Premier League preview with statistics: West Bromwich Albion welcomes Manchester United to The Hawthorns

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

The visiting Manchester United side should be favourites in this visit to West Bromwich Albion, as the away team holds a 33 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals (54) in Premier League
  • Manchester United has the most scored goals (49) in Premier League

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's results here at The Hawthorns in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

WBA lost their last game at Tottenham Hotspur (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Sheffield United.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for WBA here at The Hawthorns in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as West Bromwich Albion have allowed the opposition to score 31 goals here at The Hawthorns.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Manchester United, who have the most scored goals (49) in Premier League, collect 27 points from their 11 away matches in the Premier League. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

Manchester won their last game, 1-0 versus West Ham United (after extra-time) played at home. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Everton in the Premier League.

Scott McTominay came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against West Ham United (after extra-time) last time out, making the manager O. Solskjær feel like a tactical genius.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Real Sociedad.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Manchester United are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Manchester in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Manchester United - WBA 1-0. West Bromwich Albion-Manchester United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: WBA three wins, Manchester United five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
13 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
8 goals
Manchester UnitedE. Cavani Gómez
E. Cavani Gómez
6 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Manchester United missing players

West Bromwich Albion Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 5 11 23
2 1 0 Won W 5 8 13
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 6
15 7 2 Lost L 0 0 4
18 7 3 Scored S 13 24 49
54 31 11 Conceded C 6 12 30
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 83%
83% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 65%
57% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 73% 65%
35% 55% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 64% 52%
26% 36% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 36% 35%
48% 27% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 73% 61%
9% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 35%
48% 64% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.4 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.9 7.8 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 13.4 14.3
2.6 2.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.2 6 5.9
30% 26% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United has the most points from losing position (21) in Premier League
  • Manchester United has the most scored goals (24) away in Premier League
  • Manchester United has the most scored goals (49) in Premier League
  • Manchester United has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have not yet lost a game away.
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Manchester United have scored more than double the goals of West Bromwich Albion.
  • West Bromwich Albion has the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals (31) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals (54) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion has the the worst goal difference (-24) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion has the the worst goal difference (-36) 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 Manchester City 22 15 5 2 43 14 11 8 2 1 22 7 11 7 3 1 21 7 29 50
2 Manchester United 23 13 6 4 49 30 12 5 3 4 25 18 11 8 3 0 24 12 19 45
3 Leicester City 23 13 4 6 39 25 11 5 1 5 16 15 12 8 3 1 23 10 14 43
4 Liverpool 23 11 7 5 44 29 12 7 2 3 22 14 11 4 5 2 22 15 15 40
5 Chelsea 23 11 6 6 38 24 11 5 4 2 21 11 12 6 2 4 17 13 14 39
6 West Ham United 23 11 6 6 34 28 11 5 3 3 16 14 12 6 3 3 18 14 6 39
7 Everton 21 11 4 6 34 28 10 4 2 4 16 15 11 7 2 2 18 13 6 37
8 Tottenham Hotspur 22 10 6 6 36 22 12 5 3 4 17 13 10 5 3 2 19 9 14 36
9 Aston Villa 21 11 2 8 36 24 10 5 1 4 19 14 11 6 1 4 17 10 12 35
10 Leeds United 22 10 2 10 38 38 11 4 2 5 16 16 11 6 0 5 22 22 0 32
11 Arsenal 23 9 4 10 27 23 11 4 3 4 12 11 12 5 1 6 15 12 4 31
12 Southampton 22 8 5 9 29 37 11 5 1 5 15 13 11 3 4 4 14 24 -8 29
13 Crystal Palace 23 8 5 10 27 39 11 4 3 4 14 18 12 4 2 6 13 21 -12 29
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 7 6 10 23 31 12 4 4 4 14 14 11 3 2 6 9 17 -8 27
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 5 10 8 25 30 11 1 6 4 11 15 12 4 4 4 14 15 -5 25
16 Newcastle United 23 7 4 12 25 38 12 4 2 6 15 21 11 3 2 6 10 17 -13 25
17 Burnley 22 6 5 11 14 29 11 4 2 5 9 13 11 2 3 6 5 16 -15 23
18 Fulham 22 2 9 11 17 31 12 1 4 7 7 17 10 1 5 4 10 14 -14 15
19 West Bromwich Albion 23 2 6 15 18 54 11 1 3 7 7 31 12 1 3 8 11 23 -36 12
20 Sheffield United 23 3 2 18 15 37 12 2 1 9 9 18 11 1 1 9 6 19 -22 11

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