West Bromwich Albion vs Huddersfield Town pre-match info: Guests in for a strenuous 90 minutes at The Hawthorns

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

Yet another intriguing game in the Championship. West Bromwich Albion is in the 7th position after featuring in four games. They greet Huddersfield Town who are placed 23rd after four matches.

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most scored goals (7) at home in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

As mentioned below, West Bromwich Albion are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Championship games.

West Bromwich Albion's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Middlesbrough (placed 22nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Kipré, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Kipré scored one goal and won 3 of 3 duels.

Before that, WBA played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Leeds United.

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 West Bromwich Albion's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.

At The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion has the goal stats of 7-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Championship for Huddersfield Town with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

The manager Warnock was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium The John Smith's Stadium. Huddersfield Town suffered a 0-4 loss to Norwich City (placed 2nd). Huddersfield lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Edwards was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.24. The defender Edwards hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.

Before that, Huddersfield Town travelled to Middlesbrough and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Huddersfield when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 12 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 5 and winning 2 games.

Huddersfield Town have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - two - four (West Bromwich Albion wins - draws - Huddersfield Town wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
2 goals
West Bromwich AlbionJ. Swift
J. Swift
2 goals
West Bromwich AlbionM. Phillips
M. Phillips
1 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

West Bromwich Albion Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 2 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
9 7 7 Scored S 0 2 2
7 4 4 Conceded C 0 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6.5
5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4
3.2 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15.5 15.5
3.2 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 3.2
69% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 15%
 
14 14 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.5 14.2
4.2 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 6.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most scored goals (7) at home in Championship
West Bromwich Albion Last season Huddersfield Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
18 11   Won W   5 14
12 7   Drew D   5 11
16 5   Lost L   13 21
59 31   Scored S   21 47
53 20   Conceded C   37 62
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
76% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 67%
37% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 43%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 22%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 7%
50% 39%   BTTS BTTS   52% 46%
35% 52%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 22%
22% 22%   Failed to Score F T   43% 39%
 
6.4 8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.5
4.5 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.5
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13.3 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.5
4.1 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.2
31% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
10.6 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 13.7
3.2 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leicester City 4 4 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 Norwich City 4 3 1 0 13 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 8 4 7 10
3 Birmingham City 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
4 Southampton 4 3 1 0 10 7 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
5 Preston North End 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 10
6 Ipswich Town 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
7 West Bromwich Albion 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 7 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
8 Hull City 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 7
9 Stoke City 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 6
10 Millwall 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
11 Coventry City 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
12 Leeds United 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
13 Bristol City 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
14 Watford 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 4
15 Blackburn Rovers 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
17 Cardiff City 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 4
18 Sunderland 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
19 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 3 7 -5 3
20 Swansea City 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 2
21 Rotherham United 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 1
22 Middlesbrough 4 0 1 3 3 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -6 1
23 Huddersfield Town 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -7 1
24 Sheffield Wednesday 4 0 0 4 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 0
Last season 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 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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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.