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West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion go into this game after a 1-1 Championship draw versus Luton Town.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion had 45% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for West Bromwich Albion was Josh Maja (45'). On the other side, Luton Town had 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Tahith Chong (60') was the scorer for Luton Town.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that huge efforts have been put in by the West Bromwich Albion defence. West Bromwich Albion have kept it tight, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their past 6 outings standing at 3. We will have to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Leading up to this clash, West Bromwich Albion:

• haven't beaten Burnley in their last 5 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.

Burnley

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Millwall in Championship competition, Burnley and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Burnley had 64% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Millwall got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Jake Cooper (52') was the scorer for Millwall.

Clashes involving Burnley have had a tendency of being rather sterile encounters latterly with the failure of forward attacks being a real hallmark. During their past half dozen games, the very low gross goal sum of 5 has been recorded between them as well as opposing sides at an average goals per match of 0.83.

Leading up to this clash, Burnley:

• haven't won against West Bromwich Albion in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• remain undefeated by West Bromwich Albion in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 19/08/2017 tells us that West Bromwich Albion have won 1 of them & Burnley 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A total of 9 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 of them from The Baggies and 5 being from The Clarets. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.5.

The last league fixture between the two was Championship match day 28 on 20/01/2023 which ended up with the score at Burnley 2-1 West Bromwich Albion.

On that day, Burnley had 69% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorers were Nathan Tella (75') and Scott Twine (87').

For their opponents, West Bromwich Albion had 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Darnell Furlong (7') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Jarred Gillett.

📰 Team News: West Bromwich Albion

There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberán to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Daryl Dike (Achilles tendon surgery) misses out.

📋 Team News: Burnley

Burnley manager Scott Parker has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Nathan Redmond (Hamstring injury), Hjalmar Ekdal (Hamstring injury) and Jordan Beyer (Knee injury) will not be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Burnley may well find it hard to register a score against this West Bromwich Albion team who we think will score & stay on top.

We’ve gone for a hard-fought 1-0 win for West Bromwich Albion when all is said and done.

Looking forward to this.

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Victor Martins, 19:19 07/11/2024