📏 Form Guide

West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion will be hoping for a better result following a 3-0 Championship defeat last time out to Sheffield Wednesday.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion had 65% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Sheffield Wednesday had 13 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Anthony Musaba (22'), Ike Ugbo (50') and Josh Windass (69') scored for Sheffield Wednesday.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where West Bromwich Albion haven’t conceded. The reality is that West Bromwich Albion have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 10 goals on the way.

Heading into this fixture, West Bromwich Albion have not been beaten in the league by Preston North End in their last 2 games.

Preston North End

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Leicester City in Championship competition, Preston North End will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Preston North End managed 34% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. Leicester City got 19 shots on goal with 11 on target. Jamie Vardy (36', 52') and Kasey McAteer (67') scored for Leicester City.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Preston North End has become fairly consistent recently. Checking on their last six outings shows that it has occurred 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 9 while Preston North End have scored 4. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall persist in this next match.

Coming into this meeting, Preston North End haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes going back to 25/02/2020 tells us that West Bromwich Albion have won 3 of these & Preston North End 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A total of 13 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 from The Baggies and 4 for The Lilywhites. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Championship match day 9 on 30/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Preston North End 0-4 West Bromwich Albion.

In that game, Preston North End had 54% possession and 5 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

At the other end, West Bromwich Albion had 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Darnell Furlong (4'), Alex Mowatt (29'), Matt Phillips (62') and Kyle Bartley (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Joshua Smith.

📋 Team News: West Bromwich Albion

Jayson Molumby (unknown injury) and Daryl Dike (Achilles tendon surgery) will not be able to play for West Bromwich Albion gaffer Carlos Corberán.

It’s our opinion that The Baggies will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 system with Alex Palmer, Darnell Furlong, Kyle Bartley, Cedric Kipre, Conor Townsend, Tom Fellows, Alex Mowatt, Grady Diangana, Okay Yokuslu, Michael Johnston and B. Thomas-Asante.

🗞️ Team News: Preston North End

In an otherwise healthy group, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe to be concerned with. Finlay Cross-Adair (traffic accident) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that The Lilywhites seem most likely to make use of a 3-4-1-2 system, choosing Freddie Woodman, Andrew Hughes, Liam Lindsay, Jack Whatmough, Jordan Storey, Liam Millar, Alan Browne, Duane Holmes, Emil Riis Jakobsen, M. Froekjaer-Jensen and Will Keane.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, West Bromwich Albion certainly have the ability to get a couple of goals in this one against Preston North End, who will not find it easy finding the net themselves.

Our selection here is for a 2-0 winning margin for West Bromwich Albion at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 11:08 04/05/2024