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

📏 Form Guide

West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion will be hoping for a better result following a 2-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Coventry City.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion managed 46% possession and 7 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. Coventry City got 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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Since being beaten in their last game against Luton Town in Championship competition, Derby County and their travelling fans will hope for a better result 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 on goal with 1 of them on target. Millenic Alli (10') was the scorer 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 over their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 24/08/2019 shows that West Bromwich Albion have won 1 of them and Derby County 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.

A total of 9 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 of them for The Baggies and 5 created by The Rams. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Derby County 2-1 West Bromwich Albion.

On that day, Derby County managed 38% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Jerry Yates (28').

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

The referee was Jarred Gillett.

📋 Team News: West Bromwich Albion

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the sole fitness concern for the West Bromwich Albion boss 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 boss John Eustace has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Curtis Nelson (Torn knee ligaments), 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), Callum Elder (Knock), Ben Osborn (Hamstring injury), Kemar Roofe (Hamstring injury) and David Ozoh (Torn thigh muscle) will not be playing 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.

💵 ⚽️ 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 1.91, 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, 01:01 21/04/2025