West Bromwich Albion vs Derby County Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 21)

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West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-0 Championship defeat last time out to Coventry City.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion had 46% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Coventry City had 10 shots at goal with 4 of them 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 competition, Derby County will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Derby County had 59% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Luton Town got 8 attempts at 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

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 24/08/2019 tells us that West Bromwich Albion have won 1 of these games & Derby County 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined total of 9 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 from The Baggies and 5 being from The Rams. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.5.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2024 and the score finished Derby County 2-1 West Bromwich Albion.

In that match, Derby County managed 38% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Jerry Yates (28').

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

The referee was Jarred Gillett.

🗞️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the West Bromwich Albion gaffer Tony Mowbray to contend with due to a largely intact group of players. Josh Maja (Calf injury) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Derby County

Derby County manager John Eustace has a number of players out of action. Curtis Nelson (Torn knee ligaments), 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), Ben Osborn (Hamstring injury), Kemar Roofe (Hamstring injury) and David Ozoh (Torn thigh muscle) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

✨ 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.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Regarding the current betting odds on the 90 minute result market, a victory for West Bromwich Albion is best priced at 1.95, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.5 & putting your money on victory for Derby County comes in at 3.8. They are the top bets being offered at this very moment.

Peter Guest, 09:05 19/04/2025