Championship: West Bromwich Albion expected to overcome Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 26.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

West Bromwich Albion make preparations for another game after their 3-0 result against Peterborough United, a game that produced some answers. Will they show it against Preston North End?

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the most points from losing position (16) 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.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion have performed here at The Hawthorns this season with 8 wins from 13 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 0.

West Bromwich Albion's last game was hosting Peterborough United (placed 22nd) and winning 3-0. A draw after 90 minutes last time out for West Bromwich Albion, who played 3-0 against Peterborough United. That match was also played at this venue (The Hawthorns). The West Bromwich Albion crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 3-0 to Peterborough United here at The Hawthorns. Defender Kipré got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.12/10. Kipré scored one goal, hit four key passes and won 2 of 7 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Queens Park Rangers with a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, West Bromwich Albion played out a draw 0-1 when visiting Queens Park Rangers. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Queens Park Rangers (0-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for WBA as they are travelling to their away game against Millwall in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from West Bromwich Albion in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. West Bromwich Albion have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Preston North End so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Preston are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Preston North End, whose manager Lowe could celebrate last time after the win against Swansea City. Preston North End has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Swansea City for a 0-1 draw. Preston North End lost away at Swansea City (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. den Berg was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Berg won 10 of 13 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-2 versus Sheffield United. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Sheffield United. A loss against Sheffield United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

After this away game Preston return home for a Championship game against Bristol City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Preston North End when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Preston North End have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met before this season: Preston North End - WBA 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (West Bromwich Albion wins - draws - Preston North End wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
10 goals
Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
9 goals
West Bromwich AlbionC. Robinson
C. Robinson
5 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 6 13 26
12 8 3 Won W 2 3 8
9 5 1 Drew D 0 3 9
6 0 0 Lost L 4 7 9
34 21 11 Scored S 6 11 29
20 6 3 Conceded C 10 18 33
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
56% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 73%
41% 38% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 50%
15% 15% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 19%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 8% 8%
37% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 62%
44% 62% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 19%
33% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 31%
 
6.6 7.1 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 5.1 5
3.6 3.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.9 5.2
1.9 1.5 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.9
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
16.4 17.7 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.5 10.2
5 5.7 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.4 3.4
25% 28% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 35% 33%
 
7.3 6.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.4 12.2
2.3 1.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preston North End have the most points from losing position (16) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 9 3 2 30 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 26 14 5 7 40 31 13 7 3 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 47
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
8 Nottingham Forest 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 5 3 6 16 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 6 40
9 Stoke City 26 11 5 10 32 28 14 6 3 5 19 16 12 5 2 5 13 12 4 38
10 Coventry City 25 10 7 8 34 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 4 37
11 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
12 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
13 Luton Town 25 9 8 8 36 31 12 5 4 3 20 15 13 4 4 5 16 16 5 35
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 27 9 6 12 35 47 15 5 5 5 18 19 12 4 1 7 17 28 -12 33
17 Swansea City 24 8 7 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -4 31
18 Birmingham City 27 8 7 12 28 40 13 5 3 5 15 17 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 31
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 25 5 4 16 21 51 12 4 4 4 15 15 13 1 0 12 6 36 -30 19
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 25 2 8 15 17 38 12 2 4 6 8 15 13 0 4 9 9 23 -21 14

West Bromwich Albion:
Preston North End:
Championship:
England:
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 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 9 3 2 30 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 26 14 5 7 40 31 13 7 3 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 47
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
8 Nottingham Forest 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 5 3 6 16 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 6 40
9 Stoke City 26 11 5 10 32 28 14 6 3 5 19 16 12 5 2 5 13 12 4 38
10 Coventry City 25 10 7 8 34 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 4 37
11 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
12 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
13 Luton Town 25 9 8 8 36 31 12 5 4 3 20 15 13 4 4 5 16 16 5 35
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 27 9 6 12 35 47 15 5 5 5 18 19 12 4 1 7 17 28 -12 33
17 Swansea City 24 8 7 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -4 31
18 Birmingham City 27 8 7 12 28 40 13 5 3 5 15 17 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 31
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 25 5 4 16 21 51 12 4 4 4 15 15 13 1 0 12 6 36 -30 19
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 25 2 8 15 17 38 12 2 4 6 8 15 13 0 4 9 9 23 -21 14

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