8 22
15 8 3 Drew D 1 8 10
6 3 0 Lost L 3 5 11
74 42 15 Scored S 5 23 58
41 25 7 Conceded C 8 21 44
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 72%
42% 48% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 44%
26% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
16% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 9%
58% 67% 83% BTTS BTTS 50% 52% 47%
30% 19% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 29% 37%
16% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 21%
 
6.2 7.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.7 5.8
5 4.7 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.2 4.6
1.8 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 3 4 4
 
619 325 101 Total Shots T S 69 243 566
207 121 48 Shots on Target S O 18 85 195
36% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 27% 30%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most points from losing position (24)
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Leeds United 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
18 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
19 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

West Bromwich Albion:
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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 Leeds United 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
18 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
19 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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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.