📊 Form Guide

West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion will play in this fixture following a 1-1 Championship drawn result against Millwall.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion managed 68% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for West Bromwich Albion was John Swift (67'). Millwall got 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Duncan Watmore (21') was the scorer for Millwall.

West Bromwich Albion have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they’ve also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that West Bromwich Albion have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as scoring in 6 of those games. That aside, it remains to be seen whether the trend will be sustained in this next match or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, West Bromwich Albion:

• have not emerged victorious against Watford in their last 6 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Watford

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In their previous fixture, Watford drew 2-2 in the Championship tie with Leeds United.

In that game, Watford managed 37% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Watford, goals were scored by Vakoun Issouf Bayo (31') and Emmanuel Dennis (44'). Leeds United got 12 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Crysencio Summerville (37') and Mateo Joseph (85') scored for Leeds United.

The numbers tell their own story, and Watford have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. Defensively, Watford seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Watford:

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

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 04/04/2017 shows that West Bromwich Albion have won 0 of these & Watford 3, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A combined sum of 18 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from The Baggies and 11 netted by The Hornets. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league game featuring these sides was Championship match day 7 on 20/09/2023 when the final score was Watford 2-2 West Bromwich Albion.

That day, Watford managed 65% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Tom Ince (3') and Matheus Martins (23').

West Bromwich Albion had 7 shots at goal with 5 on target. John Swift (14') and Jed Wallace (17') scored.

The referee was Leigh Doughty.

ℹ️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

Jayson Molumby (unknown injury) and Daryl Dike (Achilles tendon surgery) won’t be playing for West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberán.

🗞️ Team News: Watford

Thanks to a largely available group of players, there is just the sole fitness worry for the Watford manager Tom Cleverley to be concerned with. Kwadwo Baah (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that West Bromwich Albion look likely to score at least once when they line up against Watford, who will be up against it to score themselves.

Our selection here is for a comfortable 2-0 margin for West Bromwich Albion when the full-time whistle blows.

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Peter Guest, 13:05 01/04/2024