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West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 2-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Coventry City.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion managed 46% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target. Coventry City had 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. Jack Rudoni (6') and Matt Grimes (48') scored for Coventry City.

It’s not been often in recent times that West Bromwich Albion have shown defensive steel. The facts show that West Bromwich Albion have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals in the process.

Going into this one, West Bromwich Albion are winless against Derby County in their last 3 matches in the league.

Derby County

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Luton Town in Championship action, Derby County and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Derby County had 59% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Luton Town got 8 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Millenic Alli (10') scored for Luton Town.

In the course of their six previous matches, John Eustace's Derby County have found the net a total of 9 times, earning them the goals per game average of 1.5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Derby County:

• are winless against West Bromwich Albion when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 24/08/2019 shows that West Bromwich Albion have won 1 of them and Derby County 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A combined total of 9 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from The Baggies and 5 being from The Rams. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2024 when it ended Derby County 2-1 West Bromwich Albion.

In that match, Derby County had 38% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Jerry Yates (28').

At the other end, West Bromwich Albion got 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Mason Holgate (68' Own goal) and Grady Diangana (81') scored.

The match was refereed by Jarred Gillett.

ℹ️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

There’s just the sole fitness concern for the West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Mowbray to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Josh Maja (Calf injury) misses out.

📋 Team News: Derby County

Derby County boss John Eustace has some current player fitness concerns. Curtis Nelson (Torn knee ligaments), Kemar Roofe (Hamstring injury), Ben Osborn (Hamstring injury), Callum Elder (Knock), Corey Blackett-Taylor (Hamstring injury), Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (Cruciate ligament tear), Ryan Nyambe (Hamstring injury), Joe Ward (Knee surgery), Jacob Widell Zetterström (Facial injury), Dajaune Brown (Hamstring injury) and David Ozoh (Torn thigh muscle) miss out here.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that West Bromwich Albion will probably score a couple of goals when they line up against Derby County, who could well struggle to get a goal of their own.

We’re predicting a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for West Bromwich Albion at the end of the 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 13:02 21/04/2025