West Bromwich Albion have some lost ground to recover from their 22nd position, and the first opportunity is versus Stoke City. Read more!
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. West Bromwich Albion have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at The Hawthorns.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alex Palmer not having conceded a league goal in 247 minutes.
A strong away win for West Bromwich Albion against Queens Park Rangers the last match, as Bartley were on target. Bartley, defender, was given a rating of 8.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Bartley scored one goal and won 10 of 14 duels.
Ahead of that match, WBA won a home game hosting Blackpool (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how West Bromwich Albion have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained zero, one or two goals.
WBA has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. West Bromwich Albion have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Stoke City form and stats
Playing away, Stoke City have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season.
Impressive finishing from Powell secured the home win 2-0 against Luton Town in their previous game. Fox was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Fox served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Birmingham City.Stoke are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Stoke City have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Stoke City in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): WBA four wins, two draws and Stoke City four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Baker 5 goals |   K. Ahearne-Grant 3 goals |  J. Swift 3 goals |
West Bromwich Albion missing players
Stoke City missing players
| West Bromwich Albion | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 24 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 89% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 74% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 21% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 16% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 26% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 26% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 7 | 9.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 3.4 | 2.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 12.5 | 13.4 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| 9.5 | 7.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 12.8 | 11.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Millwall | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 13 | Reading | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Sunderland | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 24 |
| 19 | Hull City | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 20 | Bristol City | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 23 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
- West Bromwich Albion
- Express & Star - (local newspaper)
- Boing - (supporter site)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)
