Premier League prediction: Home win expected when Chelsea takes on West Bromwich Albion

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Chelsea leading West Bromwich Albion by 33 points.

Insights:
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (57) in Premier League

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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Chelsea form and stats

7-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Chelsea, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Premier League, so far this season. Chelsea has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Leicester City defeat 73 days ago.

Chelsea are confident in defense, having played 417 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for Chelsea last time playing, versus Sheffield United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Hakim Ziyech scoring for the victors. Previous to that game, a Champions League home match hosting Atletico Madrid in a game that was won 2-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chelsea as they are travelling to their away game against Porto in the Champions League. That match is four days after this one.

The Chelsea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 14 league matches. Chelsea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stamford Bridge in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

There's been little loot from West Bromwich Albion's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 14 away games in the Premier League. West Bromwich Albion, who have the most conceded goals (57) in Premier League, only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws.

The attacking players of WBA have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 349 minutes.

WBA are travelling again after losing away to Crystal Palace in their previous match (0-1). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Newcastle United.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. WBA have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was West Bromwich Albion - Chelsea 3-3, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Chelsea victories, three draws and one West Bromwich Albion win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaJ. Frello Filho
J. Frello Filho
6 goals
ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
6 goals
ChelseaM. Mount
M. Mount
5 goals

Chelsea missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Chelsea West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
14 7 3 Won W 0 1 3
9 5 1 Drew D 1 4 9
6 2 0 Lost L 3 9 17
44 25 11 Scored S 2 11 20
25 11 4 Conceded C 6 24 57
83% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
69% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 69%
41% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 45%
28% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 28%
10% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 21%
38% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 41%
52% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 17%
28% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 52%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.1 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.2 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.2 14.9 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.6 8.4
5.3 6 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.5 2.5
28% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 27%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of West Bromwich Albion.
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (57) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the the worst goal difference (-37) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 22 5 3 64 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 14 10 3 1 28 8 43 71
2 Manchester United 29 16 9 4 56 32 14 7 3 4 29 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 24 57
3 Leicester City 29 17 5 7 53 32 14 7 1 6 25 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 21 56
4 Chelsea 29 14 9 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 19 51
5 West Ham United 29 14 7 8 45 35 15 8 4 3 26 18 14 6 3 5 19 17 10 49
6 Tottenham Hotspur 29 14 6 9 49 30 14 7 3 4 25 14 15 7 3 5 24 16 19 48
7 Liverpool 29 13 7 9 48 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 14 6 5 3 26 18 12 46
8 Everton 28 14 4 10 40 37 14 5 2 7 19 22 14 9 2 3 21 15 3 46
9 Arsenal 29 12 6 11 40 32 14 6 3 5 18 15 15 6 3 6 22 17 8 42
10 Aston Villa 28 12 5 11 39 30 13 5 2 6 20 18 15 7 3 5 19 12 9 41
11 Leeds United 29 12 3 14 45 47 14 5 3 6 19 17 15 7 0 8 26 30 -2 39
12 Crystal Palace 29 10 7 12 31 47 15 5 5 5 15 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -16 37
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 9 8 12 28 38 14 5 4 5 15 15 15 4 4 7 13 23 -10 35
14 Southampton 29 9 6 14 36 51 14 5 2 7 18 18 15 4 4 7 18 33 -15 33
15 Burnley 29 8 9 12 22 37 15 4 6 5 12 16 14 4 3 7 10 21 -15 33
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 7 11 11 32 36 15 2 7 6 16 19 14 5 4 5 16 17 -4 32
17 Newcastle United 29 7 7 15 28 48 14 4 4 6 17 23 15 3 3 9 11 25 -20 28
18 Fulham 30 5 11 14 23 38 16 2 4 10 9 23 14 3 7 4 14 15 -15 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 29 3 9 17 20 57 15 2 5 8 9 33 14 1 4 9 11 24 -37 18
20 Sheffield United 29 4 2 23 16 50 15 3 1 11 10 22 14 1 1 12 6 28 -34 14

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.