Championship forecast and data: West Bromwich Albion odds-on betting favourite to get the better of Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Thu 29.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

Championship: The mid-table positions tell a story of the journey West Bromwich Albion and Preston North End have undertaken uptil now. Both teams are ready for the game; let's go!

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Preston North End.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion have collected 16 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-4-4. It’s been three wins in a row for West Bromwich Albion here at The Hawthorns, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Happy days for WBA in their previous game, a fixture away at Bristol City (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfielder Yokuşlu was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Yokuşlu hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Coventry City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does West Bromwich Albion handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be considered that a look at the 13 most recent league fixtures reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Reading are coming to town in four days.

West Bromwich Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. West Bromwich Albion have conceded 14 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Preston love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Preston North End failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Huddersfield Town (placed 24th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Potts was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Potts had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

A loss against Queens Park Rangers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Preston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Preston North End manager Lowe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Stoke City.

Preston are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Preston North End are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other earlier this season: Preston North End - West Bromwich Albion 1-0. WBA-Preston North End H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: West Bromwich Albion five wins, Preston North End three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
5 goals
Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
5 goals
Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
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 mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 11 24
8 4 0 Won W 3 6 9
8 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
8 4 2 Lost L 0 2 8
31 17 4 Scored S 4 15 23
26 14 6 Conceded C 1 10 24
92% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 75%
75% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 45% 46%
33% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 33%
17% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 17%
12% 25% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 17%
50% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 38%
33% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 55% 46%
25% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 42%
 
6.7 8.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.8 4
4 2.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.5 5.1
1.5 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.3 15.5 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.9 11.1
4 4.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.9 3.6
33% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 26%
 
9.5 7.3 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.3 12.9
3 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Burnley 23 13 8 2 46 24 12 8 4 0 26 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 22 47
2 Sheffield United 24 14 5 5 41 21 12 7 3 2 26 12 12 7 2 3 15 9 20 47
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 0 11 28 28 11 8 0 3 18 11 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 39
4 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
5 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
6 Millwall 23 10 5 8 29 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 35
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 5 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 5 3 5 12 14 0 35
8 Sunderland 24 9 7 8 33 27 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 6 34
9 Preston North End 24 9 7 8 23 24 13 3 4 6 8 14 11 6 3 2 15 10 -1 34
10 Middlesbrough 24 9 6 9 36 31 12 5 5 2 17 12 12 4 1 7 19 19 5 33
11 Luton Town 23 8 9 6 26 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 11 5 2 4 10 12 1 33
12 Coventry City 23 9 6 8 26 25 11 6 2 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 33
13 West Bromwich Albion 24 8 8 8 31 26 12 4 4 4 17 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 5 32
14 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 26 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 4 3 4 10 10 4 32
15 Swansea City 23 8 8 7 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 14 12 3 6 3 15 18 -2 32
16 Reading 23 10 2 11 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 11 12 3 1 8 10 22 -7 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 24 7 6 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 11 3 3 5 17 20 -3 27
19 Rotherham United 24 6 9 9 28 34 12 4 4 4 20 17 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 27
20 Cardiff City 24 7 6 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Blackpool 24 6 7 11 26 35 11 3 2 6 12 16 13 3 5 5 14 19 -9 25
23 Wigan Athletic 24 6 6 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 9 20 12 4 3 5 15 18 -14 24
24 Huddersfield Town 23 6 4 13 21 30 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -9 22

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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 Burnley 23 13 8 2 46 24 12 8 4 0 26 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 22 47
2 Sheffield United 24 14 5 5 41 21 12 7 3 2 26 12 12 7 2 3 15 9 20 47
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 0 11 28 28 11 8 0 3 18 11 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 39
4 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
5 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
6 Millwall 23 10 5 8 29 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 35
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 5 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 5 3 5 12 14 0 35
8 Sunderland 24 9 7 8 33 27 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 6 34
9 Preston North End 24 9 7 8 23 24 13 3 4 6 8 14 11 6 3 2 15 10 -1 34
10 Middlesbrough 24 9 6 9 36 31 12 5 5 2 17 12 12 4 1 7 19 19 5 33
11 Luton Town 23 8 9 6 26 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 11 5 2 4 10 12 1 33
12 Coventry City 23 9 6 8 26 25 11 6 2 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 33
13 West Bromwich Albion 24 8 8 8 31 26 12 4 4 4 17 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 5 32
14 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 26 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 4 3 4 10 10 4 32
15 Swansea City 23 8 8 7 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 14 12 3 6 3 15 18 -2 32
16 Reading 23 10 2 11 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 11 12 3 1 8 10 22 -7 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 24 7 6 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 11 3 3 5 17 20 -3 27
19 Rotherham United 24 6 9 9 28 34 12 4 4 4 20 17 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 27
20 Cardiff City 24 7 6 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Blackpool 24 6 7 11 26 35 11 3 2 6 12 16 13 3 5 5 14 19 -9 25
23 Wigan Athletic 24 6 6 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 9 20 12 4 3 5 15 18 -14 24
24 Huddersfield Town 23 6 4 13 21 30 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -9 22

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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.