Championship: West Bromwich Albion expected to win home against Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The West Bromwich Albion fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Wigan Athletic's 22nd place in the table will show on the pitch.

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 Wigan Athletic.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for West Bromwich Albion, who have the most scored goals (64) in Championship, are 8-7-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Sam Johnstone is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

A nice win for West Bromwich Albion last time playing, versus Preston North End. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Hal Robson-Kanu and Jake Livermore scoring for the victors. Before that match, a win away at Bristol City.

The match schedule is unforgiving for West Bromwich Albion as they have a new game in only three days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Newcastle United are visiting.

Goals decide football matches and West Bromwich Albion are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 17 league matches. West Bromwich Albion have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

There's been little loot from Wigan Athletic's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 18 away games in the Championship. Wigan Athletic only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 5 draws.

Wigan Athletic have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper David Marshall. It's been 215 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Two travels in a row for Wigan Athletic, whose manager P. Cook could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Reading. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Millwall.

The visiting Wigan Athletic have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 18 games. Wigan Athletic have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

West Bromwich Albion and Wigan Athletic have met before this season: Wigan Athletic - West Bromwich Albion 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three West Bromwich Albion victories, three draws and four Wigan Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionH. Robson-Kanu
H. Robson-Kanu
10 goals
West Bromwich AlbionC. Austin
C. Austin
8 goals
West Bromwich AlbionM. Phillips
M. Phillips
7 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 6 18 35
19 8 2 Won W 1 3 9
12 7 2 Drew D 2 5 10
4 2 2 Lost L 3 10 16
64 36 10 Scored S 3 19 37
36 22 9 Conceded C 8 28 50
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 94%
86% 94% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 71%
46% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 61% 51%
29% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 33% 26%
17% 29% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
66% 76% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 50% 51%
26% 12% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 23%
9% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 39% 31%
 
6.1 6.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 6.4 6.2
5.1 4.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.9 5.3
1.7 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
504 255 87 Total Shots T S 68 206 405
171 100 33 Shots on Target S O 24 70 134
37% 36% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most points from losing position (24)
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most scored goals (36) at home
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most scored goals (64)
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most scored goals in the first half (30)
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most scored goals in the second half (34)
  • West Bromwich Albion has the the best goal difference (+28)
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • West Bromwich Albion is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (20)
  • Wigan Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (31)
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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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 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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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.