West Bromwich Albion supporters should be happy with one point when Liverpool comes to town

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

The visiting Liverpool side should be favourites in this visit to West Bromwich Albion, as the away team holds a 34 point advantage from their 35 league games this season.

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (68) in Premier League
  • Liverpool is in the best form (4-2-0)

The visiting Liverpool played their last game only three days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Manchester United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

For WBA relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Liverpool are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. West Bromwich Albion, who have the most conceded goals (68) in Premier League, have only managed 3 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from their games here at The Hawthorns.

No payout for WBA in their previous match, an away game at Arsenal that ended in defeat 1-3. Midfielder Matheus Pereira was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Pereira scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).

Before that, WBA drew at home versus Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Liverpool to win. Let's see if West Bromwich Albion are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: two games found revealing zero WBA wins, one draw and one defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as West Ham United are coming to town in three days.

WBA aren't scoring a lot here at The Hawthorns in the league, with only 13 goals from 17 games. WBA are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (34 from 17 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Liverpool form and stats

The visitors are W8-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Attacker Roberto Firmino got a player rating of 8.54 in the game. "Man of the match" Firmino scored two goals and hit two key passes. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Liverpool, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Southampton.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Liverpool given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed four matches with three wins as expected, one draw and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won three of these games by at least two goals.

The schedule is very tough for Liverpool now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Burnley is waiting in only three days.

The Liverpool manager J. Klopp has got the team scoring on the road, with 34 away goals in 17 league matches. As opposed to that, Liverpool have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Liverpool - WBA 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for WBA, six draws and three wins for Liverpool. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
21 goals
WBAM. Costa Pereira
M. Costa Pereira
10 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
9 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Liverpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Liverpool
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 5 17 35
5 3 0 Won W 1 8 17
11 6 2 Drew D 3 6 9
19 8 2 Lost L 1 3 9
32 13 4 Scored S 4 34 61
68 34 12 Conceded C 3 21 41
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
74% 65% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 82% 77%
51% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 47% 49%
31% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 41% 31%
20% 24% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
46% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 59% 54%
17% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 35% 29%
46% 53% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 12% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.1 1.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 8.6 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 14.2 15.5
2.7 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 5.6 5.7
33% 27% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 35% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals away as West Bromwich Albion have scored home.
  • Liverpool is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • 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.
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (34) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (68) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the the worst goal difference (-21) at home 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 35 25 5 5 72 26 18 12 2 4 38 17 17 13 3 1 34 9 46 80
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 35 17 9 9 61 41 18 9 3 6 27 20 17 8 6 3 34 21 20 60
6 West Ham United 35 17 7 11 55 45 18 9 4 5 29 22 17 8 3 6 26 23 10 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 35 16 8 11 61 41 17 9 3 5 32 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 20 56
8 Everton 35 16 8 11 46 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 35 15 5 15 53 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 17 8 0 9 28 33 0 50
11 Aston Villa 35 14 7 14 49 41 18 6 4 8 27 26 17 8 3 6 22 15 8 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 12 9 14 35 47 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 15 24 -12 45
13 Crystal Palace 35 11 8 16 37 59 17 5 5 7 16 27 18 6 3 9 21 32 -22 41
14 Southampton 35 11 7 17 44 62 17 7 3 7 25 22 18 4 4 10 19 40 -18 40
15 Burnley 35 10 9 16 33 47 17 4 6 7 14 20 18 6 3 9 19 27 -14 39
16 Newcastle United 35 10 9 16 40 58 17 5 5 7 22 29 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 8 13 14 36 41 17 3 8 6 18 19 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 37
18 Fulham 35 5 12 18 25 47 18 2 4 12 9 26 17 3 8 6 16 21 -22 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 35 5 11 19 32 68 17 3 6 8 13 34 18 2 5 11 19 34 -36 26
20 Sheffield United 35 5 2 28 18 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 17 1 1 15 7 35 -44 17

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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 Manchester City 35 25 5 5 72 26 18 12 2 4 38 17 17 13 3 1 34 9 46 80
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 35 17 9 9 61 41 18 9 3 6 27 20 17 8 6 3 34 21 20 60
6 West Ham United 35 17 7 11 55 45 18 9 4 5 29 22 17 8 3 6 26 23 10 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 35 16 8 11 61 41 17 9 3 5 32 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 20 56
8 Everton 35 16 8 11 46 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 18 11 4 3 23 15 4 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 35 15 5 15 53 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 17 8 0 9 28 33 0 50
11 Aston Villa 35 14 7 14 49 41 18 6 4 8 27 26 17 8 3 6 22 15 8 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 12 9 14 35 47 18 7 4 7 20 23 17 5 5 7 15 24 -12 45
13 Crystal Palace 35 11 8 16 37 59 17 5 5 7 16 27 18 6 3 9 21 32 -22 41
14 Southampton 35 11 7 17 44 62 17 7 3 7 25 22 18 4 4 10 19 40 -18 40
15 Burnley 35 10 9 16 33 47 17 4 6 7 14 20 18 6 3 9 19 27 -14 39
16 Newcastle United 35 10 9 16 40 58 17 5 5 7 22 29 18 5 4 9 18 29 -18 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 8 13 14 36 41 17 3 8 6 18 19 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 37
18 Fulham 35 5 12 18 25 47 18 2 4 12 9 26 17 3 8 6 16 21 -22 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 35 5 11 19 32 68 17 3 6 8 13 34 18 2 5 11 19 34 -36 26
20 Sheffield United 35 5 2 28 18 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 17 1 1 15 7 35 -44 17

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