West Bromwich Albion vs Newcastle United match preview: Even contest expected at The Hawthorns

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 07.March
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 19th place and Newcastle United lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (56) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Everton, was also a home game here at The Hawthorns. The away team is better rested.

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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 (56) in Premier League, have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at The Hawthorns.

The WBA fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at The Hawthorns: A 0-1 defeat against Everton (placed 5th). Ahead of that match, WBA won a home game hosting Brighton & Hove Albion (1-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how WBA have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost two.

WBA have scored 9 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. West Bromwich Albion are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (33 from 14 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Newcastle United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newcastle United so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Newcastle has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in Newcastle's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 12th). Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Manchester United's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Newcastle United in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Newcastle, one draw and two defeats.

The attacking power of Newcastle United when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Newcastle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Newcastle United - WBA 2-1. West Bromwich Albion-Newcastle United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: West Bromwich Albion three wins, Newcastle United five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
10 goals
WBAM. Costa Pereira
M. Costa Pereira
5 goals
Newcastle UnitedM. Almirón Rejala
M. Almirón Rejala
4 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Newcastle United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Newcastle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 2 13 26
3 2 2 Won W 0 3 7
8 4 2 Drew D 0 2 5
16 8 0 Lost L 2 8 14
20 9 4 Scored S 0 11 27
56 33 2 Conceded C 3 22 44
93% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 64% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 92% 92%
48% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 23% 46%
30% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 19%
22% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
44% 29% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 54%
15% 21% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 15%
48% 57% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 46% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.2 2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.1 7.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.5 10.2
2.6 2.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.5
29% 26% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 29%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the most conceded goals (56) 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 (-24) at home in Premier League
  • West Bromwich Albion have the the worst goal difference (-36) 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 27 20 5 2 56 17 14 11 2 1 31 9 13 9 3 1 25 8 39 65
2 Manchester United 27 14 9 4 53 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 14 8 6 0 25 13 21 51
3 Leicester City 27 15 5 7 46 31 13 6 1 6 20 19 14 9 4 1 26 12 15 50
4 Chelsea 27 13 8 6 42 25 13 6 5 2 23 11 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 47
5 Everton 26 14 4 8 39 33 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 9 2 2 21 13 6 46
6 West Ham United 26 13 6 7 40 31 13 7 3 3 21 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 9 45
7 Liverpool 27 12 7 8 47 35 14 7 2 5 22 17 13 5 5 3 25 18 12 43
8 Tottenham Hotspur 26 12 6 8 42 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 6 3 4 21 14 15 42
9 Aston Villa 25 12 3 10 38 27 11 5 1 5 20 16 14 7 2 5 18 11 11 39
10 Arsenal 26 11 4 11 34 27 13 5 3 5 16 14 13 6 1 6 18 13 7 37
11 Leeds United 26 11 2 13 43 44 13 5 2 6 19 17 13 6 0 7 24 27 -1 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 9 7 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 14 4 3 7 13 23 -9 34
13 Crystal Palace 27 9 7 11 29 43 14 4 5 5 14 21 13 5 2 6 15 22 -14 34
14 Southampton 26 8 6 12 31 44 13 5 2 6 17 16 13 3 4 6 14 28 -13 30
15 Burnley 27 7 8 12 19 35 14 4 5 5 11 15 13 3 3 7 8 20 -16 29
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 5 11 10 26 33 13 1 7 5 12 17 13 4 4 5 14 16 -7 26
17 Newcastle United 26 7 5 14 27 44 13 4 3 6 16 22 13 3 2 8 11 22 -17 26
18 Fulham 27 4 11 12 21 33 14 2 4 8 8 18 13 2 7 4 13 15 -12 23
19 West Bromwich Albion 27 3 8 16 20 56 14 2 4 8 9 33 13 1 4 8 11 23 -36 17
20 Sheffield United 27 4 2 21 16 43 14 3 1 10 10 20 13 1 1 11 6 23 -27 14

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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 27 20 5 2 56 17 14 11 2 1 31 9 13 9 3 1 25 8 39 65
2 Manchester United 27 14 9 4 53 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 14 8 6 0 25 13 21 51
3 Leicester City 27 15 5 7 46 31 13 6 1 6 20 19 14 9 4 1 26 12 15 50
4 Chelsea 27 13 8 6 42 25 13 6 5 2 23 11 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 47
5 Everton 26 14 4 8 39 33 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 9 2 2 21 13 6 46
6 West Ham United 26 13 6 7 40 31 13 7 3 3 21 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 9 45
7 Liverpool 27 12 7 8 47 35 14 7 2 5 22 17 13 5 5 3 25 18 12 43
8 Tottenham Hotspur 26 12 6 8 42 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 6 3 4 21 14 15 42
9 Aston Villa 25 12 3 10 38 27 11 5 1 5 20 16 14 7 2 5 18 11 11 39
10 Arsenal 26 11 4 11 34 27 13 5 3 5 16 14 13 6 1 6 18 13 7 37
11 Leeds United 26 11 2 13 43 44 13 5 2 6 19 17 13 6 0 7 24 27 -1 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 9 7 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 14 4 3 7 13 23 -9 34
13 Crystal Palace 27 9 7 11 29 43 14 4 5 5 14 21 13 5 2 6 15 22 -14 34
14 Southampton 26 8 6 12 31 44 13 5 2 6 17 16 13 3 4 6 14 28 -13 30
15 Burnley 27 7 8 12 19 35 14 4 5 5 11 15 13 3 3 7 8 20 -16 29
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 5 11 10 26 33 13 1 7 5 12 17 13 4 4 5 14 16 -7 26
17 Newcastle United 26 7 5 14 27 44 13 4 3 6 16 22 13 3 2 8 11 22 -17 26
18 Fulham 27 4 11 12 21 33 14 2 4 8 8 18 13 2 7 4 13 15 -12 23
19 West Bromwich Albion 27 3 8 16 20 56 14 2 4 8 9 33 13 1 4 8 11 23 -36 17
20 Sheffield United 27 4 2 21 16 43 14 3 1 10 10 20 13 1 1 11 6 23 -27 14

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