Premier League duel: Close contest expected between West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, West Bromwich Albion holding 17th place and Crystal Palace lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion have collected 5 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-2-2.

WBA's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sheffield United (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Manchester United (0-1).

West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Sam Johnstone did an outstanding job against Sheffield United with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

WBA have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. WBA's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Playing away, Crystal Palace have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Crystal are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Crystal have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 200 minutes ago. J. Ayew was the goal scorer.

Home advantage was not enough for Crystal Palace in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Newcastle United, 0-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Burnley wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Crystal find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Crystal rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: West Bromwich Albion won three, Crystal Palace won five and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
5 goals
West Bromwich AlbionC. Robinson
C. Robinson
2 goals
West Bromwich AlbionK. Bartley
K. Bartley
1 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

West Bromwich Albion Crystal Palace
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
1 1 1 Won W 1 2 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
7 4 1 Scored S 2 5 12
18 7 0 Conceded C 2 9 15
90% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
30% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
20% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
60% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.5 10.8 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.8 9.4
2.7 2.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4 3.6
26% 31% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 25% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crystal Palace haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Liverpool 10 6 3 1 22 17 5 5 0 0 14 6 5 1 3 1 8 11 5 21
2 Tottenham Hotspur 9 6 2 1 21 9 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 4 0 0 13 3 12 20
3 Chelsea 9 5 3 1 22 10 4 2 1 1 11 6 5 3 2 0 11 4 12 18
4 Leicester City 9 6 0 3 18 12 4 2 0 2 5 6 5 4 0 1 13 6 6 18
5 Southampton 9 5 2 2 17 13 4 3 0 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 9 8 4 17
6 Everton 10 5 1 4 19 17 5 2 1 2 12 10 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 16
7 Aston Villa 8 5 0 3 19 11 5 2 0 3 12 11 3 3 0 0 7 0 8 15
8 Manchester City 9 4 3 2 15 11 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 15
9 West Ham United 9 4 2 3 15 10 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 14
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 4 2 3 9 10 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 2 0 2 3 5 -1 14
11 Leeds United 10 4 2 4 15 17 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 3 0 2 9 8 -2 14
12 Newcastle United 10 4 2 4 12 15 5 2 0 3 6 11 5 2 2 1 6 4 -3 14
13 Manchester United 8 4 1 3 13 14 5 1 1 3 3 10 3 3 0 0 10 4 -1 13
14 Arsenal 9 4 1 4 9 10 4 2 0 2 4 6 5 2 1 2 5 4 -1 13
15 Crystal Palace 10 4 1 5 12 15 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 2 0 3 5 9 -3 13
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 2 4 4 14 16 5 0 3 2 5 8 5 2 1 2 9 8 -2 10
17 West Bromwich Albion 10 1 3 6 7 18 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 0 1 4 3 11 -11 6
18 Burnley 9 1 2 6 4 17 4 1 0 3 1 5 5 0 2 3 3 12 -13 5
19 Fulham 9 1 1 7 9 18 5 1 0 4 5 11 4 0 1 3 4 7 -9 4
20 Sheffield United 10 0 1 9 4 16 5 0 1 4 1 6 5 0 0 5 3 10 -12 1

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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.